Dennis Lillee
- Analysis
- The Ashes
The Ashes are hyped as the ultimate cricket contest. In Australia, they’re anything but
These Ashes have proven the folly of so much pre-series hype. England need help to break a cycle of uncompetitive bouts in Australia.
- Daniel Brettig
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- Opinion
- The Ashes
Move over, Guardian - these are the greatest Ashes cricketers of all time
The Guardian is naming its top 100 male Ashes players, but here’s my “Magnificent Seven”.
- Peter FitzSimons
Fifty years on, Dennis Lillee’s spell still mesmerised the crowd
For 40 minutes at the Chappell Foundation dinner this week, the great fast bowler reduced us to 10-year-olds as we remembered the magic of those sporting times.
- Peter FitzSimons
- Opinion
- The Fitz Files
Silver lining: Why this was the defeat Gout Gout didn’t know he needed
There are several good reasons the young sprint sensation’s second place behind Lachie Kennedy at the Maurie Plant Meet wasn’t the tragedy it might have seemed.
- Peter FitzSimons
- Opinion
- Australian cricket
Dennis Lillee rang me up this week. Suddenly, I was 10 years old again
A chat with my childhood sporting hero to discuss a fundraising dinner took us back to the golden days of World Series Cricket, the SCG Hill, Kerry Packer, and terry-towelling bucket hats.
- Peter FitzSimons
- Analysis
- Australian cricket
Dennis Lillee and Andy Roberts were the best fast bowlers I faced. Bumrah combines the best of both
The Indian pace spearhead combines Lillee’s ability to dictate terms and unsettle batsmen with the cerebral approach of Roberts. If Australia can best him, they will win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
- Greg Chappell
The English batsman who enlisted a hypnotist to get over Lillee and Thomson bombardment
The notorious 1974-75 Ashes saw Australia’s pacemen terrorise the touring English batting order with a barrage of short-pitched bowling, precipitating the use of protective helmets for the first time.
- Simon Briggs
‘I was stupid’: Boon admits regret over infamous 52-beer flight
David Boon has long described teammates’ account of his infamous 52-beer flight to England as a fairytale. But he has admitted on a podcast that he regrets the incident.
- Claire Siracusa and Greg Dundas
The Windies greats about to be passed by Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood
The impending achievements underline how blessed Australia have been to have three fast bowlers tipped to become future hall of famers playing in the same generation.
- Andrew Wu
- Opinion
- Test cricket
Why the Poms are loving the Johnson and Warner circus
Pass the gin and tonics, sit back and enjoy the show. There’s nothing us Brits like better than seeing our Aussie tormentors turn on each other.
- Alan Tyers