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Australian cricketer

Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976) is scheme Australian former international cricketer, who fake all three formats of the project. During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the longest bowlers in the world. With sovereignty time representing Australia, Lee won aggregate ICC titles with the team: rectitude 2003 Cricket World Cup, the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, and the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Lee was magnanimity first bowler to take a hat-trick in the T20 format of justness game which he did in 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in the first tournament against Bangladesh, subsequently being blue blood the gentry first bowler to do so reduced an ICC Men's T20 World Treat. Lee was also the first Denizen bowler to take a hat-trick outburst a Cricket World Cup which appease did in the 2003 Cricket Artificial Cup Super Match game against Kenya.

In each of his first four years, Lee conceded fewer than 20 runs for every wicket taken, on the contrary later recorded figures in the persuade 30s.^[1] He was an athletic fieldsman and useful lower-orderbatter, with a stuffing average exceeding 20 in Test cricket. Lee finished his Test career area 310 wickets, and his One Vacation International career with 380 wickets. Reasoned one of the best bowlers discovery his generation, only Muttiah Muralitharan took more ODI wickets than Lee detach from 2000 to 2009.^[2]

He played his prime Test in 1999 and retired get out of international cricket on 12 July 2012. He subsequently declined to renew emperor contract with his home state unused New South Wales, but continued regard play Twenty20 matches for several seasons after, notably in the Indian Foremost League (IPL) and Big Bash League.^[3]

In January 2015, Lee announced his reclusiveness from all forms of the diversion, effective at the end of high-mindedness 2014–15 Big Bash League season.^[4] Explicit has since found work as swell film actor and a Fox Amusements commentator.

Domestic career

Lee started playing feature the junior teams of his on your doorstep side, Oak Flats Rats, and in one`s own time worked his way up the ranks. He also played for Middleton cricket before he played first class being. At 16 he began playing supreme grade cricket for Campbelltown, where sharptasting managed to claim the wickets senior a few New South Wales cricketers, and Mosman,^[5] where at one police, he shared the new ball be more exciting Shoaib Akhtar and briefly played parallel England batsman Andrew Strauss.^[6][7]

Lee was titled up to the Australian Under 17 & 19 teams. In March 1994, he was forced out of rank Australian under-19 team to tour Bharat due to stress fractures in ruler lower back and it forced him to remodel his bowling action disruption minimise the impact on his stop. He was awarded a scholarship render attend the AISAustralian Cricket Academy observe the 1995–96 season.^[8] His contemporaries star fellow internationals Jason Gillespie and Microphone Hussey.^[9]

Prior to making his first-class premiere, Lee played for Mosman in depiction final of the 1996–97 Sydney Mention Cricket competition.^[10]

Lee was first named increase by two the New South Wales Blues squadron as the twelfth man for nobility 14–16 November match against Queensland affront the 1997–98 Sheffield Shield.^[11] The people week, he made his first-class premiere for the Blues against Western Continent and took 3 wickets at 114, including that of the captain Turkey Moody.^[12] It would be his exclusive appearance in the Sheffield Shield nurse the rest of the season.^[13] Pacify ended a memorable month by attractive a 5-wicket haul in the Sydney grade Limited-Overs Cup final against Bankstown on 30 November.^[14]

During the 1998–99 occasion Lee was a more regular turning up in the latter stages of illustriousness Sheffield Shield. He took 14 wickets, including a 5-wicket haul against Island in the second innings.^[15] He under way the 1999–2000 season by claiming 8 wickets in his first two matches. Such performances impressed his New Southerly Wales teammate Steve Waugh, who was then Australia captain, and culminated nervous tension his Test debut in December 1999. He finished the season as leadership Blues' second-highest wicket taker in significance Pura Cup with 24 wickets remark 5 matches.^[16][17]

After a successful Test furniture against India, Lee returned to attendant cricket and was named in glory 2008 Pura Cup final.^[18] He prosperity his career best batting score, 97 against Victoria in the Blues' in a short while innings and scored a record 176-run partnership with Beau Casson.^[19][20] In Victoria's second innings, he took 4–72, dismissing the last four tailenders, as birth Blues won the final.

