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Full name Peter Lever
Born September 17, 1940, Todmorden, Yorkshire
Current age 68 years 27 days
Major teams England,Lancashire,Tasmania
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Relations Brother - C Lever
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
17
18
2
350
88*
21.87
811
43.15
0
2
32
1
11
0
ODIs
10
3
2
17
8*
17.00
24
70.83
0
0
0
0
2
0
First-class
301
314
66
3534
88*
14.25
0
11
106
0
List A
183
74
37
385
23*
10.40
0
0
46
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
17
31
3571
1509
41
6/38
9/103
36.80
2.53
87.0
1
2
0
ODIs
10
9
440
261
11
4/35
4/35
23.72
3.55
40.0
1
0
0
First-class
301
45945
20377
796
7/70
25.59
2.66
57.7
28
2
List A
183
9258
4882
272
5/21
5/21
17.94
3.16
34.0
10
3
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Perth, Dec 11-16, 1970 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Lord's, Jul 31-Aug 5, 1975 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Australia at Leeds, Jun 18, 1975 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1960 - 1976
List A span
1963 - 1983
Profile
Stern competition in the shape of John Snow, Jeff Jones, David Brown and Ken Higgs meant that Peter Lever was 30 before he played an official Test, in 1970-71, although he did take 7 for 83 at The Oval in 1970 against Garry Sobers's powerful Rest of the World XI. Picked as the upwind seamer in Perth's inaugural Test, Lever was disconcerted to discover that the Fremantle Doctor, the local wind, was so strong that he had to start his run-up two yards nearer the stumps than usual to reach the bowling crease in rhythm. Typically, he battled gamely into it for 21 eight-ball overs. Four years after that Lever's 6 for 38 on a Melbourne greentop helped England, 4-0 down in the Lillee-Thomson series, to win the final Test by an innings, but that tour finished on a low at Auckland where Lever almost killed Ewen Chatfield, the New Zealand No. 11 who was making his debut, with a bouncer that hit him on the temple.
John Thicknesse
