Former England fast bowler Peter Lever, who helped his team to win the Ashes series in Australia in 1970-71, died at the age of 84. Lever took 41 wickets in 17 Tests and played 10 ODIs, including participation in the historic first match of this format against Australia in 1971. Lever made his Test debut for the England team captained by Raymond Illingworth on a 1970-71 tour of Australia. He once again performed brilliantly in Australia in 1975, where he achieved the best Test figures of his career 6/38 in Melbourne.

Bouncers were infamous by hitting the head

In the earlier era of the helmet, the Lever became infamous in 1975 by hitting a bouncer on New Zealand's Evn Chatfield in Auckland.

His condition had become very bad. After the emergency treatment, the life of that tail-ender could be saved, because his heart stopped beating for some time. After this incident, Lever said, 'I really thought that I had killed her when I saw her lying there. I was feeling illness and ashamed of what I did. When I went back to the pavilion, I was just thinking that I want to retire from cricket. Later Chatfield himself explained to the liver that he was not responsible for the accident.

Lancasher County Cricket Club shared the news of his demise on X (East Twitter) and wrote, 'We have been deeply saddened to hear the news of the death of Peter Lever at 84 years of age. Peter was included in our Hall of Fame last year.

We are deeply saddened by the news that Peter Lever has passed Away, AGED 84.

Peter was inducted into hall of fame last year after Playing 301 First-Class Mathese Between 1960 and 1976-Taking 796 wickets.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

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- Lancashire Cricket Men (@LANCSCCT) March 27, 2025

Peter Lever Career

Peter Lever played 301 first class matches between 1960 and 1976 and took 796 wickets.

He bowled 45 thousand 945 balls in his career. His best performance was 7 wickets for 70 runs. This player did the feat to take five wickets 28 times in the innings. At the same time, he managed to take 10 wickets in the match twice. Liver took 272 wickets in List A, including 3 five wickets.

He bowled 45 thousand 945 balls in his career. His best performance was 7 wickets for 70 runs. This player did the feat to take five wickets 28 times in the innings. At the same time, he managed to take 10 wickets in the match twice. Liver took 272 wickets in List A, including 3 five wickets.