Brett Lee
Brett Lee was born on August 11, 1976 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He is an Australian national cricketer, cricket commentator and actor who retired from the international game in January 2015.
Brett Lee is a former Australian cricketer. During his international career, Lee was recognized as one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket. He is also known as a defensive player and a useful low batsman, with a batting average of over 20 in Test cricket. Lee ended his Test career with 310 wickets and his One Day International career with 380 wickets. Lee was part of Australia’s World Cup winning squads in 2003 and 2007. He announced his retirement from international cricket in January 2012, having made his Test debut in 1999. During the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India, Lee wrote the song You’re the One For Me and recorded it with Indian singer Asha Bhosle. The song peaked at number two on the Indian and South African charts. In 2008, he shot for his first Bollywood film Victory.
Life Of Brett Lee
Brett is a proud father of two. However, the children are from different mothers; while still married to Liz Kemp, they both had a son named Preston Charles; the other of Brett’s children is from his marriage to Iana Anderson, his current wife. The 39-year-old Australian cricketer currently resides in Seaforth.
Brett and his wife love the place even though they have been wanting more grass for some time. However, Brett made headlines with a story about his $5 million purchase of a three-story home. The house takes the form of a Bollywood palace because of its character; five bedroom, five bathroom home. In addition to this, the palace has a large open-air hall, a beautiful lounge, a port area and a large space suitable for Bollywood dance parties.
Career Of Brett lee
An international Test Carrer
Brett Lee made his debut in international cricket which should be remembered as an insult. Starting against the Indian cricket team, he never looked nervous or nervous at any time. Lee’s first header was that of southpaw Ramesh. A big inside edge fell on the stumps. He dropped Rahul Dravid and Prasad in quick succession, the latter falling short of breaking his neck with a swinging delivery. Brett Lee immediately followed that up with a devastating yorker to Ajit Agarkar to claw his way past the stumps to set him up for a record-breaking, record-breaking yorker. The fifth wicket came in the form of Srinath who took it off the first piece and ended a valuable Test debut for Brett Lee. After impressing on his debut against India, Brett Lee was selected for the West Indies tour and performed well there, taking 7 wickets in the second leg of the second Test.
Bret Lee’s One Day International Test debut came against Pakistan in Brisbane on June 9, 2000
The One Day International dropped arguably one of the greatest of all time, ending his career with the great Gren McGrath and 380 wickets including 9 five-wicket hauls and having one of the best strike rates in cricket history. He played a total of 217 One Day Internationals throughout his career with a save rate of 4.77. His best shot was 5-22. He also scored three goals in the 2003 World Cup against Kenya. He is the first Australian bowler to achieve a hat trick at the mega event. He was also good with the bat and scored 8,740 runs in 107 innings while averaging more than 20 runs.
Bret Lee In T20
He started his Twenty 20 International career playing against New Zealand in Auckland on February 17, 2005. He had a short career in Twenty 20 International, playing only 25 matches and taking 28 wickets in total. His best bowling figures were 3-23. Brett Lee’s save ratio is 7.89. He plays well with the bat when needed and never lets his teammates down. He scored 714 runs in just 12 innings with an average of over 25.
Brett Lee In Movie
From the Indo-Australian Un-Indian film, he spoke well of cricket and tried his luck as an actor. All the scenes for this movie were shot in Sydney. Tannishtha Chatterjee, an Indian actress, joined Brett Lee in this film.
Brett Lee is the first Australian cricketer to win the World Cup (2003 against Kenya).
Brett Lee was nicknamed ‘Oswald’ for short by former Australian and New South Wales captain Steve Waugh early in his international career. Brett Lee popularly known as “Bing”, has been known for his Bing Lee electronics since his high school days.
At the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India, Brett Lee wrote the song “You’re One For Me” and recorded it with famous Indian singer Asha Bhosle.
Brett Lee’s favorite cricketers are Dennis Lillee and Allan Donald.
Brett Lee divorced his first wife Elizabeth Kemp in 2009; The couple have a son together named Preston. Lee married Lana Anderson in 2014.
Brett Lee’s fastest delivery in international cricket is 161.0 mph. Brett Lee starred in a short film called “Dream Date”, directed by Adam Rainford.
Brett Lee’s favorite Indian actor is Amitabh Bachchan. On his 17th birthday, Brett Lee’s parents gave him a gold necklace and bracelet that he couldn’t take off.
Brett Lee’s favorite movie of all time is The Shawshank Redemption. Brett Lee had a secret tryout as a pitcher for the American baseball team, the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Accomplishment
Honored as “Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year” in the year 2000
Twice named “Wisden Cricketer of the Year” in 1999 and 2006
In the DLF tournament held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2006-2007, Lee was awarded “Player of the Tournament”.
In 2008, he was awarded the McGilvray Award and ‘Allan Border Medal’ and was voted ‘Australian Test Player of the Year’, the same year. In the 2009 Champions League round of 22 held in India, Lee was voted “Player of the Series”.
