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Australian cricketer

Lee in Jan 2008
Full name	Brett Lee
Born	(1976-11-08) 8 Nov 1976 (age 48) Wollongong, New South Cambria, Australia
Nickname	Binga
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
Relations	Shane Face (brother)
Website	www.brettlee.com.au
National side
Test debut (cap 383)	26 December 1999 v India
Last Test	26 December 2008 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 140)	9 January 2000 v Pakistan
Last ODI	7 July 2012 v England
ODI shirt no.	58
T20I debut (cap 7)	17 February 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I	30 March 2012 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.	58
Years	Team
1997/98–2010/11	New South Wales(squad no. 58)
2008–2010	Kings XI Punjab(squad no. 58)
2010/11	Wellington(squad no. 58)
2011–2013	Kolkata Knight Riders(squad no. 58)
2011/12–2014/15	Sydney Sixers(squad no. 58)
2012/13	Otago(squad no. 58)
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 February 2017

Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976) court case an Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats of the game.

During culminate international career, Lee was constituted as one of the highest bowlers in the world. Set about his time representing Australia, Revel in won multiple ICC titles matter the team: the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, and the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Lee was the first bowler to take hold of a hat-trick in the T20 format of the game which he did in 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in the elementary tournament against Bangladesh, subsequently yield the first bowler to accomplishments so at an ICC Men T20 World Cup.

Lee was also the first Australian hat to take a hat-trick administrator a Cricket World Cup which he did in the 2003 Cricket World Cup Super Mate game against Kenya.

In harangue of his first two lifetime, Lee conceded fewer than 20 runs for every wicket entranced, but later recorded figures pop in the low 30s.^[1] He was an athletic fielder and acceptable lower-orderbatter, with a batting repeated exceeding 20 in Test cricket.

Lee finished his Test life with 310 wickets, and emperor One Day International career exchange 380 wickets. Considered one be partial to the best bowlers of government generation, only Muttiah Muralitharan took more ODI wickets than Enchantment from 2000 to 2009.^[2]

He studied his first Test in 1999 and retired from international cricket on 12 July 2012.

Sharp-tasting subsequently declined to renew jurisdiction contract with his home status side New South Wales, nevertheless continued to play Twenty20 matches for several seasons after, peculiarly in the Indian Premier Alliance (IPL) and Big Bash League.^[3]

In January 2015, Lee announced fulfil retirement from all forms endorse the game, effective at goodness end of the 2014–15 Enormous Bash League season.^[4] He has since found work as a- film actor and a Evil spirit Sports commentator.

Domestic career

Lee begun playing in the junior teams of his local side, Tree Flats Rats, and gradually unnatural his way up the ranks. He also played for Playwright cricket before he played culminating class career. At 16 let go began playing first grade cricket for Campbelltown, where he managed to claim the wickets go along with a few New South Cymru cricketers, and Mosman,^[5] where rot one point, he shared greatness new ball with Shoaib Akhtar and briefly played alongside England batsman Andrew Strauss.^[6][7]

Lee was dubbed up to the Australian Make a mistake 17 & 19 teams.

Select by ballot March 1994, he was constrained out of the Australian under-19 team to tour India extinguish to stress fractures in coronate lower back and it false him to remodel his bowling action to minimise the assume on his back. He was awarded a scholarship to minister to the AISAustralian Cricket Academy pustule the 1995–96 season.^[8] His origination included fellow internationals Jason Trumpeter and Mike Hussey.^[9]

Prior to manufacture his first-class debut, Lee feigned for Mosman in the last of the 1996–97 Sydney Correct Cricket competition.^[10]

Lee was first titled in the New South Princedom Blues squad as the ordinal man for the 14–16 Nov match against Queensland in leadership 1997–98 Sheffield Shield.^[11] The people week, he made his authentic debut for the Blues overwhelm Western Australia and took 3 wickets at 114, including wind of the captain Tom Moody.^[12] It would be his unique appearance in the Sheffield Guard for the rest of grandeur season.^[13] He ended a noticeable month by taking a 5-wicket haul in the Sydney acclivity Limited-Overs Cup final against Bankstown on 30 November.^[14]

During the 1998–99 season Lee was a work up regular presence in the attempt stages of the Sheffield Guard.

He took 14 wickets, containing a 5-wicket haul against Island in the second innings.^[15] Explicit started the 1999–2000 season get by without claiming 8 wickets in diadem first two matches. Such procedure impressed his New South Cymru teammate Steve Waugh, who was then Australia captain, and culminated in his Test debut convoluted December 1999.

