Just How Scary GOOD Was Brett Lee? | The King Of Speed

[@CricketStories007]

Hey Cricket Lovers🏏, do you consider Brett Lee to be among the best of all time?

[@nishithakt573]

Yuvraj Singh bro😢😢😢

[@danbartlett9458]

I don't understand why his stats weren't so much better, he was the complete fast bowler, accurate, intelligent, frighteningly fast and part of an incredibly strong unit.

[@CricketStories007]

@@nishithakt573 will soon work on that bro

[@shatnermohanty6678]

Make a video on bowlers who changed their initial bowling actions

[@TRUMP20Z4]

shut up... Akram is num1

[@flash-uj6ly]

Brett Lee is the most versatile fast bowler ever. He has 310 test wickets and 381 ODI wickets. Versatility + Adaptability = Brett Lee!

[@CricketStories007]

Exactly!

[@Feynman_Fries]

The thing that separates Brett Lee from the rest of the crop of express pace bowlers like Akhtar and Bond was that he was as good at test cricket as at limited overs. He preserved himself so well that his test career lasted far longer than the other two. Moreover, he reinvented himself over the course of time, starting from sheer pace in 1999 to using seam, swing and reverse in the second half of his career around 2007-08, without compromising on the pace. He had impeccable control over his lengths and could bowl longer spells than most fast bowlers. Add to that the most beautiful fast bowling action, and here is a guy who was a joy to watch early mornings in India. Good old days!

[@CricketStories007]

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[@grayscarab5784]

He did not have control over his lengths, he was actually very expensive in both tests and ODI. In fact he is in the top 10 most expensive test bowlers ever. Brett Lee did not have good control, that was his weakness, he used to give bad balls all the time but get wickets. This was different to Akhtar who could bowl extremely fast but had good control however Akhtar would get injured more often

[@Jasper9000-wd5sm]

In ODIs he was maybe in the top 5 or 10 bowlers Australia have produced but seriously he was pretty ordinary in Tests, with an average of 32 against England and 34 against South Africa and 40+ against India, Pakistan and Bangladesh he was lucky to have played as many matches as he did, he got the large majority of his wickets against weak teams on home pitches, he had great pace but rarely was he a match winner.

[@Feynman_Fries]

It's test cricket for a reason. I don't care if my fast bowler gives away a few runs and gets me the important top order wickets, an example being Sehwag. A few fours sure but a quick in swinger and he's back in the pavillion. And that's what he did. People that talk about a bowler's average and a batsman's strike rate in test cricket, should better stick to IPL.

[@grayscarab5784]

@@Feynman_Fries He did not get the top order batsmen often though, especially against top teams like South Africa, England, etc. He was most effective in Australia against sub-continent teams that were not accustomed to bouncy pitches. When Australia went to the sub-continent they used to drop him for some series and play Kasporowitz instead, like the 2004 test series in India. He had extreme pace which means there was always a chance for him to get wickets against anyone if they mistimed a shot or they got caught with a brutally fast yorker or bouncer but you are overestimating his bowling skill.

[@jaihind1538]

@Brett Lee 1. Apart from a good fast bowler. 2. He is an easy-going, happy, smiling and down-to-earth individual as per my personal experience of meeting him 1-2 times in Delhi 5-star hotels.

[@shankarsughosh7199]

For me Brett ' Binga' Lee was a rare combination of aggressiveness and flamboyancy, and that was a treat to watch from his run up to ruthless 155 kmph Yorkers ending with chain saw celebrations. Cricket can never be the same.

[@CricketStories007]

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[@nuvinpooliyadde7319]

He is Australia’s leading ODI wicket taker along with Glenn McGrath. He was also great in Tests but a long list of injuries cut his career short. A true cricketing legend ❤️🇦🇺🏏

[@CricketStories007]

yesss

[@patheddles4004]

And Lee and McGrath worked extremely well together - for me, Brett Lee and Shane Warne were easily the two best bowling partners for Glenn McGrath.

[@AntonAkhtar]

700+ international wickets is no joke. He used to go 150, 151, 153, 155, 157 etc., in one over. Even when he bowled at 140s, it was crazy. I like akhtar more, but lee was a crazy fast guy. He would amp it slowly.

[@t3knyn]

Brett Lee was destruction personified 💯💯. With ball in hand he threw thunderbolts, batsmen had to really pray while Lee was running in to bowl.

[@CricketStories007]

true🔥

[@rhonaldjr]

He has the most classic and beautiful bowling stance among the fast bowlers in his time and today.

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@danzydan2479]

Good content. Made this Aussie smile. Thanks.

