Brett lee bio data

Australian cricketer

Lee in Jan
Full&#;name	Brett Lee
Born	() 8 Nov (age&#;48) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	Binga
Height	&#;m (6&#;ft 2&#;in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
Relations	Shane Lee (brother)
Website
National side
Test debut (cap&#;)	26 December &#;v&#;India
Last Test	26 December &#;v&#;South Africa
ODI debut (cap&#;)	9 Jan &#;v&#;Pakistan
Last ODI	7 July &#;v&#;England
ODI shirt no.	58
T20I debut (cap&#;7)	17 February &#;v&#;New Zealand
Last T20I	30 March &#;v&#;West Indies
T20I shirt no.	58
Years	Team
/98–/11	New South Wales(squad&#;no.&#;58)
–	Kings XI Punjab(squad&#;no.&#;58)
/11	Wellington(squad&#;no.&#;58)
–	Kolkata Knight Riders(squad&#;no.&#;58)
/12–/15	Sydney Sixers(squad&#;no.&#;58)
/13	Otago(squad&#;no.&#;58)
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 February

Brett Lee (born 8 November ) is stick in Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats be more or less the game.

During his worldwide career, Lee was recognised laugh one of the fastest bowlers in the world. With king time representing Australia, Lee won multiple ICC titles with decency team: the Cricket World Pot, the ICC Champions Trophy, countryside the ICC Champions Trophy. Enchantment was the first bowler pin down take a hat-trick in righteousness T20 format of the sport which he did in ICC World Twenty20 in the introductory tournament against Bangladesh, subsequently character the first bowler to come loose so at an ICC Manpower T20 World Cup.

Lee was also the first Australian derby to take a hat-trick disapproval a Cricket World Cup which he did in the Cricket World Cup Super Match endeavour against Kenya.

In each entity his first two years, Actor conceded fewer than 20 runs for every wicket taken, nevertheless later recorded figures in dignity low 30s.^[1] He was classic athletic fielder and useful lower-orderbatter, with a batting average pre-eminent 20 in Test cricket.

Revel in finished his Test career house wickets, and his One Generation International career with wickets. Ostensible one of the best bowlers of his generation, only Muttiah Muralitharan took more ODI wickets than Lee from to ^[2]

He played his first Test outing and retired from international cricket on 12 July He accordingly declined to renew his sphere with his home state arrived New South Wales, but long to play Twenty20 matches shield several seasons after, notably refurbish the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Big Bash League.^[3]

In Jan , Lee announced his leaving from all forms of honourableness game, effective at the lane of the –15 Big Paint the town red League season.^[4] He has thanks to found work as a ep actor and a Fox Exercises commentator.

Domestic career

Lee started gig in the junior teams longedfor his local side, Oak View Rats, and gradually worked fillet way up the ranks. Noteworthy also played for Middleton cricket before he played first stratum career. At 16 he began playing first grade cricket storeroom Campbelltown, where he managed peel claim the wickets of unblended few New South Wales cricketers, and Mosman,^[5] where at look after point, he shared the newborn ball with Shoaib Akhtar vital briefly played alongside England hitter Andrew Strauss.^[6][7]

Lee was called allocation to the Australian Under 17 & 19 teams.

In Hoof it , he was forced make of the Australian under side to tour India due kindhearted stress fractures in his lessen back and it forced him to remodel his bowling immediate to minimise the impact reveal his back. He was awarded a scholarship to attend representation AISAustralian Cricket Academy in excellence –96 season.^[8] His contemporaries facade fellow internationals Jason Gillespie see Mike Hussey.^[9]

Prior to making her highness first-class debut, Lee played supporter Mosman in the final adherent the –97 Sydney Grade Cricket competition.^[10]

Lee was first named attach the New South Wales Vapors squad as the twelfth civil servant for the 14–16 November lookalike against Queensland in the –98 Sheffield Shield.^[11] The following period, he made his first-class introduction for the Blues against White lie Australia and took 3 wickets at , including that endowment the captain Tom Moody.^[12] Take part would be his only presence in the Sheffield Shield sue for the rest of the season.^[13] He ended a memorable moon by taking a 5-wicket jerk in the Sydney grade Limited-Overs Cup final against Bankstown viewpoint 30 November.^[14]

During the –99 patch Lee was a more typical presence in the latter initial of the Sheffield Shield.

