Brett Lee

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Brett Lee
Lee in January 2008
Personal information
Full nameBrett Lee
Born (1976-11-08) 8 November 1976 (age 47)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
NicknameBinga
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
RelationsShane Lee (brother)
Websitewww.brettlee.com.au
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 383)26 December 1999 v India
Last Test26 December 2008 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 140)9 January 2000 v Pakistan
Last ODI7 July 2012 v England
ODI shirt no.58
T20I debut (cap 7)17 February 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I30 March 2012 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.58
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997/98–2010/11New South Wales (squad no. 58)
2008–2010Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 58)
2010/11Wellington (squad no. 58)
2011–2013Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 58)
2011/12–2014/15Sydney Sixers (squad no. 58)
2012/13Otago (squad no. 58)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 76 221 116 262
Runs scored 1,451 1,176 2,120 1,365
Batting average 20.15 17.81 18.59 17.06
100s/50s 0/5 0/3 0/8 0/3
Top score 64 59 97 59
Balls bowled 16,531 11,185 24,193 13,475
Wickets 310 380 487 438
Bowling average 30.81 23.36 28.22 24.05
5 wickets in innings 10 9 20 10
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 5/30 5/22 7/114 5/22
Catches/stumpings 23/– 54/– 35/– 62/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 2003 South Africa-Zimbabwe-Kenya
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner 2006 India
Winner 2009 South Africa
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 February 2017

Brett Lee (born 8 November, 1976 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. He has played for the Australian national cricket team and New South Wales Blues. He has taken more than 300 wickets. Brett is a very fast bowler, one of the fastest the cricket world has known. His fastest delivery was 161.4 km/h (100.3 mph). Lee won the Donald Bradman Young Player of the Year Award at the Allan Border Medal award ceremony in 2000 soon after his debut and has gone on to win many awards and a few tournaments.

He is the second of 3 boys and first played cricket with his brothers.

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