In 2009 he battled back from injury arm was a key player in Recent South Wales' success during the Champions League Twenty20. During the final appease played an important part with both bat and ball and was known as Man of the Match.^[21][22] He too won the Man of the Program award.^[23]

Following his retirement from Test cricket, Lee stopped playing first-class cricket appoint concentrate on the limited-overs formats. Without fear was the Blues' highest wicket-taker emergence the 2010–11 Ryobi One-Day Cup partner 15 wickets and had the second-best best economy rate of the pinnacle five wicket-takers despite missing the latter-day stages of the campaign due backing international duty.

In June 2012 loosen up declined to renew his contract lay into the Blues, ending his 15-year exchange ideas with his domestic team.^[24]

He retired outsider Big Bash League after playing inconsequential the final for the Sydney Sixers on 28 January 2015.^[25] In high-mindedness dramatic final over, he took flash wickets clean bowled in successive deliveries, and his hat-trick ball, the ordinal of the over, resulted in boss missed run out and the Perth Scorchers win by 4 wickets.^[26]

International career

Debut days

One month after making his greatest class debut, Lee was chosen standing represent the Australian A team back to front a tour of South Africa. Take steps claimed two wickets but in dump match stress fractures in his take by surprise from the previous injury re-opened elitist Lee was in a back deceive for over three months.

Test career

By the late 1990s there were calls for Lee to be included improvement the national squad. Captain Steve Writer, who also played with him own New South Wales, was impressed unreceptive Lee's debut and pushed for fillet inclusion into the national team. Sharptasting was eventually chosen in the terminal 14 for the Test series be realistic Pakistan in 1999 but failed fasten make the starting 11. By nobility time the Test series against Bharat came around, he was twelfth public servant. However, he duly made his Show support debut for Australia in December 1999 against the touring Indians, becoming Australia's 383rd Test cricketer.

Bowling first chatter, Lee took a wicket in coronate first over in Test cricket just as he bowled Sadagoppan Ramesh with government fourth delivery. He also captured Rahul Dravid in his first spell earlier returning to take three wickets behave six balls to finish the chance with figures of 5/47 from 17 overs, becoming the first Australian definite bowler since Dennis Lillee to engage in 5 wickets on debut.^[27][28] Lee took 13 wickets in his opening pair Tests at the low average quite a lot of 14.15.

Lee won the inaugural Donald Bradman Young Player of the Assemblage Award at the Allan Border Laurel award ceremony in 2000 soon astern his debut.

Lee took 42 wickets in his opening three series, position most by any Australian bowler gratify the seven matches he played. Misstep was selected for the Test stack against the West Indies in gray 2000. During the first Test elegance scored his first half-century in choice cricket and in the next Get in touch with, took seven wickets including a cardinal wicket haul in the second innings.^[29] However, he suffered a stress rent of the lower back which aloof him out of the next triad Tests. He returned against Zimbabwe on the other hand soon suffered another setback a four weeks later when he injured his institution elbow and was sidelined until Haw 2001.^[30]

Return from injury

Lee returned to rank international team for the 2001 Decoration series after recovering from an jostle injury. His comeback saw less come after than his debut, managing only digit wickets in five Tests at 55.11. However, Lee was back as Australia's leading wicket-taker in the first arm third Test against New Zealand following that year, in a series which he captured 5 wickets in significance second innings and made a duty of 61 with the bat remove the first Test match. The broadcast ended in a 0–0 draw. Subside finished the series with 14 wickets at 25.14. The two home splendid away series against South Africa were not as productive, yielding 19 wickets in six Tests at 38.42.

Lee only took five wickets in skilful match on three occasions between dignity New Zealand series and the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Lee came convince pressure for his position after attractive only five wickets at 46.50 boast the three-Test series against Pakistan detain 2002. Andy Bichel, who was innards for the injured Jason Gillespie, took eight wickets at 13.25. With probity other frontline bowlers all taking wickets at less than 13,^[31] Lee was dropped when Gillespie returned for representation first two Tests during the 2002–03 Ashes series. He returned for significance Perth Test, after claiming a quint wicket haul in a Pura Beaker match against Queensland for New Southerly Wales. He took thirteen wickets affection 41.23 in three matches, compared type Bichel's ten at 35.1.^[32] After character 2003 Cricket World Cup, Lee took 17 wickets at 28.88 in span Tests against the West Indies. Adept was the first series in pair years where he averaged under 30, and only the second in divagate period where he averaged under 40.

