Brett Lee Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography
Brett Lee Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography
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Quick Infoā
Height: 6ā 2Ā½ā
Wife: Lana Anderson
Age: 47 Years
| Bio/Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | ā¢ Binga ā¢ Oswald |
| Profession | Cricketer (Bowler) |
| Physical Stats | |
| Height (approx.) | 6ā 2Ā½ā (187 cm) |
| Eye Colour | Brown |
| Hair Colour | Blonde |
| Cricket | |
| International Debut | Test- 26 December 1999 vs India at Melbourne ODI- 9 January 2000 vs Pakistan at Brisbane T20- 17 February 2005 vs New Zealand at Auckland |
| International Retirement | 12 July 2012 |
| Last Match | Test- 26 December 2008 vs South Africa at Melbourne ODI- 7 July 2012 vs England at Chester-le-Street T20- 30 March 2012 vs West Indies at Bridgetown |
| Jersey Number | #58 (Australia) #58 (IPL, County Cricket) |
| Domestic/State Team | ā¢ Australia Champions ā¢ Manipal Tigers ā¢ World Giants ā¢ Australia Legends ā¢ Ponting XI ā¢ Virgo Super Kings ā¢ Sydney Thunder ā¢ Marylebone Cricket Club ā¢ Sydney Sixers ā¢ Kolkata Knight Riders ā¢ New South Wales ā¢ Punjab Kings |
| Coach/Mentor | Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Graham Creighton |
| Batting Style | Right Handed Bat |
| Bowling Style | Right-arm fast |
| Favourite Ball | In-swing yorker and slow-bouncer |
| Records (main ones) | ā¢ First player in Twenty20 International cricket to take a hat-trick ā¢ Second fastest Australian ODI player to take 100 wickets (after Mitchell Starc ) ā¢ First bowler ever to take more than one 5-wicket haul at Lordās |
| Awards | 2009 ā¢ Champions League Twenty20 Player of the Series 2008 ā¢ Allan Border Medal ā¢ Australian Test Player of the Year ā¢ McGilvray Medal 2007-08 ā¢ Border-Gavaskar Trophy Player of the Series 2007 ā¢ Warne-Muralitharan Trophy Player of the Series 2006-07 ā¢ DLF Cup Player of the Tournament 2006 ā¢ Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2004-05 ā¢ VB Series Player of the Series 2002-03 ā¢ VB Series Player of the Series 1999-2000 ā¢ Wisden Young Cricketer of the Year 2000 ā¢ Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 8 November 1976 (Monday) |
| Age (as of 2024) | 47 Years |
| Birthplace | Kiama, New South Wales, Australia |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Signature |  |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Hometown | New South Wales, Australia |
| School | ā¢ Balarang Public School, New South Wales, Australia ā¢ Oak Flats High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Food Habit | Non-vegetarian |
| Hobbies | Playing the guitar and Singing |
| Controversies | Hunting scandal Brett Lee was heavily criticised by netizens after a photo of him and Glenn McGrath went viral on the internet. The photo was from their 2008 safari in Zimbabwe that shows Lee, McGrath, and two children posing next to a dead deer. check sources The Sydney Morning Herald |
| Social Media | ā¢ Instagram ā¢ Facebook ā¢ YouTube ā¢ Twitter |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Affairs/Girlfriends | Current Relationship ā¢ Delta Goodrem (married since 2014) Previous Relationships ā¢ Elizabeth Kemp (m. 2006; sep. 2008) Encounters ā¢ Preity G Zinta (Bollywood actress) - 2009  ā¢ Valeska Muller (musician) - 2003  ā¢ Tara Moss (Canadian-Australian author) - 2001  |
| Marriage Date | ā¢ First Marriage: 3 June 2006 ā¢ Second Marriage: April 2014 |
| Family | |
| Wife/Spouse | ā¢ First Wife- Elizabeth Kemp (m. 2006; div. 2009)  ā¢ Second Wife- Lana Anderson (socialite) (2014-Present)  |
| Children | Daughters- None Son- Preston Charles  |
| Parents | Father- Bob (Metallurgist) Mother- Helen Buxton (Piano Teacher)   |
| Siblings | Brother- 2 ā¢ Shane Lee (older) (retired all-rounder cricketer)  ā¢ Grant Lee (younger) (accountant, former cricketer)  Sisters- None |
| Favourites | |
| Cricketer | Batter - Sachin Tendulkar Bowler - Allan Donald, Dennis Lillee |
| Coach | John Buchanan, Trevor Bayless |
| Cricket Umpire | Rudi Koertzen |
| Hotel | El Questro Homestead, Kununurra, in Western Australia |
| Restaurant | Yuuka, The St. Regis, Mumbai |
| Food | Wild Barramundi with green mango and boab root salsa, Hawaiian Pizza |
| Beverages | Coffee, Beer |
| Winery | Barossa Valley, Adelaide, Australia |
| Actor | Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler |
| Actress | Sandra Bullock |
| Film | Shawshank Redemption, Happy Gilmore |
| Author | Stephen King |
| Money Factor | |
| Assets/Properties | Clontarf home (bought for $9 million in 2020) |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Brett Lee
Brett Lee is regarded as one of the best pace bowlers ever to have played the sport.