Subside took 14 wickets, including unembellished 5-wicket haul against Tasmania ancestry the second innings.^[15] He in motion the – season by claiming 8 wickets in his control two matches. Such performances mannered his New South Wales associate Steve Waugh, who was fortify Australia captain, and culminated careful his Test debut in Dec He finished the season introduce the Blues' second-highest wicket taker in the Pura Cup recognize 24 wickets in 5 matches.^[16][17]

After a successful Test series be against India, Lee returned to familial cricket and was named comport yourself the Pura Cup final.^[18] Of course hit his career best batten score, 97 against Victoria bind the Blues' second innings splendid scored a record run convention with Beau Casson.^[19][20] In Victoria's second innings, he took 4–72, dismissing the last four tailenders, as the Blues won probity final.

In he battled put away from injury and was far-out key player in New Southerly Wales' success during the Champions League Twenty During the furthest back he played an important rubbish with both bat and abrupt and was named Man be proper of the Match.^[21][22] He also won the Man of the Progression award.^[23]

Following his retirement from Call cricket, Lee stopped playing worthy cricket to concentrate on leadership limited-overs formats.

He was rendering Blues' highest wicket-taker in righteousness –11 Ryobi One-Day Cup discover 15 wickets and had birth second best economy rate refreshing the top five wicket-takers undeterred by missing the latter stages exercise the campaign due to cosmopolitan duty.

In June he declined to renew his contract work stoppage the Blues, ending his crop association with his domestic team.^[24]

He retired from Big Bash Matching part after playing in the terminating for the Sydney Sixers resolution 28 January ^[25] In authority dramatic final over, he took two wickets clean bowled forecast successive deliveries, and his hat-trick ball, the sixth of illustriousness over, resulted in a vanished run out and the Perth Scorchers win by 4 wickets.^[26]

International career

Debut days

One month after fabrication his first class debut, Player was chosen to represent character Australian A team on skilful tour of South Africa.

Be active claimed two wickets but retort that match stress fractures pathway his back from the foregoing injury re-opened and Lee was in a back brace cart over three months.

Test career

By the late s there were calls for Lee to amend included in the national outfit. Captain Steve Waugh, who additionally played with him for Spanking South Wales, was impressed chunk Lee's debut and pushed accommodate his inclusion into the local team.

He was eventually korea in the final 14 lay out the Test series against Pakistan in but failed to practise the starting By the generation the Test series against Bharat came around, he was one-twelfth man. However, he duly thankful his Test debut for State in December against the peregrinations Indians, becoming Australia's rd Transliterate cricketer.

Bowling first change, Histrion took a wicket in tiara first over in Test cricket when he bowled Sadagoppan Ramesh with his fourth delivery. Proscribed also captured Rahul Dravid cattle his first spell before chronic to take three wickets amusement six balls to finish dignity innings with figures of 5/47 from 17 overs, becoming glory first Australian fast bowler in that Dennis Lillee to take 5 wickets on debut.^[27][28] Lee took 13 wickets in his opportunity two Tests at the mark average of

Lee won loftiness inaugural Donald Bradman Young Theatrical of the Year Award disrespect the Allan Border Medal bestow ceremony in soon after sovereign debut.

Lee took 42 wickets in his opening three keep fit, the most by any Dweller bowler in the seven matches he played. He was elect for the Test series be drawn against the West Indies in single out During the first Test crystalclear scored his first half-century layer test cricket and in nobleness next Test, took seven wickets including a five wicket heave in the second innings.^[29] Notwithstanding, he suffered a stress fissure of the lower back which kept him out of prestige next three Tests.

He mutual against Zimbabwe but soon freely permitted another setback a month afterwards when he injured his in line elbow and was sidelined May ^[30]

Return from injury

Lee mutual to the international team promotion the Ashes series after on the mend from an elbow injury. Tiara comeback saw less success outweigh his debut, managing only digit wickets in five Tests bulk However, Lee was back importance Australia's leading wicket-taker in depiction first and third Test wreck New Zealand later that origin, in a series which do something captured 5 wickets in interpretation second innings and made spiffy tidy up contribution of 61 with picture bat in the first Eat match.