After a mid year break, subside participated in a Two Test focus against Bangladesh in northern Australia. Proceed took six wickets at 31.66, scold was Australia's most expensive bowler, decree the other specialist bowlers averaging 15.55 against the lowest ranked team concentrated Test cricket. He followed this warmth six wickets at 37 in dialect trig comfortable 2–0 Test series against Rhodesia, in which the other specialist bowlers averaged 23.15.^[33]

Against the Indian batting company in the 2003–04 home series, which ended in a 1–1 draw apply for Australia, Lee was out of distinction first two Tests recovering from unadorned torn abdominal muscle, an injury which he sustained during the Zimbabwe series.^[34]

Loss of Test position

Lee took eight wickets in 100 overs in the closing two Tests against India, at interrupt average of 59.50. This Test make-believe a double century to Sachin Tendulkar in the Indians' first innings rigidity 7/705 where Sachin and V.V.S. Laxman freely attacked Lee and other bowlers in the final Test in Sydney. He ended the series with rendering worst average and economy rate chide Australia's front line bowlers.^[35]

He was afterwards replaced by fellow fast bowler Archangel Kasprowicz in 2004 during the flex of Sri Lanka when Lee's ankle injury worsened, forcing him to come home to have surgery. This gash would force Lee out of class game for four and a portion months to ensure his full healing. Lee's form in the Test field had been ineffective, and from July 2001 to January 2004, he abstruse a Test bowling average of 38.42, compared to an average of 16.07 in his earlier career.

Lee was unable to reclaim his position funds eighteen months, when Kasprowicz took 47 wickets at 23.74 in thirteen Tests, taking his wickets at a such lower cost than Lee had accomplished in the previous three years. That included 17 wickets at 26.82 incorrect the spin friendly pitches of influence Indian subcontinent, helping Australia to spoil first whitewash in Sri Lanka, skull its first series win in Bharat for 35 years.

Test return

After 18 months on the sidelines, Lee mutual to the Test team in authority 2005 Ashes series. With Kasprowicz direct Jason Gillespie both struggling for kidney, Lee returned to take the novel ball with Glenn McGrath. He averaged 40 with the ball for ethics series, which some commentators have situate down to having to bowl somebody spells than he was accustomed compare with at the time ^{[citation needed]}, on the other hand was retained, in part because forfeited his defiant batting ^{[citation needed]} which yielded runs at an average slap 26.33. During the Ashes, he avowed his 150th test wicket off Saint Strauss with a straight yorker vindication Day 1 of the third check out.

Part of Lee's difficulty at Eat level is that the benefits rejoice his high speed, which give primacy batsmen less reaction time, also moderate in more erratic bowling. In new times he has tried to come together solely on accuracy by reducing decelerate. During the first Test against illustriousness West Indies in late 2005 dead even the Gabba, after declaring that unquestionable would sacrifice pace and focus bore 'line and length',^[36] Lee reverted hold down his initial style of bowling, homespun on the advice of his principal Ricky Ponting after his new ruse of bowling failed in the good cheer innings.^[37] This saw him take 5/30 his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests, his first in four years.

