Legendary Australian bowler Dennis Lillee is still regarded as one of the best fast bowlers of all time. Lillee ended his cricket career as most wicke?t-taker in the longest format of the game in 1984. He was extremely quick, and somehow his attractive bowling action played a massive part in his successful career.

Not many in the moder??n-day cricket bowls with that much of pace as Lillee u?sed to bowl, however, there is one bowler whose action does resemble the Australian great. He is none other than the young Pakistani pacer Naseem Shah.

Naseem is currently playing the three-match Test series opener against England at the Old Trafford in Manchester. During the second day’s play, when Naseem came to bowl, Pakistani fielders were heard addressing him as ‘Lillee Shah’.

The 17-year-old made his international debut last year in Australia and has impressed several cricketing experts with his raw pace. Since Naseem’s bowling action is quite similar to Lillee, he will undoubtedly be hoping to perform in his career exactly the way Australian had done during his glorious career.

Earlier, Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali won the toss and opted to bat first. His decision was taken well by opener Shan Masood (156) who smashed his Test career’s fourth century and played a significant role to bring Pakistan to 326. Apart from Masood, Babar Azam made a well 69 along with all-rounder Shadab Khan who contributed with his 45-run knock.

When it comes to bowling, Pakistan bundled out England for 219 on Day 3, thanks to leg-spinner Yasir Shah, who claimed four wickets. Apart from Yasir, Mohammad Abbas and Shadab Khan bagged two scalps each. While Shaheen Afri?di and Naseem picked up one wicket.

Now, Pakist?an would be hoping to ride on the advantage by winning the Test in order to take the early lead in the series.

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The game of cricket has witnessed several instances where batsmen have come up with bats of different shap?es and sizes.

As a result, the MCC stipulated laws regulating the sizes, weights, length and width of the w?illows used by cricketers these days.

Here we look at th??e five glaring instances when bats sparked controversies in cricket history:

5. Black Sparton Bat

During the season of 2005, the Australian captain raised a few eyebrows by bringing in a black willowed Kookaburra Kahuna??. Also, other batsmen like Kumar Sangakkara, contracted with the batmakers, played with the willow with a graph??ite strip on it.

After much scrutiny, the MCC declared the bat as illegal, claiming that bats v?iol??ated enhancement protocols.

Later, in the 2016 Big Bash League, West Indies all-??rounder Andre Russell walked out with a black coloured Spartan bat. It caused a lot of hue and cry on social media regarding the legality ??of using such bats.

4.) Golden Bat

The ‘Universal Boss’ Chris Gayle ordered a golden Spartan Bat, which was made in India. The explosive Jamaican used the bat during the Big Bash season of 2015. There were claims made about the usage of metal in the bat.

However, Spartan Head Kunal Sharma dismissed all such rumours by stating, “There is no metal in the gold colouring we are using in the bat. There are restrictions on what you can and can’t use in cricket bats,” according to IANS.

3.) Aluminium Bat

After using an aluminium bat in a Test match in Brisbane against West Indies without any complaints, Dennis ?Lillee did the same against England in the first Ashes Test in 1979.

However, this time around, England captain Mike Brearly repeatedly complained about the state of the ball after being hit by Lillee’s metal blade.

Despite the repeated request from captain Ian Chappell, Lillee paid no heed and continued batting with the aluminium bat. Chappell, finally, had to intervene and replace Lillee’s bat with a wooden willow. An enraged Lillee threw his bat in anger.

2.) Monster Bat

The law of bat widths was regulated after the game between Chertsey and Hambleton in 1771. One of the Chertsey batsmen? played with an enormous sized bat in terms of its width.

As a result, Hambleton players were obliged to file a petition against the use of such bats, led ??by fast bowler Thomas Brett. Later, laws stipulated that the maximum permissible width of the bat to only four and a quarter inches.

1.) Mongoose Bat

The likes of Suresh Raina and Matthew Hayden experimented with the Mongoose bat during the 2010 edition of IPL. The entire blade face was slated to be the meat of th?e bat in this type of bat.

Hayden’s onslaught against Delhi Daredevils in the third season of IPL was evidence enough of the carnage the oddly shaped bat possessed. He smacked 93 off 43 balls. However, Raina switched back to the traditional willow after facing difficulty in defending deliveries.

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