Dennis Lillee was one of cricket's most colourful and controversial characters. These are our picks of the top 6 controversial moments of his illustrious career...
Javed bhai se takkar le raha hai.. if he had swung the bat for real that would have been the end of lillee. It is one thing to be aggressive but it is shameful to take it to physical levels.
why was lilee not banned after the betting scandal or altercation with Javed or other antics only because he was white and laws are applicable depending upon your skin colour, wealth and status
There was actually nothing sinister about the Headingly bet, although the kicking of Javed Miandad was disgraceful. The second half of your sentence is ridiculous, you were obviously born this century as you clearly know nothing about the cricketing world of 1981.
Moron. He did sit out a 2 match suspension for the Miandad incident, and the bet was a practical joke - a bookie had England at 500 to 1. Lillee was also suffering from viral meningitis throughout the entire 1981 series and was still good enough to take 30+ wickets.
@@rickydumas9994Took 39 wkts & missed a Test. Alderman took a record 42 wkts. Double pneumonia. Came back & took 7/89. Proved that he still was the no. 1 fast bowler in world cricket. Still the greatest of all time.
I grew up in the 80's and have great memories of watching all the greats of the day face one another at the SCG. Those one dayers in the World Series were awesome.
WOW WOW would that be a Pakistani who fixed a bet would have thrown to jail and here they r making it as LILLY'S MOMENT # 1 , what a shame and disgrace
It was not matchfixing dude. Australia were in an almost impossible situation to lose. There was local bookie at the ground, with extreme odds of losing. They put a bet on, as tongue in cheek. The rest is history, they didn't influence the match, it unravelled with the brilliant comeback of the England side.
The difference is that Lillee, having placed the bet, didn’t try to influence the match result with a deliberately poor performance. That’s why he didn’t get any complaints.
This legend has issue with everyone.. 😂😂🤣 as usual Aus cricketers... Michael Bevan and gilli are my favourite no black marker in their cricketing career... Learn from them guys
Australia and Western Australia's greatest ever. When I was a kid I used to live to watch him on T.V and going to the WACA for Shield and Test Cricket .
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Considering Lillee's temperament, I wouldn't be surprised if the Miandad/Lillee confrontation was even lower in the list. When pissed off, say, because the batsman slogged him, he would plant himself in the batsman's runway to irk them. Viv Richards had once complained to the umpire about it.
The catch at fine leg by left handed Pakistani batsman looks illegal and should be a six instead. From this video and view, clearly the Aussie fielder touched the boundary hoarding with his left elbow in the same catching action. So either the umpire and match referee are both incompetent, or the Aussie fielder who took that "illegal" catch is dishonest from this video view. Any other view to clarify if catch was legally taken?
I think at the time it was legal to be in contact with the advertising boards and take a catch. It’s also interesting to know the the ball had to go over the boards for it to be a six in those days if it hit the boards it was a 4. The laws of the game have changed since those days.Also not sure if match referees existed in those days.
Prior to 1980, you could go outside of the boundary after taking a catch. Then between 1980 and 2000 you had to stay in the field of play but you could lean against a fence, stand on a rope, as long you didn''t touch the ground outside the field of play - you could even theoretically stand atop a fence to take a catch as long as you didn't topple over the other side.
Not suggesting that he didn't do the wrong thing with the aluminium bat, but his annoyance was understandable. He'd written to the Australian cricket board beforehand and asked for permission to use the bat. The board totally missed the point of what he was asking them and granted him permission. Imagine Lillee's dismay when gets out in the middle and promptly gets told by the umpires to get rid of the bat - in other words, the exact scenario that Lillee had gone to some pains to avoid.
