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Lillee batted with an aluminium bat on this day
short by Swarnim Bagre / on Tuesday, 15 December, 2015
During the first Test of the 1979-80 Test series against England, then-Australian pacer Dennis Lillee played the first-innings on 14th and 15th December with an aluminium bat. A metallic sound produced on a Lillee shot prompted the English skipper to complain about the bat. Notably, during that time there was no such rule on the choice of willow for bats.
read more at The Guardian