The former Lancashire and England bowler Peter Lever has died at the age of 84 the club have announced
Peter was inducted into the Lancashire Hall of Fame last year after playing 301 First-Class matches between 1960 and 1976 – taking 796 wickets.
Lever played 17 tests for England making his debut as part of the England team that won the Ashes in Australia in 1970-71.
He took 41 wickets in his17 Tests and 11 more in 10 one-day internationals.
Paying tribute BBC Cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew said
“There was something about the way he bowled. The energy, the run-up. It lit a spark under me”
