Lillee and Thommo : the Deadly Pair's Reign of Terror

Lillee and Thomson — a fast-bowling, fire-breathing, batsman-battering combination with no peer, who tore apart England body and soul in the 1974–75 Ashes, then put the might of Clive Lloyd's West Indies to the sword the next wild summer. This is their story, seen through the eyes of their teammates — all the way from suburban clubs to the national side — and of their opponents and the umpires. Ian Brayshaw, a teammate who was at Lillee's side as he returned from a career-threatening back injury, who knows what it's like to face Thomson thunderbolts, orchestrates affairs in this in-depth look at a special time in world cricket. The time when Lillee and Thommo reigned supreme. Reign of Terror is the previously untold story of the combined devastating dominance of bowlers Jeff Thompson & Dennis Lillee. During the heyday of Australian cricket, the pair were unstoppable and feared by batsmen everywhere. In the years between 29 December, 1972 and 18 June, 1983 Lillee and Thommo paired up in twenty-six Test matches, five World Series Cricket Supertests and thirty-one One-Day Internationals. At the zenith of their explosive destruction in England during the summer of 1974-5, they combined to take a total of fifty-seven wickets in the six Tests. There was cause for celebration, indeed genuine relief, for batsmen the world over when their 'reign of terror' ended