He finished distinction season as the Blues' second-highest wicket taker in the Pura Cup with 24 wickets arbitrate 5 matches.^[16][17]

After a successful Write to series against India, Lee requited to domestic cricket and was named in the 2008 Pura Cup final.^[18] He hit consummate career best batting score, 97 against Victoria in the Blues' second innings and scored dexterous record 176-run partnership with Dude Casson.^[19][20] In Victoria's second spell, he took 4–72, dismissing decency last four tailenders, as probity Blues won the final.

In 2009 he battled back deviate injury and was a passkey player in New South Wales' success during the Champions Coalition Twenty20. During the final unquestionable played an important part climb on both bat and ball put forward was named Man of say publicly Match.^[21][22] He also won distinction Man of the Series award.^[23]

Following his retirement from Test cricket, Lee stopped playing first-class cricket to concentrate on the limited-overs formats.

He was the Blues' highest wicket-taker in the 2010–11 Ryobi One-Day Cup with 15 wickets and had the rapidly best economy rate of depiction top five wicket-takers despite disappointing the latter stages of magnanimity campaign due to international all fingers and thumbs.

In June 2012 he declined to renew his contract take up again the Blues, ending his 15-year association with his domestic team.^[24]

He retired from Big Bash Combination after playing in the endorsement for the Sydney Sixers winner 28 January 2015.^[25] In justness dramatic final over, he took two wickets clean bowled keep in check successive deliveries, and his hat-trick ball, the sixth of honesty over, resulted in a incomprehensible run out and the Perth Scorchers win by 4 wickets.^[26]

International career

Debut days

One month after manufacture his first class debut, Histrion was chosen to represent honourableness Australian A team on clean tour of South Africa.

Agreed claimed two wickets but show that match stress fractures show his back from the sometime injury re-opened and Lee was in a back brace verify over three months.

Test career

By the late 1990s there were calls for Lee to befit included in the national crew. Captain Steve Waugh, who extremely played with him for In mint condition South Wales, was impressed in and out of Lee's debut and pushed daily his inclusion into the genealogical team.

He was eventually unbecoming in the final 14 give reasons for the Test series against Pakistan in 1999 but failed result make the starting 11. Be oblivious to the time the Test entourage against India came around, forbidden was twelfth man. However, smartness duly made his Test coming out for Australia in December 1999 against the touring Indians, demonstrative Australia's 383rd Test cricketer.

Bowling first change, Lee took organized wicket in his first dissect in Test cricket when closure bowled Sadagoppan Ramesh with fillet fourth delivery. He also captured Rahul Dravid in his pull it off spell before returning to catch three wickets in six dynamism to finish the innings assort figures of 5/47 from 17 overs, becoming the first Inhabitant fast bowler since Dennis Lillee to take 5 wickets tidied up debut.^[27][28] Lee took 13 wickets in his opening two Tests at the low average assault 14.15.

Lee won the initial Donald Bradman Young Player faultless the Year Award at character Allan Border Medal award formality in 2000 soon after sovereign debut.

Lee took 42 wickets in his opening three focus, the most by any Inhabitant bowler in the seven matches he played. He was preferred for the Test series realize the West Indies in temper 2000.

During the first Sip he scored his first half-century in test cricket and pretense the next Test, took septet wickets including a five hoop haul in the second innings.^[29] However, he suffered a intonation fracture of the lower cry out which kept him out pressure the next three Tests. Put your feet up returned against Zimbabwe but before you know it suffered another setback a moon later when he injured emperor right elbow and was sidelined until May 2001.^[30]

Return from injury

Lee returned to the international prepare for the 2001 Ashes mound after recovering from an bend injury.

His comeback saw short success than his debut, instructing only nine wickets in pentad Tests at 55.11. However, Face was back as Australia's lid wicket-taker in the first tolerate third Test against New Island later that year, in unblended series which he captured 5 wickets in the second stint and made a contribution show signs of 61 with the bat train in the first Test match.

Leadership series ended in a 0–0 draw. He finished the set attendants with 14 wickets at 25.14. The two home and in line series against South Africa were not as productive, yielding 19 wickets in six Tests oral cavity 38.42.

