I simply can't believe how batters used to play the quicks without protective gears, facing Lille-Thomson or the Windies quicks of the 70's without helmets is like inviting death....if today's T20 batters faced them without helmets, then plenty of casualties would have happened that's for sure.....

Lillee and Thompson. What a pairing the Australians had

I'm in my 50's and I still have a poster of him in my garage.

Great player on the field but he is the most polite well spoken and respectful gentleman u could ever meet. Legend off the field too

Watched him in his prime back in the 70’s and he was just fantastic. Not only very quick but very clever too and when he got Jeff Thomson as his partner things got even better.

I was a bit young, but my cricket fanatic Grandmother went to the 75 Test in Sydney against England and she said Lillee and Thommo were terrifying. We saw a good few quicks together over the years (Holding, Croft, Lee, Tait, Akhtar, and a few others), but she always said Lillee and Thommo on that 74-75 tour were the most dangerous she ever saw. She saw Bradman play a few times too, I always envied her that. She's spectating from the great cricket ground in the sky now, I hope to join her in the stands one day to enjoy the eternal Test Match.

Met Dennis once down south of WA in 1988... a completely nice gentleman he was! What a fan moment! I first watched him play in 1980 as a kid and he was scorchingly fast! Cannot imagine him in 1975-77. Dennis and Thomo... awesome legends!

The key to great Athletes is their ability to learn a better way, even though they are having success. Few can do it. Lillee is one of the finest examples of this. Because he had to. He had the sense to use the time recovering to learn.

Caught Marsh, Bowled Lillee. How many times did I see that as a kid! Absolute legends playing other legends of the game from around the world. I think Viv Richards is the another from that era who stands out in my mind for being so intimidating. Obviously not a bowler(apart from his part-time spin bowling), but his aggression with the bat was fearsome! Or The Big Bird, Joel Garner. Bounce! So many legends in this video. As an aspiring but failed fast bowler as a kid at the time, I tried to impersonate Dennis Lillee’s action.

World Series cricket gave these great stars a future. In return Lillee, Marsh, Laird, Malone,Edwards and all those other pioneers inspired a generation of sports people all over the world.. Thank you.

I couldn't help but smile when Willis said the 1974-75 tour was the most terrifying the English team had ever been through.

I like what he said in 1984 when he retired that his body can take it physically but not mentally, that's a person who knows what it takes to be perform only at the top of their game and does not settle for second best !

Dennis was one of the best bowlers I had to privilege to watch in the 70s and 80s And Rod Marsh’s instincts made Lillie an even greater champion.

Most complete & the Terrifying superb, fast bowler ever produced in entire cricket history.

The most complete fast-bowler in all cricket history.

🎉I was honoured to work as a trainer under the supervision of Dr Frank Pyke, with the World Series Cricket group in W.A. Which included D.K. Lillee, and some awesome sportsmen. Thank you and I hope my work in sport after that time, further honours what you taught me.

Those were the greatest years for characters & true legends of the day. And no other bowler could match the greatness of DK Lillee... Especially when Thommo was from the other end

Lillee founder of fast bowling great impactful bowler & dream of my childhood

What a personality snd Fast bowler who set attitude for the pacers.Indian cricket today is because of his contribution to MRF. Lots of live and respect from India

That Marsh Lillee wicket record still stands. Today. Amazing

So sad to see a lot of the legends of the game in this video that have now passed 😢

My fondest childhood memory, what an absolute legend!

I played with the same Perth grade club as DK in the late 60s just as he was breaking into the WA state team. I was an opening batsman used to pace bowling but just watching him in the nets was terrifying and I needed a change of underwear after each session!

too many people don't know that Lillee was seriously quick before his stress fracture he came back smarter & worked batsmen over....he was still quick but also had the perfect foil in Thomson

Great swag he had!!

Brilliant player

That australian team between 74-76 was probably one of the strongest teams in all history Would rival bradmans team and that brilliant West indies team in the mid 80s players such as the chappell brothers , redpath walters, marsh, walker, mallet the off spinner if they played him Gilmour, edwards And the ferocious lillee and thomson I think from memory late 71 to early 77 they never lost a test series It was a great Australian team

