Peter Lever, who has died aged 84, bowled quick for England in 17 Tests. But there are fast bowlers and there are fast bowlers, and Lever was the opposite of the popular image of mean and nasty.

Peter Lever, the former Lancashire and England fast bowler, has died after a short illness. He was 84. Lever took almost 1000 wickets for Lancashire during his playing days in the 1960s and '70s. He ...

He shot to prominence with 7-83 against a Rest of the World XI in 1970. His victims included Eddie Barlow, Graeme Pollock, Mushtaq Mohammad, Garry Sobers, Clive Lloyd, Mike Proctor, and Intikhab Alam.

Lever first appeared for England in the summer of 1970 against a Rest of the World XI at the Oval and took 7-83, including the wickets of Garry Sobers, Mushtaq Mohammad, Graeme Pollock, Clive Lloyd ...

Lever first appeared for England in the summer of 1970 against a Rest of the World XI at the Oval and took 7-83, including the wickets of Garry Sobers, Mushtaq Mohammad, Graeme Pollock ...

He had played for England against the Rest of the World during the summer of 1970, taking 7 for 83 including the wickets of Graeme Pollock, Garry Sobers and Clive Lloyd - but the matches ...

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) condoled on Thursday the death of the former pacer Peter Lever, who died aged 84.