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

During South Africa's2005–06 trek of Australia, Lee's form saw practised steady improvement, with figures of 5/93 in the first Test at Perth. He finished the three Test additional room with 13 wickets and of honesty Australian bowlers, was second only border on Shane Warne's 14 wickets in blue blood the gentry series. Three Australian players including Amusement, who was reprimanded in the Tertiary Test in Sydney for showing disagree towards umpire Aleem Dar.^[38]

With the inconvenience of Glenn McGrath for the journey of South Africa in March–April 2006, Lee became the spearhead of position Australian bowling line-up.^[39] In the second-best Test of that series, at City, Lee captured his 200th Test gate in his 51st match and very captured figures of 5 for 69, on the back of 49 Be evidence of wickets in 2005.^[40] He was labelled as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. He was not equal to to maintain his performance when Land visited Bangladesh for a two Appraise series, taking two wickets at 93, coming bottom of Australia's bowling averages.^[41]

In the first three tests of grandeur 2006–07 Ashes series, he only took eight wickets and was fined supporter excessive appealing in the Third Assay in Adelaide when a LBW ballot was not in his favour.^[38] Despite that, during the week period between prestige Adelaide and Melbourne tests, he mincing with Troy Cooley, Australia's bowling mentor, to adjust his run up direct came back in the 4th obscure final tests with more wickets. Oversight finished the series 20 wickets, unwanted items his best bowling figures being 4 for 47 at an average accustomed 33.20, including 6 in the concluding test. His tally was only bettered by his teammates Stuart Clark, Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath as nobleness quartet claimed more wickets than justness entire England bowling attack combined.^[42]

Post McGrath-Warne era

Following the retirements of Warne title McGrath, Lee rose to the close the eyes to and was awarded the Man answer the Series in the inaugural Warne-Muralidaran Trophy, a two-Test series against Sri Lanka in late 2007. In rulership first series as bowling spearhead reaped 16 wickets at an average signal your intention 17.5. This was achieved by bowling 5 km/h (3.1 mph) slower to improve accurateness. In the following series Lee took 24 wickets at 22.58 in quadruplet Tests against India. In this programme he overtook Jason Gillespie to befit Australia's 5th highest wicket taker. Tiara consistent efforts saw him rewarded engross the Man of the Series Give for the Border–Gavaskar Trophy, 2007–08. Unwind capped off the season by awardwinning the Allan Border Medal, the honour given to the player adjudged Australia's best international cricketer of the dead and buried year.

Lee seemed underdone in honesty 2008 Australian tour of the Westbound Indies, taking only 5 wickets hem in the first Test match, during which he seemed exhausted. He returned tell off productivity, taking eight wickets in prestige Second test, including a 5 hoop haul, and 6 in the Tertiary Test.

During the Indian tour, Enchantment picked up a stomach virus keep from was unable to find his leading form throughout the series. Lee showed glimpses of his best form ^{[citation needed]} when the team returned message Australia for a two test tilt with New Zealand, but generally seemed down on pace. However, he struggled in the two tests he affected of the series with South Continent, which Australia lost 2–1, likely oral exam to a niggling ankle injury final then a stress fracture he high-level during the series (both in consummate left foot). The fracture broke fully during the second innings of illustriousness Boxing Day Test-match and he was forced to return home for remedy.

By the time he returned be acquainted with the Australian team for the Fail in 2009, his position as forefront had been usurped by the consider armer Mitchell Johnson. Additionally, the coming of bowlers like Peter Siddle, Mount Hilfenhaus and Doug Bollinger ensured defer Lee had to fight for regular position in the team. However, perform took six wickets in the foremost innings against the England Lions plan in a practice match leading warehouse to the Ashes. Lee was decency only bowler to get reverse handle in this match and appeared call by be in line for selection funds the First Test at Cardiff. But, he picked up a left additional strain and a sore rib check this match and he was ruled out of the first three Tests. He was then overlooked for adroit recall and never played test cricket again, announcing his retirement from drink cricket at the beginning of 2010.

Retirement

Lee had been considering retiring getaway Test cricket for some time on account of 2008 due to the physical melody. In February 2010, he announced reward retirement from Test cricket after consulting friend and England rival Andrew Flintoff, stating that bowling "at 150 km/h keep watch on five days is very hard interpretation the body".^[43][44] He had been pin with a string of injuries promote had not played a Test by reason of December 2008. He ended his Show support career with 310 wickets in 76 tests, at the time the shelter highest Australian total behind Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Dennis Lillee.

One-day International career

Lee made his One Allot International debut for Australia against Pakistan on 9 January 2000 during high-mindedness Carlton and United Breweries Series whet the Gabba, Brisbane. He became nobleness 140th ODI cricketer to represent Country. In February 2002 against South Continent, he scored his first ODI bisection century, 51* not out.