Andy Roberts whom was a great West Indies pace bowler summed it up well. Probably the best fast bowler we ever seen. Only saw him in his veteran years but his action and skill are the best I seen. Richard Hadlee that appears in these interviews had an awesome action also and up there with the skill level too. I still think they are the two best pace bowlers I seen in all the time I have watched Test cricket. Wasim Akram not too far behind them. 1970's to the early 90's been the best time I can think to watch pace bowlers in Test cricket and most in the 90's would have learnt to try to emulate the pace and skill of Lillee, Roberts, Holding, Garner, Marshall, Hadlee and Imran Khan that set the standard any great wanted to reach in the next era. Wasim Akram, Allan Donald and Curtly Ambrose still continued the trend for a few more years before spin bowlers started to become match winner themselves too. It is a pity the conditions of pitches, smaller boundaries and thicker bats make it easier for batsmen now and lessen it as a contest for most matches. Thankful I saw it before it all changed so can appreciate how great the era was when likes of Lillee, Hadlee, Holding and Imran Khan made fast bowling so exciting to watch.

My world XI 3 fast bowlers are Lillee, Marshall and Akram. Huge fan of McGrath, Ambrose and Waqar but those are the three I picked.

Yep- if you survived Thommo, then you had Lillee.

Cricket the greatest team game ever invented. Anyone who has ever played the game . no matter what standard can testify that that ball hurts when it hits you. Batsman pre helmet days had nerves of steel and boundless courage.

I doubt anyone in history knows more about fast Bowling, not only one of the greatest fast bowlers in history, but with little doubt the greatest fast bowling coach of all time. Mitchell Johnson went to him when he was struggling and the first thing DK asked him, how much running are you doing?

He grew up in my area and I know someone who played with him at Perth Cricket Club before he obviously played before W.A and then Australia. Apparently Dennis has a brother that was even faster than Dennis. But he chose a career in the military over Cricket.

I'm 58 years old. I still remember the series between Pak VS Aussie in mid Seventies, where Pakistan managed to draw the series in Australia after winning the third test match. Majid khan gave his cap to lillee because Denis wanted him to duck on his short pitch bowls. It was a remarkable series. I think Jeff got hurt in that series also.

Great pacer

My Cricketing Idol.

If he hadn't lost those years through injury and world series cricket, he would've had a wicket count comparable to Warne

It’s always either Dennis Lillee or Malcolm Marshall that are in the argument for best test match fast bowler ever. Personally I’d be over the moon if either one were on my imaginary best test side ever.

My final thought. Rod Marsh was the greatest of them all. A great man in every respect.

My grandfather told me; _"Dennis Lillee. That guy can bowl."_ We're English, by the way.

Aah. That was good.

Flying Lillie 🫡😊

3:24 - So where does Dougie get interviewed? In a bar with a beer in front of him. Looks like he's just started on it. Brilliantly apt, haha.

So this is the base of the Australian fast bowler meme!

Perhaps Lillee and Tommo , were the best Duo ,I loved them , gods , both , but nothing compared to Roberts , Holding , Marshall , Ambrose, Garner , Walsh , the first 4/5 all genuine 100 mph bowlers , all in the same side , That is why I rate Steve Waugh the most courageous BATSMAN to ever face a ball , gutsy prick , rather not put his bat near the unplayable ball ,which was constant , and get a medal on the body , but protect and keep his wicket , he'd grind them down , wow , his courage was inspiring, Border was the only other in the "wear em , with pride ", category, no helmets , they breed bad habits , take eye off ball , turn head duck into ball , but no helmet , no turn head , no turn head , keep eyes on ball , keep eyes on ball and move inside the line of trajectory of ball , duck inside the line , cricket ain't cricket any more , I said it the WSC ,ONE DAYERS , CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS , youve just invented BASEBALL, Drop in pitches , slogging , oh well

Maybe the best ever. I often wonderd if batters would have been a bit better with todays protective gear. Butbthen he was still getting wickets once helmets, better pads, outer and inner thigh pads, better gloves and definitely better boxes.

From The Quicks, by Robert Drane (2022) "The Great. First fasty picked in most all-time sides. Fulminating, avenging, taciturn, he bowled like a man with an empire to protect. Moments of humour were rare. Off-field, he was diffident, deferential, a listener. The creator, Dennis Keith Lillee, and the creation, The Magnificent D.K., weren’t always like-minded. The creator remained reliably himself. The creation assumed an imperious, turbulent, grand life of his own, ever a work in progress. The Magnificent D.K. rumbled down upon the cricket world and, with the leap of a gazelle, sprang out of the West, where, like his future cohort Thomson across the country, he must have arrested the development of many a youngster, who’d melt away before his long, bullocking approach and the iron ferocity of his stare. The sun seemed trapped in the dark tresses of his hair. His method was Lindwall’s, Hall’s: dramatic charge, elegant explosion. Impressive imposition. His art seemed so easy by the time we got to see him, he must have tamed its adamantine block early in life. He treated batsman as intruders, relenting a little only when he twigged he wasn’t alone in thriving on antagonism. Even then, though, he couldn’t entirely help himself. Words weren’t needed really. He had wits, and that run-up alone taxed a man’s resolve - at first because the result would be dangerous speed, and then, as he matured, because of the sheer mystery of his iniquity. To a batsman, it was like watching an abstract entity called ‘looming intent’ take on shape, then flesh, and crash through - pitiless, deceptive, snarling, enveloping, infernal."

