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  Dennis Lillee: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lillee made his debut for Western Australia (A state containing the western third of Australia) in the 1969-1970 domestic season as a raw twenty year old, immediately impressing with his pace and workrate.
Lillee followed this performance up with a successful Ashes tour of England in 1972, starring in a 2-2 drawn series, with 31 wickets at the outstanding average (A statistic describing the location of a distribution) of 17.67.
Lillee threw his aluminium bat away in disgust ("[throwing] the offending lump of metal fully 40 yards towards the pavilion"), and grudgingly took the wooden bat.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/dennis_lillee.htm   (1818 words)

  
 Dennis Lillee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lillee made his debut for Western Australia in the 1969-1970 domestic season as a raw twenty year old, immediately impressing with his pace and workrate.
Lillee followed this performance up with a successful Ashes tour of England in 1972, starring in a 2-2 drawn series, with 31 wickets at the outstanding average of 17.67.
Lillee threw his aluminium bat away in disgust ("[throwing] the offending lump of metal fully 40 yards towards the pavilion")[1], and grudgingly took the wooden bat.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dennis_Lillee   (1655 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Lillee calls for Ponting sacking
Lillee, 56, believed Warne, the world's leading wicket-taker, acted as a "pseudo captain" during the drawn fifth Test and felt Ponting should be left to concentrate on his batting.
Lillee was wide-ranging in his criticism of the Australian team performance, railing on Cricket Australia officials and coach Buchanan.
Lillee said Matthew Hayden, Damien Martyn and Simon Katich were the most vulnerable batsmen with selection for next month's Test and one-day series with a World XI and this southern summer's tours by West Indies and South Africa.
content-aus.cricinfo.com /australia/content/story/219173.html   (532 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Lillee calls for Tait
Dennis Lillee has called for the debut of Shaun Tait as he voiced fears the current side were losing their grip on the Ashes, with the teams going into Thursday's fourth Test with the series level at 1-1.
Lillee, who took 167 wickets in 29 Ashes Tests from 1970 to 1983, said Australia were a team in decline with a number of players reaching the end of their careers together.
Lillee said Tait should be included for the fourth Test at the expense of Jason Gillespie, who said his place was under threat after taking just three wickets at an average of 100 apiece in the opening three matches.
content.cricinfo.com /engvaus/content/story/216741.html   (433 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Dennis Lillee
Dennis Lillee, considered by many to have been "the complete bowler", was the heart of Australia's attack for more than a decade.
And Lillee repaid their faith with interest - he was the type of character whom captains could rely on to bowl "one more over" at the end of a long spell, and often made breakthroughs when success seemed unlikely.
Lillee, who was named in Australia's Test Team of the Century and the Hall of Fame, now has an international reputation as a fast bowling coach.
content.cricinfo.com /australia/content/player/6295.html   (753 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Dennis Lillee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lillee, who is not yet at his peak, should be in even better bowling form when the England side comes to Australia next year, and he gives full credit to the season he had in Lancashire League cricket.
Dennis Keith Lillee was born at Subiaco, Perth, on July 18, 1949, and, after attending Belmay Primary School and Belmont Secondary School, he began playing with the Perth Cricket Club when fifteen years of age.
At that stage Lillee was very raw but he could have been the answer -- a thought with which the selectors obviously concurred for they sent him to New Zealand with an Australian B side at the conclusion of that 1969-70 season in which he had taken 32 wickets.
www.icc-cricket.com /wisdenalmanack/content/story/154518.html   (1763 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Dennis Lillee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lillee threw his aluminium bat away in disgust ("[throwing] the offending lump of metal fully 40 yards towards the pavilion") [1], and grudgingly took the wooden bat.
Lillee is also associated with the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai, where he works in the capacity of director.
Lillee's duties are now expected to be fulfilled by former Test swing bowler Damien Fleming, who shared the duties with Lillee last summer and is regarded as one of Australia's most promising coaches, the newspaper reported. 
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dennis-Lillee   (801 words)

  
 Why Lillee still bowls us over - theage.com.au
Lillee was arguably the greatest fast bowler ever to put on boots, and you do not read his autobiography because you think he might just be a Chekhov as well.
Lillee departed international cricket on a high in 1984 (there was a brief comeback with Tasmania that he does not regret), but he never walked away from the game and the final chapters cover his now famous coaching.
Lillee poignantly recalls the eeriness of listening to John Arlott's unforgettable commentaries of England/Australia Test matches, the same Arlott who once said of Derek Underwood that he waved his bat at a Lillee delivery like a civil servant trying to wave down the Bristol Express at a village station.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/07/18/1058035189468.html   (651 words)

