Peter Lever

Peter Lever
Personal information
Born (1940-09-17) 17 September 1940 (age 84)
Todmorden, Yorkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RelationsColin Lever (brother)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC
Matches 17 10 301
Runs scored 350 17 3534
Batting average 21.87 17.00 14.25
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/11
Top score 88* 8* 88*
Balls bowled 3571 440 45,945
Wickets 41 11 796
Bowling average 36.80 23.72 25.59
5 wickets in innings 2 0 28
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 2
Best bowling 6/38 4/35 7/70
Catches/stumpings 11/– 2/– 106/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 October 2022

Peter Lever (born 17 September 1940)[1] is a former English cricketer, who played in seventeen Tests and ten ODIs for England from 1970 to 1975. A fast-medium opening bowler, he took 41 wickets, and was a handy lower-order batsman with a top score of 88 not out. Towards the end of his career, during a Test match against New Zealand, he almost killed the New Zealand Test debutant Ewen Chatfield with a bouncer.[2]

  1. ^ Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 110. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
  2. ^ Peter Lever at CricInfo retrieved 24 April 2008