A thread I posted to Twitter to commemorate Dennis Lillee’s 70th birthday on July 18 2019:
In my opinion the most popular figure in Australian cricket since Bradman retired. Happy 70th birthday to Dennis Lillee. Here is the day he took 8/29 against the Rest of the World in 1971: https://t.co/CW3z4Ml3zn
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) July 17, 2019
One of the greatest exhibitions of hostile fast bowling, in one of the best one-day games of all time. Western Australia’s Dennis Lillee to Queensland’s Vivian Richards: https://t.co/TV5kPOXcCx
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) July 17, 2019
Dennis Lillee, batsman and unsuccessful innovator: https://t.co/Kq4qAOWd8y
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) July 17, 2019
More of Dennis Lillee following this word from the NSW Building Society https://t.co/FRYb6yiC7H
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) July 17, 2019
Dennis Lillee to Viv Richards again. Late on the first day of the 1981 Boxing Day Test: https://t.co/iLTvorXAt9
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) July 17, 2019
Dennis Lillee’s final Test match, against Pakistan in 1984, and wickets 348 to 355. Today July 18 is his seventieth birthday. https://t.co/zPOD4aY0Gb
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) July 17, 2019
Tooheys Draught commemorates Dennis Lillee’s retirement (until he played for Tasmania and Northants three years later)https://t.co/T4Y6xN2p7K
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) July 17, 2019
“When you want carpet, who do you call?” https://t.co/Sl3ECxfgnv
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) July 17, 2019
“If Steel Blue had made cricket boots instead of work boots, I might have been doing this a bit longer” https://t.co/7BVuqbh36e
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) July 18, 2019
Dennis Lillee, fast bowling mentor to a generation… but Sachin Tendulkar wasn’t good enough. https://t.co/wLpEiiWgfT
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) July 18, 2019
Happy seventieth birthday, Dennis Keith Lillee. pic.twitter.com/yJTnwq5Qel
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) July 18, 2019