London, March 27 -- Former Lancashire and England fast bowler Peter Lever has died at the
age of 84 following a short illness.
Lever was part of the England team that won the Ashes in Australia in 1970-71 under captain Raymond Illingworth, the tour in which he made his Test debut, the BBC reported.
On the same trip, Lever also played in the very first one-day international, a hastily arranged 40-over match between England and Australia when the third Test in Melbourne was washed out.
He actually first played for England earlier in 1970, against a Rest of World XI, matches that were eventually stripped of Test status.
Overall, Lever took 41 wickets in 17 Tests and 11 more in 10 one-day internationals.
He played for Lancashire between 1...