They were one of Test cricket's most aggressive fast-bowling teams, a triumvirate of speed merchants who terrorised batsmen during the monumental shift in the sport created by World Series Cricket.
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One of those iconic figures of Australian sport, Len Pascoe, arrived in Tamworth on Thursday as part of the Baggy Blues' tour of regional NSW - an initiative held in partnership with the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program.
Pascoe, who will soon turn 70, formed a lethal pace combination with Dennis Lillee and his school friend Jeff Thomson.
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cricinfo describes Pascoe as a "dark and swarthy" son of Yugoslavian immigrants who bowled with "little subtlety but heaps of aggression".
In a Test career cut short by his defection to World Series Cricket in the late 1970s, Pascoe took 64 wickets in 14 Tests at an average of 26.06. In 29 one-day internationals, he took 53 wickets at 20.11.
"It's quite humbling to know you retired almost 40 years ago and people have still got fond memories of the old World Series days, when we were up against the rest of the world and the West Indies," he told the Leader at No 1 Oval on Thursday, where the Baggy Blues held a junior coaching clinic.
Pascoe admires Australia's current Test attack. He described the Bendemeer Bullet, Josh Hazlewood, as a "wonderful bowler" who attacked off-stump using a "perfect seam, perfect length".
Pat Cummins, he said, had the "eye of the tiger in him; he just doesn't quit".
"And I'm a big, big fan of [Mitchell] Starc; I'm just totally rapt in Starc."