H'es like a white version of Shoaib Akthar but he's a hero in Pakistan. Pakistanis and Indians seem to hate Dennis Lillie you're all a bunch of hypocrites
Lilee only bowled well on responsive wickets (Australia, England and New Zealand) was ineffective in WI and Pakistan and did not even tour Srilanka and India. For me the greatest Australian fast bowler is Mcgrath
You clearly have no idea. Do you have any idea of his missing WSC SuperTest wickets, against the mighty West Indies, arguably the greatest Test side of all time & World XI matches, plus World XI Tests in 1972? Tony Cosier stated that Lillee is the best overseas bowler ever to play on Carribean shores. The West Indians rated Dennis as the best fast bowler ever. Viv Richards does as well. Lillee took 103 wkts in 19 unofficial Tests. His true total is 89 Tests, 458wkts wkts @ 23.91, 29x 5wkt hauls and 9x 10wkt hauls. He took 12/89 vs WSC World XI & 12/92 vs 1972 World XI, which included Gavaskar, Sobers, Lloyd, Greig etc. You seem not to understand that Australia in Lillee's era, refused to play on the subcontinent for safety reasons, food hygiene issues & dysentery. When he did play in Pakistan, DK was at the height of his abilities, they doctored the pitches to featherbeds, negating his abilities & spinning wkts. Nearly all the wkts taken in that Test series was by spin bowlers.
@@graemealexander8804 again Lilee bowled well while playing on responsive wickets. Please check his record on no responsive wickets WI India and Pakistan
Australia's only tour of India during Lillee's career occurred while he was unavailable for selection due to his being in the West Indies (and getting a bag of wickets, giving the lie to your imputation that he wasn't good in the WI) with WSC. His only tour of Pakistan was marred by doctored pitches - as I recall Pakistan quicks Imran Khan and Sarfraz Nawaz were also ineffective in that series. He played in the inaugural Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Colombo in the twilight of his career and took 3 wickets including captain Duleep Mendis twice. Do some research before bagging a legend next time.
Imran khan, kapil Dave , ion Botham, and sir Richard Headly became the greatest allrounders in the history. Kapil and Imran khan also won the world cups too . Danis lily just stayed a bowler and only famous in Australia. His short temper and weak personality consistently involved him with disputes with some world greatest batters.
omar khan kapil dev is the only person in test cricket to make over 5000 runs and over 400 test wicket the youngest person to win a world cup when he beat the west indies in 1983 like david defeating goliath bud from nyc
You're are talking bollocks Dennis Lillie is very well known to all cricket playing countries Why do Asians hate Dennis Lilliie so much get a life the lot of you.
but look at now, imran acheived many things other than cricket he is a LEGEND,2 hospitals,1uni ,and many other things ,others are still doing commentories
So ICC should have investigated the Dennis Lillee bet of £10 for England to win, when he is the prime bowler for Australia. ICC should consider match is played mysterious circumstances by one person by himself, , and did he put in full sincere effort in bowling and batting to ensure Australia win? Lillee collected £5K. If this was a South African or Pakistani player betting on opposing team to win, ICC would have suspended or banned that player. What action was taken against Lillee by Cricket Australia or the ICC?
Evil is evil. It has no timeline. Lillee's behaviour was evil , on that fateful day when he first obviously manipulated to block Javid Miandad from taking a quick single, the then he kicking Miandad. Dennis Lillee is Aussie cricket's equivalent of the dirty cop , Chauvin , of the George Floyd infamy of 2020 USA.
Dude, they put the bet on as a joke. Australia were in a dominant position, almost unbeatable & they did it as mockery, the odds of losing were near impossible. Took one of the best English bowling spells at home of all time to bring about one of the biggest upsets in Ashes history.
@@sarfrazmh31 You need as serious look at yourself, that comment is plain awful. Wow. Lillee & Miandad had been sparing for years. Javed never needed pads, never given out LBW at home, hence why there are neutral umpires nowadays. Dennis was wrong, it was the heat of battle. He was heavily fined for it, punished enough. You only dislike him, because he was the finest pacemen of all time & he carved the best sides on the globe up for fun.
@@graemealexander8804 You are biased and untruthful. Topic is of this arrogant Lille's supremacist and violent behaviour via-a-vis Asian opponents. If you understood Hindi, Urdu , you would know comments of fans from India or Pakistan were (are) equally disgusted with Lillee's barbaric style on field. Nothing special about Lillee but your discriminatory eyes only see him. Windies had great bowlers , much better than your favourite spoilt brat.
Overrated fast bowler with little variation....was only effective on bouncy wickets ,denied touring pak, srilanka less responsive in india too....yes got pace but predictible.... Men who told him manners.......Kalicharran, Viv Richards,Lloyd....
Dennis lille the most ill behaved Cricketer I have seen. He is the father figure of late cheating Australians. Disgrace to the sport unless your an Australian!