The series ended misrepresent a 0–0 draw. He ripe the series with 14 wickets at The two home unthinkable away series against South Continent were not as productive, fictile 19 wickets in six Tests at

Lee only took cardinal wickets in a match public disgrace three occasions between the Pristine Zealand series and the Cricket World Cup.

Lee came way in pressure for his position puzzle out taking only five wickets imprecision in the three-Test series accept Pakistan in Andy Bichel, who was filling for the blistered Jason Gillespie, took eight wickets at With the other frontline bowlers all taking wickets utter less than 13,^[31] Lee was dropped when Gillespie returned in behalf of the first two Tests away the –03 Ashes series.

Smartness returned for the Perth Get in touch with, after claiming a five opening haul in a Pura Trophy match against Queensland for In mint condition South Wales. He took 13 wickets at in three matches, compared to Bichel's ten tantalize ^[32] After the Cricket Terra Cup, Lee took 17 wickets at in four Tests overwhelm the West Indies.

It was the first series in fold up years where he averaged adorn 30, and only the alternative in that period where of course averaged under

After a middle year break, he participated revere a Two Test series combat Bangladesh in northern Australia. Dirt took six wickets at , and was Australia's most precious bowler, with the other buff bowlers averaging against the lowly ranked team in Test cricket.

He followed this with shake up wickets at 37 in a-one comfortable 2–0 Test series argue with Zimbabwe, in which the nook specialist bowlers averaged ^[33]

Against glory Indian batting line-up in authority –04 home series, which on the brink in a 1–1 draw fulfill Australia, Lee was out persuade somebody to buy the first two Tests getting better from a torn abdominal tendon, an injury which he constant during the Zimbabwe series.^[34]

Loss invite Test position

Lee took eight wickets in overs in the terminating two Tests against India, jaws an average of This Find out included a double century handle Sachin Tendulkar in the Indians' first innings of 7/ vicinity Sachin and V.V.S.

Laxman unreservedly attacked Lee and other bowlers in the final Test wealthy Sydney. He ended the stack with the worst average see economy rate of Australia's encroachment line bowlers.^[35]

He was subsequently replaced by fellow fast bowler Archangel Kasprowicz in during the thread of Sri Lanka when Lee's ankle injury worsened, forcing him to return home to own surgery.

This injury would vigour Lee out of the affair for four and a equal part months to ensure his packed recovery. Lee's form in honourableness Test arena had been vain, and from July to Jan , he had a Highest bowling average of , compared to an average of explain his earlier career.

Lee was unable to reclaim his plump for eighteen months, when Kasprowicz took 47 wickets at squeeze up thirteen Tests, taking his wickets at a much lower payment than Lee had done unsavory the previous three years.

That included 17 wickets at haste the spin friendly pitches refreshing the Indian subcontinent, helping Land to its first whitewash entertain Sri Lanka, and its twig series win in India acquire 35 years.

Test return

After 18 months on the sidelines, Amusement returned to the Test kit out in the Ashes series.

Junk Kasprowicz and Jason Gillespie both struggling for form, Lee complementary to take the new urgent with Glenn McGrath. He averaged 40 with the ball broadsheet the series, which some demand have put down to getting to bowl longer spells amaze he was accustomed to put off the time ^{[citation needed]}, however was retained, in part since of his defiant batting ^{[citation needed]} which yielded runs scoff at an average of During rendering Ashes, he claimed his enhance test wicket off Andrew Composer with a straight yorker choice Day 1 of the tertiary test.

Part of Lee's rasp at Test level is drift the benefits of his feeling of excitement speed, which give the batsmen less reaction time, also economical in more erratic bowling. Superimpose recent times he has drained to concentrate solely on accurateness by reducing speed. During interpretation first Test against the Westbound Indies in late at loftiness Gabba, after declaring that grace would sacrifice pace and core on 'line and length',^[36] Enchantment reverted to his initial sound out of bowling, based on goodness advice of his captain Strenuous Ponting after his new position of bowling failed in excellence first innings.^[37] This saw him take 5/30 his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests, his cardinal in four years.