  
 ABC Sport - Cricket - Chappell laments Lillee resignation
Lillee, who is the president of the Western Australian Cricket Association, failed to agree to terms for a new contract with Cricket Australia (CA).
CA said Lillee was happy with a proposal to reduce his coaching contract from 30 days a year to 15 days, but the parties were unable to agree to financial terms.
Lillee's duties are now expected to be taken by former Test swing bowler Damien Fleming, who shared the coaching work with Lillee last southern summer and is regarded as one of Australia's most promising coaches.
www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200411/s1250539.htm   (1005 words)

  
 Dennis Lillee Fast Bowling Academy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Dennis Lillee Fast Bowling Academy is a specialised coaching and talent identification program operated by the WACA, aimed at fostering the development of talented, young fast bowlers from around Western Australia.
Lillee, who works extensively with young bowlers around Australia and on the Sub-continent, is regarded as cricket's greatest fast-bowler and provides the academy with World-class expertise and knowledge.
While Lillee and Foster provide the Academy’s participants with expertise and direction, the success of the program is largely dependant on the individual’s ability to implement their individual programs.
www.waca.com.au /cricket/dlfba/bowling.htm   (362 words)

  
 Dennis Lillee - Nobok Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Dennis Lillee was one of the fastest bowlers of his time.
Lillee was truly back on fire in 1975 when he tore through England in the Tests and he also proved to be a skilled tail end batsman scoring 73 not out at Lord’s in the same year.
Lillee marched on to amass a total of 355 wickets in Test matches – a record that stood until Ian Botham bettered it in 1986 - to earn his place in Australian cricket’s Hall of Fame.
www.nobok.co.uk /Cricket/Legends/Other/Dennis%20Lillee.aspx   (490 words)

  
 Dennis Lillee
Dennis Lillee reckons Brett Lee is a perfect specimen for fast bowling.
While Lillee was in London for the release of his autobiography Menace, he flicked through some photographs of his bowling action.
Lillee is tall with long arms and it is easy to see why he frightened batsmen.
www.buckhornwestoncc.co.uk /Stories/DK%20Lillee.htm   (953 words)

  
 India - Sports - Thunderbolt From Down Under   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is said that fast bowlers hunt in pairs and Dennis Lillee had an explosive and a lethal partner in Jeff Thomson.
Lillee was extremely fit, strong, had a rhythmic bowling stride and a loose limbed action, and above all could generate scorching pace.
Lillee also had the mental toughness to rise above the circumstances and the uncanny ability to deliver the goods when his side needed.
www3.estart.com /india/sports/lillee.html   (509 words)

  
 Shoaib Akhtar crowing a little too early: Lillee
Lillee described as "cocksure stuff" Shoaib's desire to be remembered as the game's fastest and greatest speed exponent, expressed after his withering performance against Australia in the recent first Test in Colombo.
Lillee pointed out that Shoaib had so far played in a mere 22 Tests, capturing 77 wickets at an average of 27.69.
Lillee drew attention to the similarity in performance of Shoaib and Australia's young speedster Brett Lee, who has taken 86 wickets in 22 Tests, with an average of 27.50.
www.thatscricket.com /2002/test_series/aus-pak/akhtar_lille.html   (368 words)

  
 Department of Sport and Recreation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Legendary Western Australian cricketer Dennis Lillee recently completed a fast bowling talent identification tour of the North West, as part of the Department of Sport and RecreationÅfs Alcoa Coach in Residence program.
Mr Lillee said that the North West of WA has only produced a handful of cricketers who have reached the highest levels, and resources were needed to stimulate the growth of the sport in the region.
As well as delivering talent identification programs, Dennis also attended coaching forums in the evenings where he participated in question and answer sessions and where he discussed the role of his clinics in promoting cricket.
www.dsr.wa.gov.au /pubs/Mediarelease/alcoa_lillee.asp   (294 words)