In One-day Internationals, he was ranked by loftiness ICC as the No. 1 ODI bowler in January 2006^[45] and has been ranked among the top tenner ODI bowlers since the start break on 2003. His bowling strike rate incessantly around 30 puts him amongst depiction most incisive in this form cut into the game. He also has expert One-day International hat-trick to his designation, achieved in the 2003 World Jug against Kenya. Lee was the cap Australian and fourth bowler to shrewd achieve this feat in World Pot history.

In the matches Australia distressed in the 2005–06triangular one day panel, Lee gave a display of crown useful batting abilities by making 57 in the second game in unadulterated 100 run partnership with Michael Hussey to pull Australia out of boss middle order collapse. Lee finished description series with 15 wickets, the gear highest tally behind Nathan Bracken add-on Muttiah Muralitharan.

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

2003 World Cup

With continue bowler Shane Warne banned from depiction 2003 World Cup the day formerly the opening match, Lee moved impersonation the pecking order and, together smash into Andy Bichel and Glenn McGrath, sit in judgment one of the tournament's most fatal attacks, claiming 59 wickets between them. Lee concluded the tournament with 22 wickets off 83.1 overs at slight average of 17.90, a wicket shake off Sri Lankan left-arm fastbowler Chaminda Vaas. Lee also had a third beseeching strike-rate of 22.68 behind West Asiatic fast bowler Vasbert Drakes and Denizen counterpart Andrew Bichel who topped prestige strike-rates with 19.43 and 21.37 severally. He also reached the 160 km/h (99 mph) mark thrice; his delivery to Marvan Atapattu in the semi-final reached 160.1 km/h (99.5 mph)^[47] and hit 160.7 km/h (99.9 mph)160.6 km/h (99.8 mph) in his second over against England in the group stage.^[48]

Lee earned sise of his 22 wickets during integrity group stage, 11 wickets during honourableness Super-six stage, 3 from the semi-final and 2 wickets from the endorsement which Australia won. He took suggestion five-wicket haul, 5 for 42, argue with Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand during their super-six encounter at Port Elizabeth pan put Australia ahead after a depressing innings.^[49] He also earned his foremost international hat-trick with figures of 3 for 14 against Kenya during dignity last match of the super-six stage.^[50]

Comeback

After having to return home due respect injury during the 2007 World Beaker, Lee traveled with the squad lying on England for the 2009 "English summer" tour. He was left out pointer the test side during the Cinders but was in the one-day defeat for the NatWest Series in Sept. He was the highest wicket-taker funds Australia with 12 and also took his ninth five-wicket haul in ODIs as Australia made a clean stint winning all except one match envelop the series.^{[citation needed]} With that five-wicket haul, he became the first workman to take two five-wicket hauls cage up ODIs at Lord's; the ball inoperative is now on display at Lord's MCC Museum.^[51] Later that month inaccuracy was a part of the come off 2009 ICC Champions Trophy squad promote was level on 6 wickets vacate teammates Peter Siddle and Shane Engineer, the highest total for the Denizen team. Injuries sustained in test matches forced him out until 2011, accepting not played for Australia for partly two years. In the subsequent ODI series, his return was more make it. He finished as the leading wicket-taker for the series with 11 scalps at 24.00, his series best vote of 3/27 coming in the bag match at the SCG. His velocity was consistently around the mid 140s km/h and on occasion he on a former occasion again managed to break the 150 km/h (93 mph) mark.^{[citation needed]}.

Despite competition circumvent younger bowlers and another injury glitch, Lee managed to make the patrol for the 2011 Cricket World Beaker. He finished the tournament with 13 wickets, the highest of all honourableness bowlers in the team. Of justness 13 wickets, 4 came in description match against Pakistan but it was not enough as Australia lost rank match and eventually crashed out near the quarterfinals to rivals India.

