Brett Lee is a former Australian cricketer


Brett Lee is a former Australian cricketer who played for the Australian national team from 1999 to 2012. He was born on November 8, 1976, in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

Lee was a right-arm fast bowler known for his speed, aggression, and ability to swing the ball. He was also a handy lower-order batsman and a good fielder. During his career, he played in 76 Test matches, taking 310 wickets at an average of 30.81. He also played in 221 One Day Internationals, taking 380 wickets at an average of 23.36.

Some of Lee's notable achievements in cricket include winning the 2003 and 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup with Australia, being named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2006, and being inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2020.

Off the field, Lee has been involved in various charitable causes, including supporting underprivileged children in India through the Mewsic Foundation, which he founded with his wife, and promoting road safety in Australia.

  • In Test cricket, Brett Lee took 310 wickets in 76 matches at an average of 30.81. His best figures in an innings were 5/30 and his best match figures were 9/171.
  • In One Day Internationals (ODIs), Lee took 380 wickets in 221 matches at an average of 23.36. His best figures in an innings were 5/22 and he took 9 five-wicket hauls in ODIs.
  • Brett Lee is one of only nine bowlers in the history of Test cricket to have taken 300 or more wickets while bowling at an average of less than 31.
  • He was the fastest bowler in the world at the time, and he bowled the second-fastest delivery ever recorded in international cricket, which was clocked at 161.1 km/h (100.23 mph) against New Zealand in 2005.
  • Lee is one of only four bowlers to have taken two hat-tricks in ODI cricket. He achieved this feat in the 2003 World Cup against Kenya and in a bilateral series against the West Indies in 2008.
  • He was part of the Australian team that won the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2003 and 2007, and he was named Player of the Series in the 2003 tournament.
  • Brett Lee also played in the Indian Premier League (IPL), representing the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Kings XI Punjab. In the IPL, he took 25 wickets in 38 matches at an average of 26.48.