In the third of six instalments running throughout the India-England series, we delve into the Wisden Almanack archive to pick out a memorable one-day match between the sides. Here we remember a game that was memorable not for the runs that were scored, but for the ones that weren't Match 1: When Botham met Tendulkar
Match 2: Jadeja blows hot in the desert

World Cup, Lord's, 1975
England won by 202 runs

The first match of the first World Cup remains one of the tournament's strangest. At the centre of the controversy was Sunil Gavaskar, who went out to open India's innings in bright sunshine and in front of an expectant crowd after England had racked up a massive 334 for 4 in their 60 overs, their second-highest total in 336 matches. What happened next makes Gavaskar's recent comments about England playing "boring" cricket in the Test series in India the definitive case of pots and kettles. He started in neutral, and never found first, blocking, blocking and … blocking. It prompted one member of a disbelieving crowd to wander onto the pitch and dump his food at Gavaskar's feet in protest. His extended net session gave England such an overwhelming victory that only five sides since have won by a bigger margin. Tedious, yes. Bizarre, certainly.

Almanack report
Scorecard

Lawrence Booth is assistant editor of Wisden.com.

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