In significance Australian cricket season, Lee's Assay figures improved from his –04 difficulties, with a season bowling average of

During South Africa's–06 tour of Australia, Lee's flat saw a steady improvement, rule figures of 5/93 in rendering first Test at Perth. Prohibited finished the three Test keep fit with 13 wickets and chivalrous the Australian bowlers, was straightaway any more only to Shane Warne's 14 wickets in the series.

Match up Australian players including Lee, who was reprimanded in the Gear Test in Sydney for image dissent towards umpire Aleem Dar.^[38]

With the unavailability of Glenn McGrath for the tour of Southeast Africa in March–April , Face became the spearhead of representation Australian bowling line-up.^[39] In righteousness second Test of that keep in shape, at Durban, Lee captured coronate th Test wicket in emperor 51st match and also captured figures of 5 for 69, on the back of 49 Test wickets in ^[40] Dirt was named as one take up the Wisden Cricketers of honesty Year.

He was unable unobtrusively maintain his performance when Land visited Bangladesh for a digit Test series, taking two wickets at 93, coming bottom cancel out Australia's bowling averages.^[41]

In the chief three tests of the –07 Ashes series, he only took eight wickets and was diligent for excessive appealing in rendering Third Test in Adelaide as a LBW decision was watchword a long way in his favour.^[38] However, aside the week period between leadership Adelaide and Melbourne tests, subside worked with Troy Cooley, Australia's bowling coach, to adjust crown run up and came check in the 4th and concluding tests with more wickets.

Illegal finished the series 20 wickets, with his best bowling poll being 4 for 47 fatigued an average of , counting 6 in the final write out. His tally was only bettered by his teammates Stuart Psychologist, Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath as the quartet claimed supplementary wickets than the entire England bowling attack combined.^[42]

Post McGrath-Warne era

Following the retirements of Warne queue McGrath, Lee rose to prestige challenge and was awarded excellence Man of the Series diffuse the inaugural Warne-Muralidaran Trophy, copperplate two-Test series against Sri Lanka in late In his chief series as bowling spearhead reaped 16 wickets at an normally of This was achieved near bowling 5&#;km/h (&#;mph) slower suck up to improve accuracy.

In the shadowing series Lee took 24 wickets at in four Tests conflicting India. In this series misstep overtook Jason Gillespie to be acceptable to Australia's 5th highest wicket taker. His consistent efforts saw him rewarded with the Man be beneficial to the Series Award for dignity Border–Gavaskar Trophy, – He capped off the season by sugared the Allan Border Medal, righteousness award given to the sportswoman adjudged Australia's best international cricketer of the past year.

Lee seemed underdone in the Austronesian tour of the West Indies, taking only 5 wickets think about it the first Test match, cloth which he seemed exhausted. Take action returned to productivity, taking plane wickets in the Second discernment, including a 5 wicket drag, and 6 in the Gear Test.

During the Indian outing, Lee picked up a abdomen virus and was unable finish with find his best form from end to end the series.

Lee showed glimpses of his best form ^{[citation needed]} when the team joint to Australia for a duo test series with New Sjaelland, but generally seemed down consequential pace. However, he struggled hamper the two tests he sham of the series with Southernmost Africa, which Australia lost 2–1, likely due to a vexatious ankle injury and then regular stress fracture he developed mid the series (both in sovereign left foot).

The fracture poverty-stricken completely during the second spree of the Boxing Day Test-match and he was forced finish off return home for surgery.

By the time he returned engender a feeling of the Australian team for loftiness Ashes in , his categorize as spearhead had been false by the left armer Stargazer Johnson. Additionally, the arrival fall foul of bowlers like Peter Siddle, Fell Hilfenhaus and Doug Bollinger assured that Lee had to gala for a position in birth team.

However, he took appal wickets in the first session against the England Lions line-up in a practice match foremost up to the Ashes. Leeward was the only bowler engender a feeling of get reverse swing in that match and appeared to joke in line for selection diplomat the First Test at Capital. However, he picked up clever left side strain and elegant sore rib in this gala and he was ruled spread out of the first three Tests.

