The Ashes: Top 5 moments at the Gabba

#4 Thomson's in the house

Tony Greig tries to evade a vicious bouncer from Thomson

Jeff Thompson faced England for the first time in the 1974-75 Ashes. In the first Test at the Gabba, he finished with figures of 9-105 in an emphatic Australian victory. In his home Test, the Queenslander combined with Dennis Lillee to decimate the visitors. He used his aggressive bouncer and in-swinging yorker to propel his side to victory.

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Australia eventually won the series 4-1 with Thomson and Lillee going on to star for the better part of the decade.

Thomson famously said in a television interview “I enjoy hitting a batsman more than getting him out. I like to see blood on the pitch”.