The Miandad incident was upsetting for the cricketing world except for New Zealand. They loved it so much they named a mountain after it. It's called "Waikickapacki".
Top bowler and a great bloke very nice man off the cricket field but a cricket ball in hands and he was like the devil . I love Dennis Lillie one of my favourite fast bowlers. Indians and Pakistanis need to lay off him and keep you hatred remarks to yourself.
Javed Miandad was harmless ... he was just a stirrer who deliberately engineered this demeanour to get under opponents skins ... Ian Chappell has said so in admiration. Dennis Lillee was a nasty piece of work on the field, and he was even a mongrel towards his fellow west australian, Kim Hughes, when Hughes was captain of Australia, simply because Lillee wanted his good mate Rod Marsh to be captain after Greg Chappell.
Dennis lily is cancer zodiac is psycho always feels hurt for small things and their opposite zodiac are Gemini and sagittarius and Leo zodiac cricket players .
Never a dull moment in those days, great characters of this beautiful game.
Such a charismatic character lilee is 🖤
Never a dull moment with D.K.Lillee
Except the dull lillee himself
The last text was shocking...5000 pounds at that time will be crores now...
Javed bhai se takkar le raha hai.. if he had swung the bat for real that would have been the end of lillee. It is one thing to be aggressive but it is shameful to take it to physical levels.
Dennis Lillee deserved to have his dumb head hit for kicking Javed when he was not even looking. Dennis Lillee just a cowardly big mouth.
why was lilee not banned after the betting scandal or altercation with Javed or other antics only because he was white and laws are applicable depending upon your skin colour, wealth and status
There was actually nothing sinister about the Headingly bet, although the kicking of Javed Miandad was disgraceful. The second half of your sentence is ridiculous, you were obviously born this century as you clearly know nothing about the cricketing world of 1981.
😂😂 in 90s there was no law and don't make a racist comment change it upper part is enough
Now you are a fully fledged goose ya goose.
Moron. He did sit out a 2 match suspension for the Miandad incident, and the bet was a practical joke - a bookie had England at 500 to 1. Lillee was also suffering from viral meningitis throughout the entire 1981 series and was still good enough to take 30+ wickets.
@@rickydumas9994Took 39 wkts & missed a Test. Alderman took a record 42 wkts. Double pneumonia. Came back & took 7/89. Proved that he still was the no. 1 fast bowler in world cricket. Still the greatest of all time.
I grew up in the 80's and have great memories of watching all the greats of the day face one another at the SCG. Those one dayers in the World Series were awesome.
WOW WOW would that be a Pakistani who fixed a bet would have thrown to jail and here they r making it as LILLY'S MOMENT # 1 , what a shame and disgrace
I guess the boards then were not conscious of match fixing tricks.
In prrsent days, such bets would have led to Life Ban.
It was not matchfixing dude. Australia were in an almost impossible situation to lose. There was local bookie at the ground, with extreme odds of losing. They put a bet on, as tongue in cheek. The rest is history, they didn't influence the match, it unravelled with the brilliant comeback of the England side.
I'd bet anything if it were a player from pakistan who placed that bet and won...he'd be thrown in jail for life
The difference is that Lillee, having placed the bet, didn’t try to influence the match result with a deliberately poor performance. That’s why he didn’t get any complaints.
midnyte vega viv richard said and i quote pakistan is most corrupted country is test cricket bud from nyc
@@jeangowcharan7456 il listen to a quote from anyone else than that biased Viv Richards
Father of aussie sledging
This legend has issue with everyone.. 😂😂🤣 as usual Aus cricketers... Michael Bevan and gilli are my favourite no black marker in their cricketing career... Learn from them guys
Australia and Western Australia's greatest ever. When I was a kid I used to live to watch him on T.V and going to the WACA for Shield and Test Cricket .
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Pretty poor form to disrespect your own captain like that. Not called for.
And how was Lillee vs. Miandad only No. 2? O_o
Considering Lillee's temperament, I wouldn't be surprised if the Miandad/Lillee confrontation was even lower in the list. When pissed off, say, because the batsman slogged him, he would plant himself in the batsman's runway to irk them. Viv Richards had once complained to the umpire about it.
The catch at fine leg by left handed Pakistani batsman looks illegal and should be a six instead. From this video and view, clearly the Aussie fielder touched the boundary hoarding with his left elbow in the same catching action. So either the umpire and match referee are both incompetent, or the Aussie fielder who took that "illegal" catch is dishonest from this video view.
