Brett Lee
Brett Lee is known throughout the cricketing world as one of the fastest and most exciting pace bowlers to play the game. He has been recorded bowling at speeds of over 160km/h leaving batsmen with only a fraction of a second to react once the ball leaves his hand.
Brett was born and raised in Wollongong, New South Wales where he grew up with his family and their shared love of sports. Brett tried his hand at many sports but cricket proved to be the one that he excelled in. He had his first official game of cricket at the age of nine. He quickly developed into a very talented player and progressed through the cricket ranks to be in a position where he gained selection for his state at the age of 21 and his country at 24.
Brett made his debut for Australia in the Boxing Day Test against India in 1999. He finished this match with figures of 5/47. He has now picked up 231 wickets from 59* Tests.
He also has a formidable limited-overs record – with 369 wickets from 157* ODIs. His pace bowling combined with his ability as a hard hitting and determined tail end batsman make him a crowd favourite throughout Australia and the world.
Brett is an enthusiastic and motivated sportsman and is grateful for all of the opportunities that have come his way. He remains a grounded person who is generous with his time.
Outside of cricket Brett has a number of other interests. He has a love of music and plays in two bands ‘Six and Out’ and ‘The Gas’ when time allows, particularly for charity events. He recently launched a single in India with Asha Bhosle “You’re the One”, which he co-wrote the lyrics. This song has since been to No 1 in the Indian music charts.
Brett has also launched his own fashion label whilst still finding time whenever possible to fit in a spot of fishing.
Did you know?
Brett ‘does’ 7 Weet-Bix. His favourite way to eat his Weet-Bix is with cold milk and fresh fruits like strawberries and banana.
In Brett’s first formal game of cricket playing for the Oak Flat Rats (aged 9), he had the impressive figures of 6 / 0 off 1 over – all of his 6 wickets were bowled!
(*match statistics as at October 2007)