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  • 1976 - Dennis Lillee causes an uproar by using an aluminium bat on the second day of the 1st Ashes Test at the WACA Ground. English captain Mike Brearley complained and after an animated discussion with the umpires, Lillee grudgingly threw the metal bat away and accepted a willow bat.