- Former Australian cricketer.
- Founding Director of the MRF Pace Academy in Madras, India. He was succeeded by fellow Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath.
- Appeared for the Australian National Team in 70 tests, ending with a world record 355 wickets at the time of his retirement in 1984.
- Suffered a near career ending injury when in 1975-76 he experienced a severe spinal fracture. While most expected he wouldn't ever play again, Lillee underwent extensive psyiotherapy to relieve himself of back pain and remodeled his bowling action, returning to the squad in 1977. Ironically, his figures post return right upto his retirement were far superior to the ones before injury.
- Considered by most cricket fans and analysts as the most complete fast-bowler in the history of the game.
- Was ranked #6 in the 2000 countdown of ESPN's Legends Of Cricket.
- Contemporary pace legend, New Zealander Sir Richard Hadlee adored Lillee to the extent he developed his bowling formula centred around 3 L's and an R, which stood for Line, Length, Rythm and Lillee, frequently thinking in his mind in case the pitch was unhelpful or the batsman was set, "What would Lillee do in such a situation ?".
- As head of the MRF Pace Academy, he once met an aspiring fast bowler from Mumbai. Due to his short height of only 5'5", Lillee was skeptical and insisted he try developing his skills as a batsman. The aspirant was Sachin Tendulkar.
- His favorite batsman is his West Indies nemesis and good friend Sir Vivian Richards.
- His comeback post injury is a widely studied topic in physical research institutions regarding how to devise the fitness regimen of athletes.
- Received 19 votes out of a possible 100 during the polling for Wisden's "Cricketers of the century". It were jointly the 6th highest number of votes, alongside former West Indies captain Sir Frank Worrell, any individual player received, just 6 votes short of fellow Australian Shane Warne.
- The mean test batting average of his 355 scalps was 31.27, 60% of whom averaged over 30 and only 8 of whom averaged 10 or less. Based on the calculation, amongst bowlers with 300 or more test wickets, Lillee dismissed the most number of "better" batsmen.
- Was voted by Wisden as the 6th greatest test bowler of all-time in 2001.
- During the legendary Headingley test of the 1981-82 Ashes, with odds for England winning being 500-1, Lillee and wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh placed their bets in favour of England, arguing that arriving at an outright conclusion was impractical. The match ended with England winning despite being imposed upon with a follow-on, the heroes for England being Ian Botham who scored an unbeaten 149 in England's second innings and Bob Willis who took 8-43 with England defending only 130 in the fourth innings of the test. Lillee and Marsh later collected their winning amounts amidst criticism.
- Alongside his captain and star batsman Greg Chappell, Lillee was one of the first professional players to raise the issue of payments in front of the Australian Cricket Board. When the administration refused pay hike, Lillee, Chappell and West Indies skipper Clive Lloyd were contacted by media tycoon Kerry Packer. Repeatedly denied exclusive broadcasting rights for his 9 Network by the ACB, Packer presented his idea of a private competitive setup of the best cricketers in the world. Although going ahead with the deal would mean prohibition from international cricket by their respective national cricket boards, the three stars found the money offered by Packer too tempting to turn down and hence World Series Cricket came into existence.
- Was selected by the Australian Cricket Board as a specialist fast-bowler in Australia's Test Team of the 20th Century.
- Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1973.
- Was selected as a specialist fast bowler in renowned cricket commentator and analyst Richie Benaud's Dream XI. Lillee was the third Australian on the list alongside Sir Don Bradman and Shane Warne.
- Modeled his bowling action on West Indies pace legend Sir Wes Hall.
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