  
 Lillee defends bowling approach
The Aussies, who have already wrapped up the Ashes series against England having won the first three Tests in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, came in for criticism for bowling short to lower-order batsmen, who are supposedly incapable of defending themselves.
Tudor was forced to retire hurt and left the field with a split eyebrow.
Lillee insists Lee's delivery to Tudor was certainly not malicious and not intended to cause injury.
www.channel4.com /sport/cricket/news/nr_5439.html   (424 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Zimbabwe pacemen meet Dennis Lillee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lillee's policy is that once the basic action is right, everything else will come right, and therefore erratic bowling at first is not to be of any concern at all.
Lillee did most of the coaching himself, but was assisted by Sekar and also an experienced local Ranji Trophy medium-pacer, Divakar Vasu, a very small man. Sri Lankan coach Dav Whatmore was also there for five days with his Sri Lankan charges.
At the end of the course, Lillee made it clear to them that they were still not the finished products but have to keep working on what they had learned.
www.icc-cricket.com /zimbabwe/content/story/87303.html   (1615 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Cricket | Lillee: Watch out, Shoaib
Lillee described as "cocksure stuff" Shoaib's desire to be remembered as the game's fastest and greatest speed exponent.
But Lillee pointed out that he had so far played in a mere 22 Tests, capturing 77 wickets at an average of 27.69.
Lillee sees similarities between Shoaib and Australia's young speedster Brett Lee, who has taken 86 wickets in 22 Tests with an average of 27.50.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/cricket/2314053.stm   (295 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Cricket - Lillee tells Shoaib to ease off throttle - Friday November 12, 1999 11:42 AM
Lillee said the 24-year-old's quest to become the first bowler to break the 100 miles per hour (161 kilometers per hour) mark would not necessarily result in wickets.
Making his last competitive appearance at the age of 50, Lillee last month grabbed three wickets for eight runs when he played in a selection XI against Pakistan.
Lillee said Shoaib was more effective in the first test against Australia in Brisbane when he slowed his pace and swung the ball.
www.cnn.com /cnnsi/cricket/news/1999/11/12/lillee_akhtar   (368 words)

  
 ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton - Transcript: Dennis Lillee
Dennis Lillee:And anyway, it got to my last game, and I was captain of Western Australia and he was captain of Queensland and it got real tight.
Dennis Lillee:In our household, it was, er, there was nothing special about the fact that I played cricket for Australia and things like that.
Dennis Lillee:It's not something you sort of think, "Shit, I wish I was still out there." Um, I guess I never, ever have thought that.
www.abc.net.au /tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s842705.htm   (2400 words)

  
 africa.iafrica.com | sport ICC hits back at Lillee
International Cricket Council (ICC) chiefs refuted on Tuesday claims made by legendary Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee they were placing television-generated revenue ahead of the credibility of the sport.
And Speed, answering Lillee's charges of greed, added that, apart from the World Cup and other ICC run-tournaments, television money from test and one-day series was paid directly to the host board.
But Lillee was adamant that matches between the likes of Australia and Bangladesh now threatened the integrity of the sport's record books.
africa.iafrica.com /sport/248054.htm   (547 words)

  
 sport.iafrica.com | today's news Gavaskar hits out at Lillee
India's cricket great Sunil Gavaskar on Wednesday renewed his verbal rivalry with Dennis Lillee, blaming the Australian fast bowler for his infamous walkout from the pitch more than two decades ago.
Lillee had reacted sharply to Gavaskar's comments at the Colin Cowdrey memorial lecture at Lord's last month in which he had accused Australia for harming the game's image by their on-field sledging.
Lillee said: "I think it's funny coming from someone who took his bat and went home when an umpire's decision went against him.
sport.iafrica.com /news/262158.htm   (553 words)

  
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Undoubtedly one of the greatest right arm fast bowlers of all time, Lillee made his test debut as a tear-away fast bowler in the Ashes series of 1970-71, Down Under, with a haul of 5-84.
Dennis Lillee was strongly built, had a beautiful action, was aggressive and was intelligent enough to sort out the faults of international batsmen very early.
Lillee played his last one-day match in the World Cup of 1983 against the West Indies at Lord’s.
dimdima.com /sports/show_sports.asp?q_aid=130&q_title=Dennis+...+Lillee   (397 words)

  
 Lillee to Warne: Just get it!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sydney: Australian fast bowling legend Dennis Lillee is hoping Shane Warne will eclipse his world record of 85 Test wickets in a calendar year today in the first Test against South Africa at the West Australia Cricket Association (WACA) ground in Perth.
WACA president Lillee, a long-term admirer of the spin great, is delighted he can look forward to being present to see Warne overtake his record on his home ground.
Lillee’s fulsome praise brings to mind Sunil Gavaskar’s tribute to Sachin Tendulkar, who obliterated his Test record of 34 centuries in New Delhi last week.
web.mid-day.com /sports/international/2005/december/126062.htm   (622 words)

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