Any other view to clarify if catch was legally taken?
I think at the time it was legal to be in contact with the advertising boards and take a catch. It’s also interesting to know the the ball had to go over the boards for it to be a six in those days if it hit the boards it was a 4. The laws of the game have changed since those days.Also not sure if match referees existed in those days.
Prior to 1980, you could go outside of the boundary after taking a catch. Then between 1980 and 2000 you had to stay in the field of play but you could lean against a fence, stand on a rope, as long you didn''t touch the ground outside the field of play - you could even theoretically stand atop a fence to take a catch as long as you didn't topple over the other side.
They changed the laws, as happens frequently. Back then it was legal.
btw did anyone stand on top of the fence to take a catch?
As a Pakistani I can safely say that it was legal even he was touching the boundary as the rules were different then.
He was a good bowler but as being a person very pathetic.
pathetic comment, a comment you would expect from a Pakistani/Indian
I can understand why Lillee and Botham are best mates.
Lilee turn into Kangroo quick cuz he knew Javed would have hit ass with that bat lmao🤣
Aluminium bat was classic...
Not suggesting that he didn't do the wrong thing with the aluminium bat, but his annoyance was understandable. He'd written to the Australian cricket board beforehand and asked for permission to use the bat. The board totally missed the point of what he was asking them and granted him permission. Imagine Lillee's dismay when gets out in the middle and promptly gets told by the umpires to get rid of the bat - in other words, the exact scenario that Lillee had gone to some pains to avoid.
Lillie was was Big Clown in Cricket History .
He had his faults as a person that's for sure.
H'es like a white version of Shoaib Akthar but he's a hero in Pakistan. Pakistanis and Indians seem to hate Dennis Lillie you're all a bunch of hypocrites
Lilee only bowled well on responsive wickets (Australia, England and New Zealand) was ineffective in WI and Pakistan and did not even tour Srilanka and India. For me the greatest Australian fast bowler is Mcgrath
Mickey lewis wasnt bad either
Rubbish
You clearly have no idea. Do you have any idea of his missing WSC SuperTest wickets, against the mighty West Indies, arguably the greatest Test side of all time & World XI matches, plus World XI Tests in 1972?
Tony Cosier stated that Lillee is the best overseas bowler ever to play on Carribean shores. The West Indians rated Dennis as the best fast bowler ever. Viv Richards does as well.
Lillee took 103 wkts in 19 unofficial Tests. His true total is 89 Tests, 458wkts wkts @ 23.91, 29x 5wkt hauls and 9x 10wkt hauls. He took 12/89 vs WSC World XI & 12/92 vs 1972 World XI, which included Gavaskar, Sobers, Lloyd, Greig etc.
You seem not to understand that Australia in Lillee's era, refused to play on the subcontinent for safety reasons, food hygiene issues & dysentery. When he did play in Pakistan, DK was at the height of his abilities, they doctored the pitches to featherbeds, negating his abilities & spinning wkts. Nearly all the wkts taken in that Test series was by spin bowlers.
@@graemealexander8804 again Lilee bowled well while playing on responsive wickets. Please check his record on no responsive wickets WI India and Pakistan
Australia's only tour of India during Lillee's career occurred while he was unavailable for selection due to his being in the West Indies (and getting a bag of wickets, giving the lie to your imputation that he wasn't good in the WI) with WSC. His only tour of Pakistan was marred by doctored pitches - as I recall Pakistan quicks Imran Khan and Sarfraz Nawaz were also ineffective in that series.
He played in the inaugural Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Colombo in the twilight of his career and took 3 wickets including captain Duleep Mendis twice. Do some research before bagging a legend next time.
Imran khan, kapil Dave , ion Botham, and sir Richard Headly became the greatest allrounders in the history. Kapil and Imran khan also won the world cups too . Danis lily just stayed a bowler and only famous in Australia. His short temper and weak personality consistently involved him with disputes with some world greatest batters.
omar khan kapil dev is the only person in test cricket to make over 5000 runs and over 400 test wicket the youngest person to win a world cup when he beat the west indies in 1983 like david defeating goliath bud from nyc
You're are talking bollocks Dennis Lillie is very well known to all cricket playing countries Why do Asians hate Dennis Lilliie so much get a life the lot of you.
but look at now, imran acheived many things other than cricket he is a LEGEND,2 hospitals,1uni ,and many other things ,others are still doing commentories
To all you Pakistani and indians. Least he wasn't jailed for match fixing.
