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.
[2] The inclusion of John Snow, Jeff Jones, David Brown and Ken Higgs in the England team delayed Lever's debut until, when aged 30, he played against Australia at Perth on 1 December 1970.
Chatfield's life was saved by the England team physiotherapist who performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and heart massage.
[2] Lever also played ten One Day Internationals, including all England's matches the 1975 Cricket World Cup, taking 11 wickets but scoring only 17 runs.
[8] This gives Lever the unusual distinction of having played both his debut, and last match, against Australia during Ashes tours, in both the Test and one day form of the game.
England having previously been overwhelmed in this series, principally by the performances of Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee, Wisden observed of this match that "England's big victory, impossible to foresee before the match even though Australia were without the injured Thomson, had its roots in Lever's excellent bowling on the first morning".