Lillee's 1981 total included 85 wickets at an average of 20.95 runs in 13 matches from Test series against India, England, Pakistan and West Indies.
Warne has played 13 Tests so far this year, taking five wickets in the final Test against Pakistan beg-inning Jan. 2 in Sydney, 17 on a three-Test tour of New Zealand, 40 in the five-Test Ashes series, six in the Super Test against a World XI and 16 in the three-Test series against the West Indies.
South African captain Graeme Smith, meanwhile, says he is trying to stay out of the sledging controv-ersy involving the teams.
Smith, who upset the Australian players four years ago by complaining about their on-field verbal taunts, said yesterday his players were expecting to be abused by the crowd during the three-Test series.
"Those things [sledging] haven't been an issue for us from the start since we arrived here," Smith said. "We haven't made one comment about sledging."
Smith, an opening batsman who led his side to a 2-0 series win over the West Indies in the Caribbean earlier this year, says beating Australia means coming out on top in the "big pressure situations."
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