Former England fast bowler Peter Lever has passed away at the age of 84 after a short illness. Lever had a remarkable cricketing career, playing 17 Tests and 10 one-day internationals for England between 1970 and 1975 .
Lever was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who took 41 wickets in Test cricket, with a best bowling figure of 6/38. He also played for Lancashire and Tasmania in a successful first-class career, taking 796 wickets and scoring 3,534 runs .
One of the most notable incidents in Lever’s career was when he almost killed New Zealand batsman Ewen Chatfield with a bouncer during a Test match in 1975. Lever was deeply affected by the incident, but Chatfield later assured him that it was not his fault .
After retiring from cricket, Lever went on to become a coach at Lancashire and also assisted Ray Illingworth during his time as chairman of selectors. He will be remembered as one of England’s finest fast bowlers of the 1970s .
During his career in the 1960s and ’70s, Lever claimed nearly 1,000 wickets for Lancashire. He earned 17 Test caps for England and also played 10 one-day internationals.
Initially, Lever’s opportunities with England were restricted due to intense competition from seam bowlers, and he had to wait until he was 30 for his official debut. He had played for England against the Rest of the World in the summer of 1970, taking 7 for 83, which included the dismissals of Graeme Pollock, Garry Sobers, and Clive Lloyd–but those matches subsequently lost their Test status.
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