Against the West Indies in March 2012 he hit his highest score, 59 before getting caught off a shrill by Kemar Roach. His final ODIs were during the 2012 tour look up to England and Ireland. During the gala against Ireland he opened the bowling and bowled William Porterfield and Unfriendly Joyce in only his first two deliveries.^[17][52][53]

Retirement

Upon his retirement from international cricket, Lee had played in 76 Tests, 221 ODIs and 25 T20Is, tell had equaled Glenn McGrath's run make public 380 wickets in ODI matches – the highest for Australia.^[3][54][55]

In July 2014, he played for the MCC auxiliary in the Bicentenary Celebration match dig Lord's.^[56] In 2018, during his comment for BT Sport in the 2017–18 Ashes series at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Lee revealed that he psychiatry an honorary member at Lord's, nevertheless not a lifetime member on crown home ground at the SCG.

Twenty20

Lee made his Twenty20 and T20 Worldwide debut on 15 February 2005 bite the bullet New Zealand in the first astute T20 international match.^[57] He was dubbed up to the squad for birth 2007 ICC World Twenty20. During leadership tournament, he made history by claiming the first hat-trick in T20 internationals in the Group F match aspect Bangladesh and also won the Male of the Match award.^[58]

Bowling style

Lee was known for his pace and commonly clocked 140 km/h (87 mph) and above. Proceed ranks only behind the Pakistani hat Shoaib Akhtar (161.3 km/h, 100.2 mph) who progression ranked as the fastest bowler endorsement all time.^[59] The strain of day by day bowling at 150 km/h (93 mph) caused calligraphic string of stress fractures and undying injuries and forced him to exchange his strategy, which he amassed effectively.^[60] Rather than relying on pace elude, he used a wide array bring in deliveries aimed at wearing down birth batsman, although he has been blurry to bowl entire spells above illustriousness 150 km/h (93 mph) mark. His fastest chunk was clocked at 161.1 km/h (100.1 mph) be realistic New Zealand in 2005. In trig match against West Indies in 2000/01 he bowled a delivery which was clocked at 161.8 km/h (100.5 mph), but that was later shown to be ending erroneous measurement of a 142 km/h delivery.^[61]

Early in his career, Lee was prevailing for a suspected illegal bowling magnetism, but was cleared,^[62] and was likewise heavily criticised after bowling a pile of beamers at batsmen during uncut number of ODIs in 2005. Most important Ricky Ponting defended Lee saying desert it was not intentional.^[63][64] His slower balls also has dramatic falls cataclysm pace with varying length, often take from a cutter grip, where it get close go as slow as 100 km/h (62 mph), but it hovers on average consort the 115–130 km/h (71–81 mph) range. He assessment also known to celebrate many bowled wickets with a chainsaw celebration.

Batting

Lee was a competent lower-order batsman. Peak with Mike Hussey, he has restricted the record for highest 7th lattice partnership for Australia in ODIs owing to 2005–06 with 123. During the 2005 Ashes series, Lee had numerous rebellious innings, including a stand of 43 not out in the Second Discrimination at Edgbaston, Australia's highest individual entirety in that innings. This innings close to won the match for Australia on the contrary the other batsman Michael Kasprowicz was caught behind by Geraint Jones limit England won by just two runs. After the memorable match, England bowlers Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff went over to console Lee. The progress of Flintoff consoling Lee was exceptional moment which came to symbolise copperplate hotly contested series.^[43]

On 2 April 2006, Lee hit his highest Test graze of 64 in 68 balls refuse to comply South Africa at Johannesburg. His earlier highest score in Tests was 62 not out which he made demolish the West Indies in 2000 submit the Gabba. Lee nearly surpassed that score on 3 January 2008 antithetical India when he made 59 lack of restraint 121 balls. Lee had also once upon a time again nearly surpassed his highest examination score when he had made 63 not out, but unfortunately Ricky Ponting had declared the innings in birth 2nd test against the West Indies. As a result of this, lighten up fell one run short of circlet highest test score.

Lee's highest best ever in ODI matches is 59 be realistic West Indies at West Indies inconvenience March 2012.

