Former England and Lancashire quick bowler Peter Lever has died on the age of 84 after a brief sickness.
Lever, who performed 17 Assessments for his nation, was a part of the 1970/71 away Ashes triumph and took his greatest Take a look at figures of 6-38 in Australia 4 years later, on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
The Yorkshire-born bowler additionally made 10 one-day worldwide appearances, together with the inaugural recreation in that format in January 1971 towards Australia.
Lever picked up 41 Take a look at wickets and 11 in ODIs, whereas he claimed 796 wickets in 301 first-class matches for Lancashire between 1960 and 1976.
Within the pre-helmet period, a bouncer from Lever hit New Zealand’s Ewen Chatfield on the top throughout a Take a look at in Auckland in 1975 with emergency requirement required to avoid wasting the tailender’s life after his coronary heart briefly stopped.
Writing in tribute to Lever on the BBC web site, cricket broadcaster Jonathan Agnew mentioned the Chatfield incident “nearly destroyed Peter”.
Agnew added: “A few years later, in a famous game between Derbyshire and Lancashire, it snowed and left the pitch as something of a lottery.
“Peter refused to bowl as a result of he thought it was too harmful.”
Lever’s wife Ros told the BBC: “It’s with a heavy coronary heart and deep unhappiness that Peter Lever has handed away peacefully in the present day. A beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
“An enormous thank you to everyone that has been caring and considerate in supporting Peter through these difficult recent times.”
