Biography Of Brett Lee

BRETT LEE

Brett Lee was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia on 8th November 1976. Lee was introduced to Soccer and basketball during his initial years. Although he was interested in all sports, he showed great interest in playing cricket and was a peak performer in the school. And his talent was noticed by his seniors in the game. After Glenn McGrath had announced his retirement from bowling, he got a chance to prove his worth. Brett was looking for an opportunity and this was the right time for him to show his talents with bowling. He then went ahead and headed the Australian bowling attack in 2007-08 and his grasp of the game is well recognized and appreciated by people. Ever since then, he has been delivering his most promising bowling attack.

Brett Lee is an athletic fielder and very useful batsman whose batting average exceeds 20 in Test cricket series. Brett was awarded Australia's Best Test Player of the Year and also the Allan Border Medal In February 2008. To his record, he has achieved nine five wicket innings. He took his career best of 8 wickets for 110 runs against team West Indies series in Antigua in 2008. Brett Lee took his 300th wicket on 22 November, 2008, which was another milestone. Lee was also honoured with the Sir Donald Bradman Young Player of the Year Award during the Allan Border Medal award ceremony in the year 2000. He was runner up at the Cleo Magazine's Annual Bachelor of the Year competition held in 2000.
Apart from Cricket, Brett Lee is very keen about music and performs sometimes in a band. He sang his first music album in India with Bollywood singing legend, Asha Bhosle. Their song 'You're the One' was well received by the music lovers and the album ruled the charts for a long time.
Brett Lee family went through a shocking period when Brett Lee divorce news with his podiatrist wife Liz Kemp was announced. The couple have a son Preston from their marriage. The news about Brett Lee divorce was spread and media got anxious about this.
Brett Lee is a very hard-working sportsman with a never-give-up attitude which shows in his game. There were many setbacks during the tenure of his career due to several injuries, but he always hits back by giving his best shot.