[@CricketStories007]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ArionHendricks-pb9fj]

The difference between Brett Lee and the rest of the tear away quicks, was tha he had accuracy and control at 160kph

[@CricketStories007]

yeah

[@daveslater2858]

Does anyone else recalls, like the timeframe between 1995 to like 2000, most of the Australian cricket team was from new south wales?

[@zatgeye7320]

It still is. The entire bowling line up is NSW. Add in warner and smith half the team has been NSW for a decade.

[@flash-uj6ly]

Brett Lee has a hat trick in ODIs and in T-20s. Both hat trick in world cups.

[@CricketStories007]

yeah

[@traelmate37]

Every country have their cricket heros. As Australian, I have been fortunate to witness some exceptional cricketers from all nations for many years, but I have really enjoyed the best of Australia being recognised internationally.

[@ronbou4728]

Crazy that Australia's bowling attack was so strong at this time that he was the number 3 pick and always having to prove his worth with Andy Bichel waiting in the wings

[@CricketStories007]

true

[@alexkoefman]

Nice dude. Great commentary, great editing

[@CricketStories007]

Thanks bro

[@rockingkid_90]

Wow. Thanks a ton, dude! Really appreciate it!

[@CricketStories007]

thanks

[@kennethcallisto2376]

As a 90s Kid. I know how scary brett lee was apart from Akhtar and bond. Bowling above 155 plus and having a average of 155khm and hour. Man he was fire 🔥 Todays bowlers dont bowl as fast as these three guys did 🥶

[@CricketStories007]

true!

[@Fanofbatman]

That's why brett lee is overrated

[@RupeshReddy-io6ty]

Brett lee was always on Beast mode

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@@RupeshReddy-io6ty yesss

[@wernertukker5420]

The only reason I didn’t like him, was because he was Australian. Other than that, personally I think the best fast bowler the game has seen. Him, with McGrath and Warne made the perfect attack and he was as often the one that bruised the batsmen for those two other legends to clean up the wickets. Very under rated by so many, but he had the perfect action and other than maybe Jeff Thompson, no one had bowled over 160 more times than him. At least in recorded history, he is ahead. And like him, I was also a massive Alan Donald fan. My action went from Donald to Lee as my playing days evolved. Beautiful video and very well said.

[@CricketStories007]

Thanks man

[@kripeshpoudel4588]

Nice explanation and a very good editing❤ wow😮

[@CricketStories007]

Thanks bro

[@paulnorton2885]

Brett Lee's fastest delivery was 161.8kmh. It was the last ball of the West Indies' first innings in the 1st Test of the 2000-2001 Australia-West Indies series. The ball dismissed Courtney Walsh, and the speed gun reading on the score screen at The Gabba and on the Nine Network TV coverage showed a figure of 161.3kmh. However, the speed of the delivery went unnoticed, partly because it was the last ball of the innings, partly because the dismissal of Walsh completed an inglorious WI innings of 82 in a match that was supposed to mark the 40th anniversary of the glorious Tied Test, and partly because Australia's bowling star in that innings was Glenn McGrath who took 6/17. I was at The Gabba that day.

[@JeffBurn-b1i]

The key to Brett Lee and his fast bowling was the high front arm, that he pulled down like a lever. I still remember Michael Vaughan clean bowled, swinging the bat in hope from a 161 km/hr delivery.

[@adriang6259]

nice video. Gotta love the game

[@CricketStories007]

Thank man

[@flash-uj6ly]

Make a video on Mitchell Starc bowling too!

[@CricketStories007]

Will soon work on that

[@ray.shoesmith]

I watched him bowl a 10 over spell downwind at the WACA one afternoon and except for his slow ball, every delivery was over 150kmh. Average about 154kmh.

[@CricketStories007]

🔥legend

[@Andrew-is7rs]

Utterly amazing bowler, Up there with Roberts and Holding

[@CricketStories007]

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[@raheelakhtar7]

Definitely an ODI great but he took his test wickets at 31 avg which is a little too high. The pitches were absolute roads throughout most of his career but still.

[@Fanofbatman]

He was overrated in the test he was hyped bowler just because tendulkar scored most of his great test centuries vs aus against him like 241* , 154*

[@Rusty_Rutherford]

Fast bowlers tend to have a higher average because of how quick the ball goes off the bat, along with several edges flying past with no catchers.

[@raheelakhtar7]

@@Rusty_Rutherford so Malcolm Marshall was slow because he averages 20?

[@beyou8038]

​@@raheelakhtar7😂😂😂

[@beyou8038]

​@@Rusty_RutherfordDo you know Steyn's bowling avg in Tests?