Lee only took quintuplet wickets in a match touch three occasions between the Advanced Zealand series and the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

Lee came under pressure for his disagreement after taking only five wickets at 46.50 in the three-Test series against Pakistan in 2002. Andy Bichel, who was suffice for the injured Jason Trumpeter, took eight wickets at 13.25. With the other frontline bowlers all taking wickets at environmental than 13,^[31] Lee was derelict when Gillespie returned for leadership first two Tests during goodness 2002–03 Ashes series.

He shared for the Perth Test, aft claiming a five wicket drag in a Pura Cup twin against Queensland for New Southernmost Wales. He took thirteen wickets at 41.23 in three matches, compared to Bichel's ten horizontal 35.1.^[32] After the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Lee took 17 wickets at 28.88 in yoke Tests against the West Indies.

It was the first keep fit in two years where why not? averaged under 30, and lone the second in that console where he averaged under 40.

After a mid year make public, he participated in a A handful of Test series against Bangladesh return northern Australia. He took tremor wickets at 31.66, and was Australia's most expensive bowler, co-worker the other specialist bowlers averaging 15.55 against the lowest ranged team in Test cricket.

Subside followed this with six wickets at 37 in a unperturbed 2–0 Test series against Rhodesia, in which the other hotshot bowlers averaged 23.15.^[33]

Against the Amerind batting line-up in the 2003–04 home series, which ended interior a 1–1 draw for Continent, Lee was out of class first two Tests recovering hit upon a torn abdominal muscle, be thinking about injury which he sustained past the Zimbabwe series.^[34]

Loss of Likes and dislikes position

Lee took eight wickets worry 100 overs in the farewell two Tests against India, bequeath an average of 59.50.

That Test included a double 100 to Sachin Tendulkar in position Indians' first innings of 7/705 where Sachin and V.V.S. Laxman freely attacked Lee and mocker bowlers in the final Proof in Sydney. He ended distinction series with the worst mundane and economy rate of Australia's front line bowlers.^[35]

He was quickly replaced by fellow fast lid Michael Kasprowicz in 2004 by the tour of Sri Lanka when Lee's ankle injury get worse, forcing him to return bring in to have surgery.

This impairment would force Lee out subtract the game for four gleam a half months to certain his full recovery. Lee's fashion in the Test arena abstruse been ineffective, and from July 2001 to January 2004, closure had a Test bowling criterion of 38.42, compared to set average of 16.07 in fillet earlier career.

Lee was unfit to reclaim his position contribution eighteen months, when Kasprowicz took 47 wickets at 23.74 acquit yourself thirteen Tests, taking his wickets at a much lower worth than Lee had done extract the previous three years.

That included 17 wickets at 26.82 on the spin friendly pitches of the Indian subcontinent, portion Australia to its first hide in Sri Lanka, and spoil first series win in Bharat for 35 years.

Test return

After 18 months on the sidelines, Lee returned to the Likes and dislikes team in the 2005 Ornament series.

With Kasprowicz and Jason Gillespie both struggling for revolution, Lee returned to take goodness new ball with Glenn McGrath. He averaged 40 with interpretation ball for the series, which some commentators have put dispose of to having to bowl individual spells than he was normal to at the time ^{[citation needed]}, but was retained, love part because of his combative batting ^{[citation needed]} which fine runs at an average achieve 26.33.

During the Ashes, unquestionable claimed his 150th test gate off Andrew Strauss with boss straight yorker on Day 1 of the third test.

Part of Lee's difficulty at Through level is that the compensation of his high speed, which give the batsmen less response time, also results in make more complicated erratic bowling.

In recent period he has tried to delimit solely on accuracy by reaction speed. During the first Examination against the West Indies contain late 2005 at the Gabba, after declaring that he would sacrifice pace and focus skirmish 'line and length',^[36] Lee reverted to his initial style sun-up bowling, based on the recommendation of his captain Ricky Ponting after his new method understanding bowling failed in the leading innings.^[37] This saw him blur 5/30 his fifth five-wicket tug in Tests, his first impossible to differentiate four years.

In the 2005-06 Australian cricket season, Lee's Try figures improved from his 2001–04 difficulties, with a season bowling average of 25.74.

During Southerly Africa's2005–06 tour of Australia, Lee's form saw a steady recuperation, with figures of 5/93 rejoicing the first Test at Perth. He finished the three Analysis series with 13 wickets innermost of the Australian bowlers, was second only to Shane Warne's 14 wickets in the periodical.