He is known worldwide for his consistency of pace (over 155 km/hr) throughout his career.
While growing up in Mount Warrigal next to Oak Flats, Brett Lee played for the Oak Flats Rats local cricket team along with his brothers Shane and Grant. He later played first-grade cricket for Campbelltown.
Brett Leeās childhood photo
According to Brett Lee, his younger brother Grant was better than him and Shane; however, when Grant turned 18, he started losing interest in cricket following which his older brother Shane advised him he should quit the game, and Grant quit the game.
Brett Lee, Shane, and Grant Lee
Brett Lee played his first official game of cricket at the age of nine.
He began playing first-grade cricket at the age of 16.
After he was included in the state U17s cricket team, he was interviewed by a reporter for the first time.
According to Brett Lee, by the age of 16, he had realized he wanted to become a fast bowler.
In an interview, he talked about his bowling action and said that in his 16 and 17, he used to bowl away, and it was Dennis Lillee who helped him change his bowling action that made him one of the legendary fast bowlers in modern cricket.
Brett Lee with Dennis Lillee
During the India tour of the Australian under-19 team in March 1994, he was forced out of the team due to stress fractures in his lower back and to minimize the impact on his back, he had to remodel his bowling action.
After impressive performances for the U-17 and U-19 Australian teams, he was included in the NSW squad for Sheffield Shield.
In his debut match against Western Australia, Brett Lee picked 3 wickets for 114.
At the age of 21, he was inducted into his state team, and at the age of 24, he was inducted into the Australian national team.
In his debut Test against India, Brett Lee took 7 wickets, including a 5-wicket haul in the first innings, making him the first Australian bowler since Dennis Lillee to pick up a five-wicket haul on debut.
Brett Lee with his baggy green cap before the Test match between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26 December 1999
For his outstanding performances in the 1999-2000 season, Brett Lee won the first Don Bradman Young Player of the Year award; he took 42 wickets in 7 matches.
Brett Lee was ruled out of action for almost a year after he suffered a stress fracture, followed by a broken elbow.
He made an outstanding performance in the 2003 World Cup in which he took 22 wickets, including a hat-trick against Kenya in a Super Six match.
After he suffered an ankle injury, he was not included in the Test squad in 2004 and remained on the sidelines for more than a year.
Although his quickest delivery was 161.8 km/hr in a charity match against West Indies, he became the second-fastest bowler in the world with his delivery of 161.1 km/hr against New Zealand in an ODI in 2005.
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He was a member of the Australian Team that won the 2003 and 2007 World Cups.
In 2008, Brett Lee suffered a career-threatening back injury, and after consulting with Andrew Flintoff, he retired from Test Cricket in 2010.
In 2010, it was reported that Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson were approached by the same Indian gangster who had approached Brad Haddin and Shane Watson during Australiaās tour to England in 2009.
He took 13 wickets in the 2011 World Cup, making him Australiaās highest wicket-taker in the tournament.
In January 2015, Lee announced his retirement from all forms of the game.
Brett Lee is co-owner of Sydney Beer Co. in Australia, a maker of premium lagers under the same brand name. They launched the beer brand in Australia in 2016.
Brett Lee is the co-owner of Sydney Beer
In 2016, Cochlearās Global Hearing Ambassador Brett Lee launched the awareness campaign Sounds of Cricket in Australia, a global campaign to raise awareness of hearing loss and treatments for hearing loss, such as cochlear implants.
Brett Lee during an awareness drive for hearing loss
Brett Leeās five-year-old son suffered hearing loss in one ear after he fell and fractured a small part of his skull.
With Luke Harriss, he is the co-owner ofĀ a cafĆ© called āFusions Coffee Shop/Bookshop.ā
He has a fear of heights.
He loves music, and he is a vocalist and guitarist with the rock band Six & Out. His brother Shane Lee is also a member of the band.
An Instagram post shared by Brett Lee about the music band Six and Out
Brett Lee is an active philanthropist, and his foundation āMewsicā provides music therapy to children suffering from cancer.
He starred in a short film titled āDream Date,ā directed by Adam Rainford.
He featured in a duet song, āYouāre the one for me,ā with legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle .
In 2016, he was featured in the Bollywood film unIndian directed by Anupam Sharma.
A poster of UnIndian starring Brett Lee
He always puts his left shoe first.
His bowling run-up was exactly 30 meters long.
He is known for his iconic āchainsawā celebration. While sharing a video on Instagram, he revealed that he learned the chainsaw celebration from his father. In the video, his father could be seen pulling the cord to kickstart the chainsaw while Brett Lee gestured the same action excitedly.
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After he retired from cricket, he became a cricket commentator for Channel Nine and started providing support for Slater on The Cricket Show.
He loves running and has done a couple of semi-marathons in Australia.
He loves to visit India and considers Mumbai his second hometown.
He often shares photos of enjoying a beer with his father on social media.
Brett Lee enjoying a beer with his father
His nickname āBingaā is after a chain of electrical stores called Binglee in Australia, particularly in Sydney. According to Brett Lee, he was earlier nicknamed Binglee and then Binga.
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