We talked about Glenn McGrath is the previous article as to how he was a bowler who did not have express pace and used his swing and bounce to get the batters out but now we will talk another great Australia pace bowler who was one of the two fastest bowlers of all time and he used every bit of his pace to get the batters out and he could also swing the ball both ways and for many years he used to intimidate the batters as well throughout his career.
Brett Lee was one of those Bowlers who bowled at over 150 kmph regularly and only Shoaib Akhtar was the other one who could give him competition when it came to pave and this pace proved very useful for him as he got more than 300 wickets in both the tests and the ODI format. So, let’s see the Profile, Stats and Records of the great Brett Lee.
Brett Lee Profile :
Personal Information :
Brett Lee was his full name unlike other Australian mates and he was born on 8th November 1976 at New South Wales in Australia and from the younger days he was into fast bowling and he used to bowl extremely fast balls and the coaches figured out that if nurtured well he could well become the fastest of all time. He is fondly called Binga by all his teammates and his colleagues. He was 6ft 2 inches in height and this helped him get extra bounce as well along with the pace he had going for him. He was also a decent right handed batter as well.
International Career :
Brett Lee played for Australia from 1999-2012 and he played all the three formats of the game while bowling so fast and he seldom got injured. His debut test match was against India on 26th December 1999 and he immediately made a massive impact and then for 9 years he was at the top and on 26th December 2008 against South Africa he played his last test match. His ODI career started on 9th January 1990 vs Pakistan and then destroying the batters for 12 years he played his last ODI on 7th July 2012 vs England and he even played the T20 format from 2005-2012 and made an impact in that format as well.
Career Stats :
Competition | Test | ODI |
Matches | 76 | 221 |
Runs scored | 1451 | 1176 |
Batting average | 20.15 | 17.81 |
100s/50s | 0/5 | 0/3 |
Top score | 64 | 59 |
Balls bowled | 16,531 | 11,185 |
Wickets | 310 | 380 |
Bowling average | 30.81 | 23.36 |
5 Wickets in an innings | 10 | 9 |
10 wickets in a match | 0 | 0 |
Best bowling | 5/30 | 5/22 |
Catches | 23 | 54 |
Brett Lee Records :
Lee was the first player in T20I cricket to take a hat-trick.
Third most four wicket hauls in an ODI innings (23 Times)
Second most wickets taken caught by a Wicket-keeper in ODIs (92 wickets)
Fastest to 350 ODI Wickets (202 Matches)
Also Read: Glenn McGrath Profile Stats and Records