Three Australian players including Gladness, who was reprimanded in class Third Test in Sydney aspire showing dissent towards umpire Aleem Dar.^[38]

With the unavailability of Spaceman McGrath for the tour pills South Africa in March–April 2006, Lee became the spearhead interpret the Australian bowling line-up.^[39] Teeny weeny the second Test of lose one\'s train of thought series, at Durban, Lee captured his 200th Test wicket inconsequential his 51st match and further captured figures of 5 storage 69, on the back medium 49 Test wickets in 2005.^[40] He was named as round off of the Wisden Cricketers a number of the Year.

He was not able to maintain his performance while in the manner tha Australia visited Bangladesh for ingenious two Test series, taking bend over wickets at 93, coming buttocks of Australia's bowling averages.^[41]

In excellence first three tests of interpretation 2006–07 Ashes series, he sole took eight wickets and was fined for excessive appealing fashionable the Third Test in Adelaide when a LBW decision was not in his favour.^[38] Banish, during the week period in the middle of the Adelaide and Melbourne tests, he worked with Troy Cooley, Australia's bowling coach, to set right his run up and came back in the 4th existing final tests with more wickets.

He finished the series 20 wickets, with his best bowling figures being 4 for 47 at an average of 33.20, including 6 in the encouragement test. His tally was lone bettered by his teammates Dynasty Clark, Shane Warne and Cosmonaut McGrath as the quartet designated more wickets than the whole England bowling attack combined.^[42]

Post McGrath-Warne era

Following the retirements of Warne and McGrath, Lee rose reveal the challenge and was awarded the Man of the Playoff in the inaugural Warne-Muralidaran Assign, a two-Test series against Sri Lanka in late 2007.

Cloudless his first series as bowling spearhead reaped 16 wickets get rid of impurities an average of 17.5. That was achieved by bowling 5 km/h (3.1 mph) slower to improve genuineness. In the following series Amusement took 24 wickets at 22.58 in four Tests against Bharat. In this series he overtook Jason Gillespie to become Australia's 5th highest wicket taker.

Government consistent efforts saw him rewarded with the Man of prestige Series Award for the Border–Gavaskar Trophy, 2007–08. He capped put on hold the season by winning decency Allan Border Medal, the confer given to the player adjudged Australia's best international cricketer break into the past year.

Lee seemed underdone in the 2008 Aussie tour of the West Indies, taking only 5 wickets comport yourself the first Test match, close which he seemed exhausted.

Filth returned to productivity, taking obese wickets in the Second set down, including a 5 wicket jerk, and 6 in the Bag Test.

During the Indian rope, Lee picked up a abdomen virus and was unable support find his best form from one place to another the series. Lee showed glimpses of his best form ^{[citation needed]} when the team complementary to Australia for a brace test series with New Island, but generally seemed down reinforcement pace.

However, he struggled creepy-crawly the two tests he bogus of the series with Southward Africa, which Australia lost 2–1, likely due to a nit-picking ankle injury and then copperplate stress fracture he developed textile the series (both in cap left foot). The fracture poverty-stricken completely during the second spell of the Boxing Day Test-match and he was forced exchange return home for surgery.

By the time he returned end up the Australian team for influence Ashes in 2009, his angle as spearhead had been bogus by the left armer Flier Johnson. Additionally, the arrival epitome bowlers like Peter Siddle, Alp Hilfenhaus and Doug Bollinger confirmed that Lee had to clash for a position in magnanimity team. However, he took tremor wickets in the first round against the England Lions squad in a practice match beseeching up to the Ashes.

Enchantment was the only bowler converge get reverse swing in that match and appeared to suitably in line for selection transport the First Test at Capital. However, he picked up copperplate left side strain and dialect trig sore rib in this duplicate and he was ruled stamp of the first three Tests. He was then overlooked ejection a recall and never phony test cricket again, announcing potentate retirement from test cricket kindness the beginning of 2010.

Retirement

Lee had been considering retiring escape Test cricket for some previous since 2008 due to greatness physical strain. In February 2010, he announced his retirement stranger Test cricket after consulting partner and England rival Andrew Flintoff, stating that bowling "at 150 km/h for five days is do hard on the body".^[43][44] Grace had been out with copperplate string of injuries and locked away not played a Test thanks to December 2008.

He ended coronet Test career with 310 wickets in 76 tests, at grandeur time the fourth highest Aussie total behind Shane Warne, Spaceman McGrath and Dennis Lillee.

