The joy of pace
From Dennis Lillee going up against Viv Richards, to Mitchell Johnson destroying a bewildered England line-up, Russell Jackson of the Guardian lists his six favourite fast-bowling spells in cricket
04-Nov-2014
From Dennis Lillee going up against Viv Richards, to Mitchell Johnson destroying a bewildered England line-up, Russell Jackson of the Guardian lists his six favourite fast-bowling spells in cricket.
This was the game in which Lillee, enraged at watching his team-mates plummet from 50-1 to a paltry total of 77, responded to captain Rod Marsh's innings break instructions that Queensland should be made to fight for their victory by barking, "Make 'em fight for it, be buggered. We're going to beat these bastards." Western Australia coach Daryl Foster said he'd never seen Lillee so angry.