espsntar.com’s Rajarshi Gupta caught up with Australian and New South Wales Blues quick Brett Lee for an exclusive chat. The name creates panic in the middle. No batsman gets excited at the thought of facing those thunderbolts from Brett Lee.However, there has been one man Lee has learnt to respect at the other end of the pitch and for good measures too.
The flamboyant fast bowler, hailed as the quickest of this era picked up Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar as the best batsman he has ever bowled to.
“Sachin is easily the best I have ever bowled to. There is no doubt about that.”
The rivalry between two of the greatest cricket entertainers of the decade when Lee, who debuted for Australia as a 23-year old at the MCG grabbed five wickets in the first innings.
The Indian batting line-up collapsed like nine-pins but one man bore the storm and scored a classy 116. Tendulkar has gone on to rival Lee every time the two teams crossed the white line.
Needless to say, both men have tremendous respect for each other.
Lee, who will lead the NSW attack against South Africa’s Diamond Eagles on Friday, said he had a lot of confidence in Australia’s current crop of bowlers.
“We have a lot of options and with Mitchell Johnson in the team, we do get that depth in the bowling attack.”
The speedster revealed he will try his best to do well in the ODI series against India at the end of the Champions League Twenty20 and put his hands up for the Test squad as well.
“I have been going through a few niggling injury problems but I am going to try my hardest to come back into all formats of the game for Australia.”
Australia will certainly hope so. For now, India can rest back and enjoy Lee roaring down the pitch and hurtling his fireballs at batsmen. For a change, it would not be an Indian bearing the ire everytime.