Very well said
Lillee had a major upbringing problem.
So ICC should have investigated the Dennis Lillee bet of £10 for England to win, when he is the prime bowler for Australia. ICC should consider match is played mysterious circumstances by one person by himself, , and did he put in full sincere effort in bowling and batting to ensure Australia win? Lillee collected £5K.
If this was a South African or Pakistani player betting on opposing team to win, ICC would have suspended or banned that player. What action was taken against Lillee by Cricket Australia or the ICC?
You were obviously born after 1981, maybe much later, as you clearly have no idea about the world in general, let alone the cricketing world in 1981.
Evil is evil. It has no timeline. Lillee's behaviour was evil , on that fateful day when he first obviously manipulated to block Javid Miandad from taking a quick single, the then he kicking Miandad. Dennis Lillee is Aussie cricket's equivalent of the dirty cop , Chauvin , of the George Floyd infamy of 2020 USA.
Dude, they put the bet on as a joke. Australia were in a dominant position, almost unbeatable & they did it as mockery, the odds of losing were near impossible. Took one of the best English bowling spells at home of all time to bring about one of the biggest upsets in Ashes history.
@@sarfrazmh31 You need as serious look at yourself, that comment is plain awful. Wow. Lillee & Miandad had been sparing for years. Javed never needed pads, never given out LBW at home, hence why there are neutral umpires nowadays. Dennis was wrong, it was the heat of battle. He was heavily fined for it, punished enough. You only dislike him, because he was the finest pacemen of all time & he carved the best sides on the globe up for fun.
@@graemealexander8804 You are biased and untruthful.
Topic is of this arrogant Lille's supremacist and violent behaviour via-a-vis Asian opponents.
If you understood Hindi, Urdu , you would know comments of fans from India or Pakistan were (are) equally disgusted with Lillee's barbaric style on field.
Nothing special about Lillee but your discriminatory eyes only see him.
Windies had great bowlers , much better than your favourite spoilt brat.
Lillie was great bowler, with ugly behavior.
The greatest. As for bad behaviour, there were very few in a long career.
suresh one of the great a big stretch your opinion not your own fact bud from nyc
Overrated fast bowler with little variation....was only effective on bouncy wickets ,denied touring pak, srilanka less responsive in india too....yes got pace but predictible....
Men who told him manners.......Kalicharran, Viv Richards,Lloyd....
Dennis lille the most ill behaved Cricketer I have seen. He is the father figure of late cheating Australians. Disgrace to the sport unless your an Australian!
Lilee roguish behaviour many times
Crazy dog
Absolute hero to a generation...D.K Lillee was a star
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He was a machine
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cricket need to have random drug testing like base ball and my work place bud from nyc
Evergreen arrogant cricketer. Thank god he is not playing now. He would have banned for life 🤣🤣
Dennis lille the most ill behaved player of the sport. Surprising to see that he played for this long.
The Miandad incident was upsetting for the cricketing world except for New Zealand. They loved it so much they named a mountain after it. It's called "Waikickapacki".
Top bowler and a great bloke very nice man off the cricket field but a cricket ball in hands and he was like the devil . I love Dennis Lillie one of my favourite fast bowlers. Indians and Pakistanis need to lay off him and keep you hatred remarks to yourself.
What javed miandad was TO PAKISTAN so is Dennis lillee to Australia.
Javed Miandad was harmless ... he was just a stirrer who deliberately engineered this demeanour to get under opponents skins ... Ian Chappell has said so in admiration. Dennis Lillee was a nasty piece of work on the field, and he was even a mongrel towards his fellow west australian, Kim Hughes, when Hughes was captain of Australia, simply because Lillee wanted his good mate Rod Marsh to be captain after Greg Chappell.
When cricket was played by men and not boys
Javed was defending himself. He had every right to use his bat on this ridiculously overrated bowler's head
Dennis lily is cancer zodiac is psycho always feels hurt for small things and their opposite zodiac are Gemini and sagittarius and Leo zodiac cricket players .