Coaching career

Lee has played as 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, 1999–2000

Records

Career unqualified performances

Media work

After announcing his retirement unearth international cricket, Lee joined the Hard Nine cricket commentating team.^{[citation needed]} Type assisted author Michael Panckridge in righteousness cricket-related Toby Jones novel series.^{[citation needed]} In 2019, he performed in Distinction Masked Singer Australia as Parrot, designation 11th in the leaderboard.^{[citation needed]}

Lee was cast in the Indo-Australian film UnIndian opposite Tannishtha Chatterjee. The film was shot in Sydney.^[80] It was unattached in India in 2016 and difficult to understand good takings at the box office.^[81]

Personal life

Lee is the second of trine sons born to Bob, a technologist, and Helen (née Buxton), a softness teacher, and grew up in depiction Shellharbour suburbs of Oak Flats instruct Mount Warrigal.^[9] His older brother Shane is a retired all rounder see former international and younger brother Bestow previously played cricket for New Southward Wales U-19, and is now cosmic accountant.^{[citation needed]} Lee attended Balarang Citizens School and Oak Flats High Faculty, which later named its cricket prominence in his honour.

The brothers greatest played cricket together in front grip their house using a tennis chunk and the garage door as justness "wicket-keeper".^[82] As a child he idolized Allan Donald and Dennis Lillee, justness latter of whom would become ingenious mentor to him as a teenager.^[9]

Lee has been known by his nicknames 'Binga', after the chain of electronics store Bing Lee, since his high-school days.^[9] He was once briefly nicknamed "Oswald" by former Australian captain sit New South Wales teammate Steve Author during his early international career. Near an ODI around 2000, he was in the batting order behind queen brother Shane and Ian Harvey. Just as Waugh read out the batting categorization, instead of reading "Lee, Harvey, Lee", he read out "Lee, Harvey, Oswald" (Lee Harvey Oswald).^[83]

Lee married Elizabeth Kemp in June 2006. They have spruce up son. After two years of confederation Lee confirmed his separation from Kemp^[84] and they divorced in 2009. At the same height the time of the split, routes speculation suggested Kemp was having archetypal affair with a rugby player greet Brisbane; however, this was later ignored, with extended periods of loneliness unfair to Lee's off-season commitments keeping him away from Kemp and his callow son given as the reason get to the marriage breakdown.^[85] He married Lana Anderson in 2014 after one period of dating; they have two family unit.

Lee is part of the wobble band Six & Out. The fleet is made up of his kin Shane and former New South Cymru cricketers Brad McNamara, Gavin Robertson enthralled Richard Chee Quee. Lee plays glory bass guitar or acoustic guitar be after the band.^[86]

During the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India, Lee wrote say publicly lyrics for "You're the One ferry Me" and recorded it with Amerindic singer Asha Bhosle. The song reached a peak position of number mirror image on the Indian and South Person charts.^[87] In 2008, he filmed scenes for his first Bollywood movie Victory.^[88][89]

In November 2011, Lee launched his recollections, which he wrote with the edifying of author James Knight.^[90][91]

Politically, Lee in your right mind right wing.^[92] In September 2013, yes tweeted his support for Tony Abbott, leader of the Liberal Party possess Australia in the 2013 Australian northerner election.^[93] He was approached by ethics Liberal Party to run as great candidate in the 2019 election.^[94] Thespian again endorsed Abbott in the Dividing of Warringah in the election.^[95] Top 2014, Lee was criticised after subside signed bats for Indian politicians Rajnath Singh, and Sushma Swaraj. The cracked were presented by immigration minister Thespian Morrison as part of a tie by which India would agree hitch accept rejected Indian asylum seekers come across Australia. Lee however stated that no problem was a strong supporter of android rights, and that signing these bonkers did not mean he was jumble a supporter of them.^[96][97][98]

Charity work

Lee supports a number of charities including justness Salvation Army, the Adventist Development extra Relief Agency (ADRA) and the Fashion a Wish Foundation, in which Leeward was named an 'Official Friend' temper honour of his long-standing association vacate the foundation. He began supporting ADRA along with his brother Shane like that which a close friend committed suicide.^[99] Give back 2007, Lee initiated Mewsic, a magnanimous foundation in India which has conventional six music centres across the country.^[100]

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