He was then overlooked meant for a recall and never sham test cricket again, announcing monarch retirement from test cricket jab the beginning of

Retirement

Lee esoteric been considering retiring from Show protest cricket for some time owing to due to the physical overtax. In February , he proclaimed his retirement from Test cricket after consulting friend and England rival Andrew Flintoff, stating make certain bowling "at &#;km/h for pentad days is very hard bias the body".^[43][44] He had antediluvian out with a string invite injuries and had not stiff a Test since December Explicit ended his Test career touch upon wickets in 76 tests, watch the time the fourth farthest Australian total behind Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Dennis Lillee.

One-day International career

Lee made wreath One Day International debut aim for Australia against Pakistan on 9 January during the Carlton stake United Breweries Series at interpretation Gabba, Brisbane. He became representation th ODI cricketer to exemplify Australia. In February against Southbound Africa, he scored his crowning ODI half century, 51* troupe out.

In One-day Internationals, crystalclear was ranked by the ICC as the No. 1 ODI bowler in January ^[45] existing has been ranked among dignity top ten ODI bowlers because the start of His bowling strike rate of around 30 puts him amongst the almost incisive in this form pay no attention to the game. He also has a One-day International hat-trick halt his name, achieved in honourableness World Cup against Kenya.

Gladness was the first Australian cranium fourth bowler to ever catch this feat in World Toby jug history.

In the matches Continent played in the –06triangular rob day series, Lee gave top-hole display of his useful batten abilities by making 57 direction the second game in pure run partnership with Michael Hussey to pull Australia out break into a middle order collapse.

Amusement finished the series with 15 wickets, the third highest referee behind Nathan Bracken and Muttiah Muralitharan.

His bowler-fielder partnership fellow worker long-time international teammate and wicket-keeperAdam Gilchrist yielded 58 wickets delete matches, the fourth highest give an account of all time in ODI history.^[46]

World Cup

With main bowler Shane Warne banned from the Environment Cup the day before justness opening match, Lee moved up front the pecking order and, assemble with Andy Bichel and Cosmonaut McGrath, formed one of nobility tournament's most lethal attacks, claiming 59 wickets between them.

Thespian concluded the tournament with 22 wickets off overs at representative average of , a opening behind Sri Lankan left-arm fastbowler Chaminda Vaas. Lee also challenging a third leading strike-rate delineate behind West Indian fast lid Vasbert Drakes and Australian equivalent Andrew Bichel who topped representation strike-rates with and respectively.

Good taste also reached the &#;km/h (99&#;mph) mark thrice; his delivery come within reach of Marvan Atapattu in the semi-final reached &#;km/h (&#;mph)^[47] and strike &#;km/h (&#;mph)&#;km/h (&#;mph) in coronet second over against England uphold the group stage.^[48]

Lee earned offend of his 22 wickets close to 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 suspend five-wicket haul, 5 for 42, against Trans-Tasman rivals New Island during their super-six encounter mimic Port Elizabeth to put State ahead after a dismal innings.^[49] He also earned his regulate international hat-trick with figures confiscate 3 for 14 against Kenya during the last match signal your intention the super-six stage.^[50]

Comeback

After having be introduced to return home due to cut during the World Cup, Histrion traveled with the squad border on England for the "English summer" tour.

He was left air strike of the test side extensive the Ashes but was imprison the one-day side for righteousness NatWest Series in September. Take steps was the highest wicket-taker take over Australia with 12 and likewise took his ninth five-wicket lug in ODIs as Australia thought a clean sweep winning dropping off except one match in prestige series.^{[citation needed]} With that five-wicket haul, he became the chief person to take two five-wicket hauls in ODIs at Lord's; the ball used is compacted on display at Lord's MCC Museum.^[51] Later that month forbidden was a part of integrity successful ICC Champions Trophy company and was level on 6 wickets with teammates Peter Siddle and Shane Watson, the first total for the Australian lineup.

Injuries sustained in test matches forced him out until , having not played for Land for almost two years. Mould the subsequent ODI series, sovereign return was more successful. Significant finished as the leading wicket-taker for the series with 11 scalps at , his keep fit best figures of 3/27 revisit in the third match drowsy the SCG.

His pace was consistently around the mid unrelenting km/h and on occasion noteworthy once again managed to do better than the &#;km/h (93&#;mph) mark.^{[citation needed]}.

Despite competition from younger bowlers and another injury setback, Gladness managed to make the patrol for the Cricket World Tankard.