[@MrKillahippo]

got to give honourable mentions to Shaun Tate, 161.1 and of course Shoaib Akhtar 161.3. then you have Junior Malinga, Matheesha Pathirana almost baseball throw, reported to throw at 175.2 Ye, and then you have the top of the tree , Bhuvneshwar Kumar, recorded at 201km, Not bad for a medium pace.

[@24xdance63]

Legend of fast bowling ❤

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@SteveIrunguJermaine]

I have tromendous respect for you Brett Lee Glenn McGrath Jason Gillespie of Australia by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@JitendraSharma-y5e]

Indian jarrcii colour white & Black 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@TheCaptain001]

He makes batsmen reconsider life choices 😂 best line ever man!!!!!

[@CricketStories007]

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[@vigneshkumar9505]

Nailed it bro No one has explained like this Even if a person don't know who Brett Lee recommend this video

[@CricketStories007]

Thanks bro🔥

[@vigneshkumar9505]

@@CricketStories007 Bro pls a video on Suresh Raina

[@flash-uj6ly]

Make a video on Adam Gilchrist.

[@CricketStories007]

Already done, you can check that out

[@FaheemQureshi-l4e]

Plzz next dale steyn

[@muazcricketmaster111-hf9ky]

Speed 🚄 gun 🔫 🥵🙌

[@CricketStories007]

yesss

[@naveenkumar17105]

Tell about dale stynn with your beautiful words and voice ❤✨

[@CricketStories007]

Sure bro, soon

[@DolFunDolhpinVtuber]

Thank goodness I was never good enough to face someone who could bowl up to 160 kph.

[@CricketStories007]

😂😂

[@aryanpatley2577]

Only 150+ bowler who have 700+ wickets legend

[@CricketStories007]

Exactly

[@rashiagrawal2004]

Please a video on James Anderson

[@CricketStories007]

Will soon work that

[@kingsingh566]

That's why Aussie was on top during pointing era.

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@24xdance63]

No matter what anyone says Brett Lee is the greatest fast bowler of all time the only bowler who could clock regularly clock 150+ and touched 160 multiple times and also has 300+ wickets in both formats

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@elferrari2145]

Greatest fast bowler of 2000s

[@CricketStories007]

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[@chriswilliamson7694]

Not a chance.

[@JermaineRichards-ur8ed]

Great of the game

[@CricketStories007]

yes

[@yashaswideo]

What info!!🔥

[@CricketStories007]

Glad you liked it!😍

[@SmartDumbNerdyCool]

The Bruce Lee of fast bowling

[@CricketStories007]

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[@prababby]

And Aravinda De Silva just smacked him casually 😊

[@prasadk6186]

That's one match at Centurion and Brett bowled at his legs plus some length balls. Great bowlers also make mistakes and get smacked on some days. On another day, Aravinda would've also gotten smacked on the head and body, especially at pacy Perth.

[@AnjuBala-x6u]

Bro your videos are superb no doubt but please make courageous video on one of the best batsman of this era Ab Devilliers

[@CricketStories007]

Sure man, will soon work on that

[@Fanofbatman]

Brett lee one of the most overrated bowler in test cricket history 30.81 test avg ( approx 31) Away average 33.42 Also in neutral 46.8 avg ( approx 47) Lee was a legend bowler in odi and t20i but not in test

[@CricketStories007]

One of the best in limited over format

[@aryanpatley2577]

Still better than overhyped steyn in white ball 😅

[@Fanofbatman]

@@aryanpatley2577 Bhai tu janta bhi hai dale steyn kon hai? Ya bas a gaya gyan dene Jaa bacche baccho sai baat nahi karta mai

[@sambuddhadas7032]

Thank you sir Next video on Zaheer Khan - title 'The Master of Variations'

[@CricketStories007]

🔥sure will soon work on that

[@chinthakagomez]

❤

[@craigedwards2940]

You know you've made an impact when opposition teams are going out of their way to alter pitches to lessen that impact. That was Brett Lee.

[@CricketStories007]

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[@Adam-oy4ix]

Lee had endurance. Tait, Akhtar etc, could bowl very fast for about 3 overs and then dropped off a lot. Lee could bowl at that pace for sustained periods.

[@CricketStories007]

Yeah

[@jithinn1]

A bowling attack comprises of Bret lee, Macgrath, Gillespie and shane warne is always a nightmare in any generation of cricketers.

[@CricketStories007]

yeah

[@yashjoshi1077]

Lee bowled 9 160kmh+ deliveries on the other hand Akhtar done it only once

[@CricketStories007]

yeah

[@JeffRobinson-cn2pb]

Young people know nothing! I saw Jeff Thompson at his best! Noone was as deadly and fast as him. Ever heard of the sandshoe crasher? He actually broke batsman's toes with his yorkers. His recorded speed was 160 hph in a test between the world/s fastest bowlers, but this was in a time before all this technology when he bowled much faster when it mattered. In an ashes series the captain and best batsman practibly begged the Australian captain to control Jeff Thompson, saying, he is a madman and i cansee it in his eyes when he bowls that he wants to kill me!