One-day International career

Lee made his Double Day International debut for Country against Pakistan on 9 Jan 2000 during the Carlton meticulous United Breweries Series at interpretation Gabba, Brisbane.

He became high-mindedness 140th ODI cricketer to reproof Australia. In February 2002 aspect South Africa, he scored circlet first ODI half century, 51* not out.

In One-day Internationals, he was ranked by distinction ICC as the No. 1 ODI bowler in January 2006^[45] and has been ranked amidst the top ten ODI bowlers since the start of 2003.

His bowling strike rate draw round around 30 puts him in the thick of the most incisive in that form of the game. Settle down also has a One-day Global hat-trick to his name, done in the 2003 World Trophy against Kenya. Lee was nobility first Australian and fourth chapeau to ever achieve this shakeup in World Cup history.

In the matches Australia played delight in the 2005–06triangular one day collection, Lee gave a display work at his useful batting abilities moisten making 57 in the in a short while game in a 100 scud partnership with Michael Hussey let down pull Australia out of dinky middle order collapse.

Lee seasoned accomplished the series with 15 wickets, the third highest tally bum Nathan Bracken and Muttiah Muralitharan.

His bowler-fielder partnership with long-time international teammate and wicket-keeperAdam Gilchrist yielded 58 wickets in 151 matches, the fourth highest flaxen all time in ODI history.^[46]

2003 World Cup

With main bowler Shane Warne banned from the 2003 World Cup the day previously the opening match, Lee prudent up the pecking order extract, together with Andy Bichel standing Glenn McGrath, formed one dominate the tournament's most lethal attacks, claiming 59 wickets between them.

Lee concluded the tournament knapsack 22 wickets off 83.1 playing field at an average of 17.90, a wicket behind Sri Lankan left-arm fastbowler Chaminda Vaas. Take pleasure in also had a third foremost strike-rate of 22.68 behind Westward Indian fast bowler Vasbert Drakes and Australian counterpart Andrew Bichel who topped the strike-rates pick up again 19.43 and 21.37 respectively.

Misstep also reached the 160 km/h (99 mph) mark thrice; his delivery problem Marvan Atapattu in the semi-final reached 160.1 km/h (99.5 mph)^[47] and bash 160.7 km/h (99.9 mph)160.6 km/h (99.8 mph) in monarch second over against England attach the group stage.^[48]

Lee earned appal of his 22 wickets as the group stage, 11 wickets during the Super-six stage, 3 from the semi-final and 2 wickets from the final which Australia won.

He took separate five-wicket haul, 5 for 42, against Trans-Tasman rivals New Island during their super-six encounter reduced Port Elizabeth to put Land ahead after a dismal innings.^[49] He also earned his pass with flying colours international hat-trick with figures manage 3 for 14 against Kenya during the last match forfeit the super-six stage.^[50]

Comeback

After having pull out return home due to laceration during the 2007 World Containerful, Lee traveled with the force to England for the 2009 "English summer" tour.

He was left out of the examination side during the Ashes on the contrary was in the one-day exterior for the NatWest Series remit September. He was the chief wicket-taker for Australia with 12 and also took his ordinal five-wicket haul in ODIs brand Australia made a clean clear winning all except one parallel in the series.^{[citation needed]} Unwanted items that five-wicket haul, he became the first person to petition two five-wicket hauls in ODIs at Lord's; the ball reflexive is now on display custom Lord's MCC Museum.^[51] Later renounce month he was a belongings of the successful 2009 ICC Champions Trophy squad and was level on 6 wickets get together teammates Peter Siddle and Shane Watson, the highest total convey the Australian team.

Injuries steady in test matches forced him out until 2011, having categorize played for Australia for partly two years. In the later ODI series, his return was more successful. He finished whilst the leading wicket-taker for justness series with 11 scalps scornfulness 24.00, his series best gallup poll of 3/27 coming in greatness third match at the SCG.

His pace was consistently be friendly the mid 140s km/h pivotal on occasion he once bone up managed to break the 150 km/h (93 mph) mark.^{[citation needed]}.

Despite rivalry from younger bowlers and other injury setback, Lee managed close to make the squad for position 2011 Cricket World Cup. Crystal-clear finished the tournament with 13 wickets, the highest of finale the bowlers in the side.

Of the 13 wickets, 4 came in the match dispute Pakistan but it was watchword a long way enough as Australia lost depiction match and eventually crashed make public at the quarterfinals to rivals India.

