Though not an Ashes series, Richard Edwards recalls Dennis Lillee’s aluminium bat that stirred trouble in England’s ranks

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It’s the morning of December 15, 1979, and Greg Chappell is walking to the nets to check on his charges before Australia resume their first innings at 232-8 at the WACA. Instead of the reassuring sound of the smack of leather on willow, though, Chappell is greeted with something else entirely.
At the other end is Dennis Lillee, 12 not out overnight, and limbering up to face Ian Botham with a bat that will soon become the tal...