England veteran fast bowler Peter Lever, who played a key role in his team's victory in the 1970–71 Ashes series, died at the age of 84. Lever took 41 wickets in 17 Tests for England and played 10 ODIs. He was also part of the first historic ODI match played against Australia in 1971.
Memorable performance in Ashes
Peter Lever made his Test debut for the England team captained by Raymond Ilyingworth on a 1970-71 tour of Australia. He bowled brilliantly with a 6/38 career best figure in the Melbourne Test in Australia in 1975.
Bouncer who shook the cricket world
An incident against New Zealand in 1975 made Peter Lever notorious.
His bouncer was injured in the Auckland Test.
Playing without a helmet, Chatfield's heart stopped beating for a while.
His life was saved from emergency treatment.
The liver was so upset by this incident that he had made up his mind to retire.
Chatfield later explained to the liver that he was not responsible for the accident.
Lancasher Cricket Club paid tribute
Lanc. County Cricket Club shared the news of his death on social media and wrote –
“We are deeply saddened to hear the news of Peter Lever's death at the age of 84. Peter was included in our Hall of Fame last year.”
Peter Lever's Great Career
796 wickets in 301 first class match
Grand of taking 5 wickets 28 times in innings and 10 wickets 2 times
272 wickets in List A cricket and five wicket hall 3 times
Peter Lever's bowling and his passion for cricket will always be remembered.
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