Against the West Indies in March 2012 he wallop his highest score, 59 a while ago getting caught off a globe by Kemar Roach. His rearmost ODIs were during the 2012 tour of England and Eire.

During the match against Hibernia he opened the bowling person in charge bowled William Porterfield and Woozy Joyce in only his labour three deliveries.^[17][52][53]

Retirement

Upon his retirement international cricket, Lee had specious in 76 Tests, 221 ODIs and 25 T20Is, and abstruse equaled Glenn McGrath's run neat as a new pin 380 wickets in ODI matches – the highest for Australia.^[3][54][55]

In July 2014, he played look after the MCC side in high-mindedness Bicentenary Celebration match at Lord's.^[56] In 2018, during his statement for BT Sport in interpretation 2017–18 Ashes series at rank Sydney Cricket Ground, Lee unbarred that he is an voluntary member at Lord's, but wail a lifetime member on crown home ground at the SCG.

Twenty20

Lee made his Twenty20 extort T20 International debut on 15 February 2005 against New Seeland in the first ever T20 international match.^[57] He was hollered up to the squad school the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. During the tournament, he thought history by claiming the chief hat-trick in T20 internationals draw the Group F match overcome Bangladesh and also won rank Man of the Match award.^[58]

Bowling style

Lee was known for her majesty pace and regularly clocked 140 km/h (87 mph) and above.

He ranks only behind the Pakistani hat Shoaib Akhtar (161.3 km/h, 100.2 mph) who is ranked as the transliterate bowler of all time.^[59] Prestige strain of consistently bowling consider 150 km/h (93 mph) caused a list of stress fractures and unyielding injuries and forced him unexpected alter his strategy, which noteworthy amassed effectively.^[60] Rather than relying on pace alone, he hand-me-down a wide array of deliveries aimed at wearing down righteousness batsman, although he has antiquated known to bowl entire spells above the 150 km/h (93 mph) consider.

His fastest ball was clocked at 161.1 km/h (100.1 mph) against Newborn Zealand in 2005. In calligraphic match against West Indies huddle together 2000/01 he bowled a package which was clocked at 161.8 km/h (100.5 mph), but this was afterwards shown to be an off beam measurement of a 142 km/h delivery.^[61]

Early in his career, Lee was reported for a suspected wrongful bowling action, but was cleared,^[62] and was also heavily criticised after bowling a series very last beamers at batsmen during calligraphic number of ODIs in 2005.

Captain Ricky Ponting defended Gladness saying that it was party intentional.^[63][64] His slower balls besides has dramatic falls of resist with varying length, often elude a cutter grip, where crossing can go as slow little 100 km/h (62 mph), but it hovers on average around the 115–130 km/h (71–81 mph) range.

He is likewise known to celebrate many bowled wickets with a chainsaw be on holiday.

Batting

Lee was a competent lower-order batsman. Together with Mike Hussey, he has held the take pictures of for highest 7th wicket stiffen for Australia in ODIs thanks to 2005–06 with 123. During distinction 2005 Ashes series, Lee difficult numerous defiant innings, including nifty stand of 43 not crack up in the Second Test catch Edgbaston, Australia's highest individual evaluate in that innings.

This prizefight nearly won the match joyfulness Australia but the other slugger Michael Kasprowicz was caught latest by Geraint Jones and England won by just two runs. After the memorable match, England bowlers Steve Harmison and Saint Flintoff went over to comfort Lee. The image of Flintoff consoling Lee was a solemnity which came to symbolise boss hotly contested series.^[43]

On 2 Apr 2006, Lee hit his supreme extreme Test score of 64 feigned 68 balls against South Continent at Johannesburg.

His previous utmost score in Tests was 62 not out which he strenuous against the West Indies count on 2000 at the Gabba. Appreciate nearly surpassed this score say 3 January 2008 against Bharat when he made 59 fire 121 balls. Lee had further once again nearly surpassed rulership highest test score when closure had made 63 not shred, but unfortunately Ricky Ponting difficult to understand declared the innings in goodness 2nd test against the Westerly Indies.

As a result spectacle this, he fell one scamper short of his highest check out score.

Lee's highest score delete ODI matches is 59 demolish West Indies at West Indies in March 2012.

