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Full name Brett Lee
Born November 8, 1976, Wollongong, New South Wales
Current age 28 years 247 days
Major teams Australia, New South Wales
Nickname Bing
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Height 1.87 m
Relations Brother - S Lee
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 37 36 6 593 62* 19.76 1047 56.63 0 2 72 8 9 0
ODIs 112 47 18 511 51* 17.62 614 83.22 0 1 27 16 27 0
Twenty-20 Int. 2 1 0 15 15 15.00 20 75.00 0 0 0 0
First-class 70 77 13 1133 79 17.70 2030 55.81 0 4 19 0
List A 139 61 25 606 51* 16.83 0 1 31 0
Twenty-20 2 1 0 15 15 15.00 20 75.00 0 0 0 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 37 7380 4402 139 5/47 8/123 31.66 3.57 53.09 7 4 0
ODIs 112 5688 4433 200 5/27 5/27 22.16 4.67 28.44 7 4 0
Twenty-20 Int. 2 42 57 1 1/26 1/26 57.00 8.14 42.00 0 0 0
First-class 70 13609 7712 290 7/114 26.59 3.40 46.92 13 2
List A 139 7145 5422 233 5/27 5/27 23.27 4.55 30.66 8 4 0
Twenty-20 2 42 57 1 1/26 1/26 57.00 8.14 42.00 0 0 0
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Test debut Australia v India at Melbourne - Dec 26-30, 1999
scorecard
Last Test Australia v India at Sydney - Jan 2-6, 2004 scorecard
ODI debut Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane - Jan 9, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI England v Australia at The Oval - Jul 12, 2005 scorecard
Twenty-20 Int. debut New Zealand v Australia at Auckland - Feb 17,
2005 scorecard
Last Twenty-20 Int. England v Australia at Southampton - Jun 13,
2005 scorecard
First-class span 1994/95 - 2004/05
List A span 1997/98 - 2005
Twenty-20 span 2004/05 - 2005
If Brett Lee were a Ferrari ... No. There is no if.
He is already the fastest in the world, equal with Shoaib Akhtar at
a flicker above or below 100mph, and has the strike rate to be one
of the greats. At the 2003 World Cup (during which he took a
ferocious hat-trick against Kenya) Lee was a polished star, while
Shoaib was a novelty act. It was the same in the 2004-05 VB Series -
Lee's pace was blinding; Shoaib's was hamstrung. When Lee releases
the throttle and begins that smooth acceleration, the spectator
stays his drinking hand. The leaping, classical delivery may produce
a devastating yorker, a devilish slower ball or a young-Donald
outswinger. Add a dash of peroxide, a fruity vocabulary, a trademark
jump for joy, a stylish bat, a streak of sadism when bowling at
tailenders, a pop group (Six And Out), and an endearing dedication
to a day job at a gentleman's outfitters, and you have the 21st
century's first designer cricketer - not to mention a priceless
pin-up boy. Australia just have to count the children in Brett Lee
shirts to know his value, and Steve Waugh nurtured him well - the
unruly incisor to McGrath's molar. It hasn't all been easy: Lee has
struggled against accusations of throwing and stress fracture after
stress fracture, and he had a strangely barren first Ashes series in
2001. Three years later he U-turned from ankle surgery, but was
stuck in the pits of the dressing room as he ran drinks and sponges
in nine consecutive Tests. Already he seems naked without the baggy
green cap - and the world's best team seems a little less fearsome
without him
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