Dennis Lillee – Legend of Cricket
He was brilliant and a great fast bowler to watch. He had intelligence, stamina and boundless courage. The benchmark for the fast bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dennis-Keith-Lillee-c53639 is one of the legends of cricket.
He started off his career as a genuine fast bowler but a severe back injury forced him to cut down his pace. Lillee was a smart paceman with an ability to generate bounce and swing on any track in the world.
He was furiously fast and aggressive pacer whose quick bouncers were almost impossible to play for even the best in the business.
In addition to his bowling skills, Lillee showed a lot of courage to conquer his serious injuries. After going through severe back problems, Lillee returned as a more accurate bowler – someone with a capability of maintaining flawless line and length in
both Test and ODI cricket. After injuries, he reinvented his bowling to become the best of his age.
In the mid 1970s, Lillee joined hands with the express paceman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jeffrey-Robert-Thomson-c66813 and established a dangerous bowling combination.
The gurus of the game consider him as ‘a complete bowler’. He remained the backbone of Aussie bowling attack for more than a decade. The speed star was certainly captain’s delight - a bowler who can bowl anytime in the game. In the Ashes series 1981, Lillee
grabbed 11 wickets in the Oval Test and left a lasting impression.
According to another great Australian cricketer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Michael-Chappell-c63914, Lillee was "a captain's dream and a batsman's nightmare".
He made his first-class debut for Western Australia in 1969-70 season. His second wicket in the domestic cricket was a catch, taken by the 21-year-old wicket-keeper, Rodney Marsh. Caught http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362, bowled Lillee remained a regular line on the scorecards for
almost next 15 years.
The great fast bowler justified his baggy green, nabbing five wickets in the first innings of his first Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. By the end of the series, he was hailed a future champion bowler.
Without any doubt, Lillee was a gifted bowler who varied his pace well to trouble even the best of the batsmen. He was super quick and a tremendously fit bowler. In the era of great fast bowlers, Lillee established his reputation as the greatest.
He decided to retire from international cricket at the end of 1983-84 season after captaining http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Western-Australia-c865 to victory in the Sheffield Shield final. Lillee played in 70 Test matches, taking 355 wickets at an average of 23.92. He was the first Australian
to cross 300-wicket mark in the longest version of the game.
He took five wickets in an innings for 23 times and 10 wickets in a match on seven occasions. In 63 One-dayers, he bagged 103 wickets – the first bowler in the history of the game to claim 100 wickets in the 50-over format of the sport.
Lillee is still in touch with the game, as he has been working with young fast bowlers and transferring his massive knowledge to the new generation.
For his outstanding services for the international cricket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 decided to induct Lillee into the Hall of Fame in 2009 and he is also a part of Australia’s Test Team of the Century. He will stay in the hearts for to his extraordinary performances for his
country and the entertainment that he provided cricket fans over the years.
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