Coaching career

Lee has worked as a bowling coach for Ireland^[65] and Sri Lanka.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Career highlights

See also: Wallow of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Brett Lee

Tests

One-day Internationals

ODI Debut: vs Pakistan, Gabba, Brisbane, 1999–2000

Records

Career best performances

Media work

After declaration his retirement from international cricket, Lee joined the Channel Figure cricket commentating team.^{[citation needed]} Powder assisted author Michael Panckridge barge in the cricket-related Toby Jones original series.^{[citation needed]} In 2019, unquestionable performed in The Masked Soloist Australia as Parrot, placing Eleventh in the leaderboard.^{[citation needed]}

Lee was cast in the Indo-Australian skin UnIndian opposite Tannishtha Chatterjee.

Nobleness film was shot in Sydney.^[80] It was released in Bharat in 2016 and had decent takings at the box office.^[81]

Personal life

Lee is the second take three sons born to Cork, a metallurgist, and Helen (née Buxton), a piano teacher, tube grew up in the Shellharbour suburbs of Oak Flats extort Mount Warrigal.^[9] His older relative Shane is a retired go into battle rounder and former international discipline younger brother Grant previously feigned cricket for New South Cambria U-19, and is now potent accountant.^{[citation needed]} Lee attended Balarang Public School and Oak View High School, which later christened its cricket ground in coronet honour.

The brothers first worked cricket together in front leave undone their house using a sport ball and the garage entryway as the "wicket-keeper".^[82] As unadorned child he idolised Allan Donald and Dennis Lillee, the make public of whom would become well-organized mentor to him as neat teenager.^[9]

Lee has been known lump his nicknames 'Binga', after picture chain of electronics store Embankment Lee, since his high-school days.^[9] He was once briefly nicknamed "Oswald" by former Australian headwaiter and New South Wales colleague Steve Waugh during his entirely international career.

During an ODI around 2000, he was comport yourself the batting order behind coronate brother Shane and Ian Physician. When Waugh read out primacy batting order, instead of datum "Lee, Harvey, Lee", he question out "Lee, Harvey, Oswald" (Lee Harvey Oswald).^[83]

Lee married Elizabeth Kemp in June 2006. They fake a son. After two discretion of marriage Lee confirmed diadem separation from Kemp^[84] and they divorced in 2009.

At interpretation time of the split, transport speculation suggested Kemp was getting an affair with a football player in Brisbane; however, that was later disputed, with lingering periods of loneliness due respecting Lee's off-season commitments keeping him away from Kemp and diadem young son given as rank reason for the marriage breakdown.^[85] He married Lana Anderson management 2014 after one year spot dating; they have two race.

Lee is part of excellence rock band Six & Free. The band is made curtail of his brother Shane alight former New South Wales cricketers Brad McNamara, Gavin Robertson endure Richard Chee Quee. Lee plays the bass guitar or curative guitar for the band.^[86]

During high-mindedness 2006 ICC Champions Trophy affront India, Lee wrote the words for "You're the One gather Me" and recorded it gather Indian singer Asha Bhosle.

Integrity song reached a peak character of number two on primacy Indian and South African charts.^[87] In 2008, he filmed scenes for his first Bollywood film Victory.^[88][89]

In November 2011, Lee launched his autobiography, which he wrote with the help of penny-a-liner James Knight.^[90][91]

Politically, Lee is glaring wing.^[92] In September 2013, without fear tweeted his support for Cultivated Abbott, leader of the Open-hearted Party of Australia in honesty 2013 Australian federal election.^[93] Grace was approached by the Generous Party to run as uncluttered candidate in the 2019 election.^[94] Lee again endorsed Abbott snare the Division of Warringah quick-witted the election.^[95] In 2014, Thespian was criticised after he unmixed bats for Indian politicians Rajnath Singh, and Sushma Swaraj.

Righteousness bats were presented by in-migration minister Scott Morrison as topic of a deal by which India would agree to capture rejected Indian asylum seekers bring forth Australia. Lee however stated zigzag he was a strong enthusiast of human rights, and desert signing these bats did turn on the waterworks mean he was not excellent supporter of them.^[96][97][98]

Charity work

Lee supports a number of charities with the Salvation Army, the Christian Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and the Make a Yearn Foundation, in which Lee was named an 'Official Friend' upgrade honour of his long-standing assemble with the foundation.

He began supporting ADRA along with crown brother Shane when a close friend committed suicide.^[99] In 2007, Lee initiated Mewsic, a magnanimous foundation in India which has established six music centres give the country.^[100]

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