Dennis Lillee determination personified
In a nutshell; http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dennis-Keith-Lillee-c53639 is considered by many as the most complete and natural fast bowler in the history of cricket. During his retirement Lillee was the most successful bowler in Test cricket, scalping a wicket off his final ball in the last
Test match of his career.
Dennis Lillee began his career as an aggressive fast bowler, so he had the ability to the hit the batsmen at will but injuries forced him out of the game and he had to cut down on pace to extend his career. However, he returned as the most accurate fast
bowler of his time.
The Australian great, who has been tagged as “the complete bowler” was the spearhead of the Australian bowling line-up. Lillee wasn’t the fastest of his era and that too by a country mile as he used accuracy and determination to rattle the top order batsmen.
Lillee had a beautiful action as he used to sprint towards the popping crease in order to intimidate the batsmen. The delivery stride was lethal as he was onto the batsmen before he delivered the red cherry. His bowling was not about defence as Ian Chappell
mentioned that, when a player used to treat him with a boundary, Lillee did not ask for another fielder on the deep boundary, rather he will ask for another close in fielder.
He became the heart-throb of Australia, earning the crowds respect and when he used to sprint from his run-up, the crowd roared his name over and over again. It was a sight to watch, Dennis coming in, bowling quick at the MCG and the crowd going wild, chanting
his sir name in order to energize their hero.
His determination was personified as he would never give up. The Australian veteran will keep coming at you. Imran Khan said, “As far as I am concerned, the sign of an outstanding player is his ability to perform well constantly under pressure”.
Furthermore, Imran remembered Dennis Lillee coming to him and encouraging him after the Pakistani bowler struggled in the Melbourne Test, bagging 5/237 in the match. Nevertheless, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 bagged 12 wickets in the next Test. In Addition, Ian Chappell described
Dennis Lillee as "a captain's dream and a batsman's nightmare".
The Australian champion has remarkable numbers in both forms of the game. In Test cricket, the master craftsman scalped 355 wickets at an average of 23.92 in 70 matches. In his hunt for wickets, he recorded 23 five-wicket hauls and he registered ten wickets
in a match seven times with a best of 7/83 in an innings.
Furthermore, In One-day internationals, Lillee prospered even more. As a result, the pace bowler took 103 wickets at a breathtaking average of 20. In his tally of wickets, he recorded 5 five-wicket hauls with a best of 5/34.
On his first tour to England in 1972, Lillee placed his name on the prestigious list of Ashes legends by the virtue of his brilliant bowling performances, helping Australia to draw the series. In the series, the Australian legend hunted 31 preys at a remarkable
average of 17. His ten-wicket haul in the fifth Test at the Oval helped the Kangaroos to draw the series.
The Australian recorded his best figures against the dominant side of his era, West Indies in 1981. To everyone’s delight, Lillee dismissed the opener Desmond Haynes and then the night-watchman Colin Croft. Later in the day, he clean bowled Vivian Richards
at stumps to leave http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, which the Kangaroos recorded by ten wickets.
Dennis has been named in Australia’s Test team of the century. Only Glenn McGrath challenges his rank as the best pace bowler that the Baggy-green land has ever produced. History will remember him as one of the greatest fast bowler the game has ever seen.
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