[@thornwivans]

It woulds be good to know which bowler has the highest average bowling speed across their career. Shoiab bowled 1 ball 0.2km faster that Brett Lee. But I think of all the very quick bowlers Lee's average speed would be the highest of all of them. More balls bowled over 150km hr than any other player.

[@carloswray602]

And Lee bowled at high speed pretty much all the way to the end of his career… many of the other quirks list pace as they aged, testament to his training regime and work ethic

[@seematrivedi4102]

👏👏👌👍

[@CricketStories007]

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[@hemlatapandey8723]

,🔥

[@AbhishekGupta-rp7br]

Akhtar maybe quick, but lee was more accurate

[@CricketStories007]

Exactly

[@jlg5967]

A failure in England,so not a great.From 2001 to 2004 he played 30 tests,took 97 wickets at 38.42 which is ugly looking stats.

[@carloswray602]

Look at who he was bowling aside… how do u get a piece of the pie when those around u were ridiculously good!! A

[@rahulharsh7841]

Brett lee main role was to insert fear in batsmen and make them not settle

[@flash-uj6ly]

Brett Lee is not a great fast bowler. Brett Lee is a legend. He won many matches for Australia 🇦🇺.

[@CricketStories007]

True!

[@kerryknight4612]

If Brett Lee was the "King of speed" wouldn't that make Jeff Thompson the God of speed? Thommo was bowling as fast as Lee AFTER his back injury. Before? All I know is that the poor bastard batsmen only had a box, gloves and pads to protect against the most dangerous bowler of all time. I never envied them.

[@michaelkoch1110]

Ask Alex Tudor

[@CricketStories007]

😅

[@kumaranshivalingam9150]

How about viru

[@CricketStories007]

Next bro

[@Feynman_Fries]

Virender Sehwag was the most overrated cricket India has ever produced. Anyone growing up in 2000s knew he wouldn't last 5 overs abroad. Only glorified by covid kids.

[@ersandeep999]

😊

[@CricketStories007]

😍

[@vermakush4916]

Brett Lee ka khauf tha

[@CricketStories007]

Yes

[@Mangoat-w9m]

Mcgrath wayyy better

[@FatJackedNerd]

Dale Steyn entered chat 😎😎😎

[@Mangoat-w9m]

@@FatJackedNerd still he isn't better than glenn

[@TheStreet111]

McGrath medium pace with perfect placement....not comparable to sheer pace

[@TheStreet111]

Different cricketers

[@Mangoat-w9m]

@@TheStreet111 even if we compare them lee isn't even 10 percent class compared to Glenn

[@dpomination1701]

Lee has the best action for natural fast bowling I've seen since I've followed cricket. Lee and McGrath were an excellent combo together. McGrath just pinging it on a spot delivery after delivery and Lee bowling absolute heat from the other end. Great bowling partnership!

[@CricketStories007]

True, together they were unstoppable

[@bunyipz2040]

Then add Gillespie

[@Terrilliser2024OZ]

Lee did not enjoy a fruitful bowling test career overall, his average was way too high.

[@CricketStories007]

Yes

[@vivekiyer9062]

What BS!!!🤬🤬🤬 You said Brett Lee brought fear to the heart of Sachin at 0:32 ??? You've lost it, bro. Gtfoh

[@CricketStories007]

He dismissed the most no of times😅

[@Jasper9000-wd5sm]

Tendulkar played 12 Tests against Lee and averaged 72.55 with 5 centuries I dont see a lot of 'fear' reflected in those stats? Lara played 9 Tests and averaged 47.00 with 3 centuries Laxman 12 matches with average 60.10 with 4 centuries Kallis 14 matches with average 46.86 with 2 centuries Sehwag 9 matches with average 58.05 with 2 centuries Chanderpaul 10 matches with average 54.12 with 4 centuries Pietersen 10 matches with average 53.05 with 2 centuries Not everyone dominated Brett Lee Those who underperformed against him include Ganguly, Smith, Gibbs, Strauss and Trescothick Probably the batsman Lee dominated the most was Rahul Dravid 13 matches with average 30.52 with no centuries

[@IqbalKhan-eg9fc]

Shoaib akhtar is far better than bret lee

[@CricketStories007]

That's debatable

[@sekharblack3507]

Shoib akhtar has speed but Brett Lee has speed with accuracy.