Images: The true terror of Perth

[caption id=“attachment_179595” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“India’s Sachin Tendulkar avoids a bouncer from Brett Lee during day one of the Third Test match between Australia and India at the WACA on 16 January, 2008 in Perth, Australia. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_179596” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Ricky Ponting of Australia avoids a bouncer during the third Ansett Australia test match against Pakistan at the WACA ground in Perth, Australia in 1999. Australia won the match by an innings and 20 runs. Jack Atley /Allsport/Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_179597” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Dennis Lillee of Australia and Javed Miandad of Pakistan threaten to hit each other after a incident on the field during the First Test match between Australia and Pakistan played at the WACA ground on 16, November 1981 in Perth, Australia. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_179598” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“England cricket captain Ray Illingworth talks to umpire Lou Rowan after Rowan had warned bowler John Snow (left) over bowling too many short-pitched deliveries during the 1971 test at Perth. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_179600” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Geoffrey Boycott loses his cap to the first ball of the match.”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_179604” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Kerry Jeremy for the West Indies is hit by a ball from Matthew Nicholson for Western Australia in the match between the Western Warriors and the West Indies at the WACA ground in Perth, Australia. Jeremy retired hurt on 7 runs.Tony McDonough/AllSport/Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_179602” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Michael Slater of Australia is floored by Angus Fraser of England during the first day of the fifth test at the WACA ground in Perth. Ben Radford/AllSport/Getty Images”] [/caption]

Images: The true terror of Perth

Perth is home to a pitch that has for a long time been regarded as the fastest wicket in the world. Images of batsmen who’ve been at the receiving end of this brutal track.

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