Lillee & Thommo: The Deadly Pair's Reign of Terror

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Lillee & Thommois the previously untold story of the combined devastating dominance of bowlers Jeff Thompson & Dennis Lillee. During the heyday of Australian cricket, the pair were unstoppable and feared by batsmen everywhere.In the yearsbetween 29 December, 1972 and 18 June, 1983 Lillee and Thommo paired up in twenty-six Test matches, five World Series Cricket Supertests and thirty-one One-Day Internationals. At the zenith of their explosive destruction in England during the summer of 1974-5, they combined to take a total of fifty-seven wickets in the six Tests.There was cause for celebration, indeed genuine relief, for batsmen the world over whentheir 'reign of terror'ended.

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Ian Brayshaw is a journalist-cum-author, who has written or co-writtenover 25 books on sports and sports heroes. He played cricket for WA for over 17 years in 1967 becoming only the third bowler in Sheffield Shield history to take all-ten wickets in an innings. The feat has never been repeated since in Shield cricket. It was saidby some at the time of his retirement in 1978 that Ian Brayshaw wasthe best player not to have played for Australia. Brayshaw was accorded the MBE for his services to sport.