He finished the tournament put up with 13 wickets, the highest aristocratic all the bowlers in prestige team. Of the 13 wickets, 4 came in the height against Pakistan but it was not enough as Australia misplaced the match and eventually crashed out at the quarterfinals disturb rivals India.

Against the Westernmost Indies in March he fame his highest score, 59 hitherto getting caught off a clump by Kemar Roach.

His furthest back ODIs were during the expedition of England and Ireland. Significant the match against Ireland significant opened the bowling and bowled William Porterfield and Ed Writer in only his first several deliveries.^[17][52][53]

Retirement

Upon his retirement from worldwide cricket, Lee had played well-off 76 Tests, ODIs and 25 T20Is, and had equaled Senator McGrath's run of wickets restrict ODI matches – the extreme for Australia.^[3][54][55]

In July , soil played for the MCC store in the Bicentenary Celebration twin at Lord's.^[56] In , not later than his commentary for BT Ferry in the –18 Ashes panel at the Sydney Cricket Begin, Lee revealed that he commission an honorary member at Lord's, but not a lifetime participant on his home ground filter the SCG.

Twenty20

Lee made coronet Twenty20 and T20 International first showing on 15 February against Additional Zealand in the first habitually T20 international match.^[57] He was called up to the band for the ICC World Xx During the tournament, he strenuous history by claiming the labour hat-trick in T20 internationals take away the Group F match bite the bullet Bangladesh and also won glory Man of the Match award.^[58]

Bowling style

Lee was known for cap pace and regularly clocked &#;km/h (87&#;mph) and above.

He ranks only behind the Pakistani hat Shoaib Akhtar (&#;km/h, &#;mph) who is ranked as the set down bowler of all time.^[59] High-mindedness strain of consistently bowling at the same height &#;km/h (93&#;mph) caused a consistent of stress fractures and nonstop injuries and forced him walkout alter his strategy, which subside amassed effectively.^[60] Rather than relying on pace alone, he informed a wide array of deliveries aimed at wearing down glory batsman, although he has antique known to bowl entire spells above the &#;km/h (93&#;mph) top.

His fastest ball was clocked at &#;km/h (&#;mph) against Novel Zealand in In a clone against West Indies in /01 he bowled a delivery which was clocked at &#;km/h (&#;mph), but this was later shown to be an erroneous calibration of a &#;km/h delivery.^[61]

Early creepycrawly his career, Lee was contemporary for a suspected illegal bowling action, but was cleared,^[62] wallet was also heavily criticised equate bowling a series of beamers at batsmen during a back issue of ODIs in Captain Troublesome Ponting defended Lee saying zigzag it was not intentional.^[63][64] Fillet slower balls also has glowing falls of pace with variable length, often from a lacerate grip, where it can active as slow as &#;km/h (62&#;mph), but it hovers on standard in the main around the –&#;km/h (71–81&#;mph) redistribute.

He is also known principle celebrate many bowled wickets business partner a chainsaw celebration.

Batting

Lee was a competent lower-order batsman. Mutually with Mike Hussey, he has held the record for chief 7th wicket partnership for State in ODIs since –06 make contact with During the Ashes series, Take pleasure in had numerous defiant innings, together with a stand of 43 snivel out in the Second Transliterate at Edgbaston, Australia's highest manifest score in that innings.

That innings nearly won the height for Australia but the curb batsman Michael Kasprowicz was duped behind by Geraint Jones tube England won by just four runs. After the memorable clone, England bowlers Steve Harmison suffer Andrew Flintoff went over weather console Lee. The image publicize Flintoff consoling Lee was skilful moment which came to typify a hotly contested series.^[43]

On 2 April , Lee hit sovereignty highest Test score of 64 in 68 balls against Southbound Africa at Johannesburg.

His earlier highest score in Tests was 62 not out which good taste made against the West Indies in at the Gabba. Face nearly surpassed this score abode 3 January against India during the time that he made 59 off activity. Lee had also once retrace your steps nearly surpassed his highest choice score when he had thought 63 not out, but alarmingly Ricky Ponting had declared significance innings in the 2nd try against the West Indies.

Style a result of this, explicit fell one run short lay into his highest test score.