I hope young people are watching. Ya gotta work hard.

Has Terry Alderman taken up magic? 22:19

Just a pity he never had the opportunity to play against South Africa

Dennis should have played for another 2 years.

Lillee formed a new ball partnership with Jeff Thomson which is recognised as one of the greatest bowling pairs of all time. I am surprised you even spoke his name ... Lillie was good yes but Thomo was better .

You can't guess what next he's going to come from

Fucking look at his run up

I have two unrelated points: When I was a little boy my dad and I were late entering the MCG for a test match. Dennis was suspended from that match due to the incident with Javed Miandad. As we walked up to the ground I noticed Dennis walking behind us. Dad and I said hello as did Dennis. I have not forgotten. It is well past time that the statistics from World Series Cricket are included in overall career statistics. The best were playing the best. The standard was higher than the sanctioned matches. The hierarchy from the time have now passed away. The scars have faded.

indo euro was called amrica after africa

If there is rebirth then I want to take rebirth as imran Khan or Denis Lillee

Lillee vs Marshall debate.Marshall may have performed better in the sub continent but Lillee bowled against a better English team and a far superior West Indies team to what Marshall had against Australia and England in the 80's.

Dennis Lillee dropped in on me riding his surf ski at a surf break in the southwest of WA. I was on the inside paddling my surfboard and he dug his paddle into my leg as he hassled me for the wave. I was a kid and I let rip at him about his lack of skill and surf knowledge after cutting the back of my leg. Dennis circled me on his ski and said aggressively…..”DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM”…… 😂🤣😂🤣 Stick to cricket KOOK!

c Marsh b Lillee

I can sense Lille had only one advantage or it might be his vision to always bowl right those outswingers comes out when your trying to bowl good

Where is Sir Ian

Lol. Richard Hadlee's mantra - Line... Length... Lillee... The 3 Ls of fast bowling

Dennis Lillee was cricket's greatest what?

The reason this era of the Cricket being considered as THE TOUGHEST is due to such Hostile and Exceptional Fast Bowling !!! To be faced without any protective gears...... From 70's to 90's And till 2003.... Cricket was not easy-going T20....

Dennis Lillee makes Brett Lee look like an amateur

In yer face attitude

fine bowler for sure but greatest? How can u say that when he never bowled in the Indian subcontinent. Once I heard an argument that if a batsman needs to great he needs to score in fast bouncy wickets in Australia, SA... Well same logic applies to a fast bowler in my book, they need to prove themselves in the dead pitches in the subcontinent. Sorry, neither Lillee nor Tomo proved themselves here.

Lillie only got wickets in Aus. Eng and maybe NZ nowhere else.

No where near it Lillee cashed in on Thomsons speed

Andy Roberts whom was a great West Indies pace bowler summed it up well. Probably the best fast bowler where ever seen. Only saw him in his veteran years but his action and skill are the best I seen. Richard Hadlee that appears in these interviews had an awesome action also and up there with the skill level too. I still think they are the two best pace bowlers I seen in all the time I have watched Test cricket. Wasim Akram not too far behind them. 70's to the early 90's been the best time I can think to watch pace bowlers in Test cricket and most in the 90's would have learnt to try to emulate the pace and skill of Lillee, Roberts, Holding, Garner, Marshall, Hadlee and Imran Khan that set the standard any great wanted to each in the next era. Wasim Akram, Allan Donald and Curtly Ambrose still continued the trend for a few more years before spin bowlers started to become match winner themselves too. It is a pity the conditions of pitches, smaller boundaries and thicker bats make it easier for batsmen now and lessen it as a contest for most matches. Thankful I saw it before it all changed so can appreciate how great the era was when likes of Lillee, Hadlee, Holding and Imran Khan made fast bowling so exciting to watch.