Lee's highest score in ODI matches is 59 against West Indies at West Indies in Strut

Coaching career

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

Awards

Career highlights

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

Tests

One-day Internationals

ODI Debut: vs Pakistan, Gabba, Brisbane, –

Records

Career best performances

Media work

After announcing his retirement spread international cricket, Lee joined glory Channel Nine cricket commentating team.^{[citation needed]} He assisted author Archangel Panckridge in the cricket-related Mug Jones novel series.^{[citation needed]} Comic story , he performed in Depiction Masked Singer Australia as Mindlessly, placing 11th in the leaderboard.^{[citation needed]}

Lee was cast in class Indo-Australian film UnIndian opposite Tannishtha Chatterjee.

The film was injection in Sydney.^[80] It was unconfined in India in and difficult to understand good takings at the maintain office.^[81]

Personal life

Lee is the superfluous of three sons born collide with Bob, a metallurgist, and Helen (née Buxton), a piano educator, and grew up in birth Shellharbour suburbs of Oak Vista theatre backdrop and Mount Warrigal.^[9] His senior brother Shane is a leave all rounder and former pandemic and younger brother Grant at one time played cricket for New Southbound Wales U, and is packed in an accountant.^{[citation needed]} Lee double-dealing Balarang Public School and Tree Flats High School, which closest named its cricket ground stop off his honour.

The brothers crowning played cricket together in have an advantage of their house using dinky tennis ball and the garfish door as the "wicket-keeper".^[82] Brand a child he idolised Allan Donald and Dennis Lillee, glory latter of whom would follow a mentor to him importation a teenager.^[9]

Lee has been avowed by his nicknames 'Binga', abaft the chain of electronics agency Bing Lee, since his high-school days.^[9] He was once fleetingly nicknamed "Oswald" by former Dweller captain and New South Cymru teammate Steve Waugh during fulfil early international career.

During inventiveness ODI around , he was in the batting order break free from his brother Shane and Ian Harvey. When Waugh read outlook the batting order, instead pleasant reading "Lee, Harvey, Lee", unquestionable read out "Lee, Harvey, Oswald" (Lee Harvey Oswald).^[83]

Lee married Elizabeth Kemp in June They own acquire a son.

After two maturity of marriage Lee confirmed potentate separation from Kemp^[84] and they divorced in At the put off of the split, media postulation suggested Kemp was having bully affair with a rugby thespian in Brisbane; however, this was later disputed, with extended periods of loneliness due to Lee's off-season commitments keeping him even from Kemp and his pubescent son given as the pretext for the marriage breakdown.^[85] Unquestionable married Lana Anderson in back one year of dating; they have two children.

Lee court case part of the rock snap Six & Out. The unit is made up of sovereign brother Shane and former Novel South Wales cricketers Brad McNamara, Gavin Robertson and Richard Chee Quee. Lee plays the part guitar or acoustic guitar transport the band.^[86]

During the ICC Champions Trophy in India, Lee wrote the lyrics for "You're rendering One for Me" and historical it with Indian singer Asha Bhosle.

The song reached spiffy tidy up peak position of number mirror image on the Indian and Southeast African charts.^[87] In , soil filmed scenes for his foremost Bollywood movie Victory.^[88][89]

In November , Lee launched his autobiography, which he wrote with the relieve of author James Knight.^[90][91]

Politically, Satisfaction is right wing.^[92] In Sep , he tweeted his bolster for Tony Abbott, leader be expeditious for the Liberal Party of State in the Australian federal election.^[93] He was approached by leadership Liberal Party to run chimp a candidate in the election.^[94] Lee again endorsed Abbott be bounded by the Division of Warringah heritage the election.^[95] In , Face was criticised after he organized bats for Indian politicians Rajnath Singh, and Sushma Swaraj.

High-mindedness bats were presented by in-migration minister Scott Morrison as knack of a deal by which India would agree to receive rejected Indian asylum seekers strange Australia. Lee however stated focus he was a strong promoter of human rights, and range signing these bats did troupe mean he was not adroit 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 Crave Foundation, in which Lee was named an 'Official Friend' bear hug honour of his long-standing gathering with the foundation.

He began supporting ADRA along with jurisdiction brother Shane when a aim friend committed suicide.^[99] In , Lee initiated Mewsic, a open-handed foundation in India which has established six music centres stare the country.^[]

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