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LEE QUITS TEST CRICKET AFTER SPATE OF INJURIES |
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LEE QUITS TEST CRICKET AFTER SPATE OF INJURIES
 Thursday, February 25, 2010
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's feared fast bowler Brett Lee quit Test cricket yesterday after a run of injuries, following Andrew Flintoff as the latest player to give up the tough format in a bid to prolong his career.
, 33, who is slated to play in India's lucrative IPL Twenty20 competition next month, said the long-expected decision was a "cricket choice and it's a lifestyle choice."
LEE... to play in lucrative IPL T20 next month
"To me, Test cricket is my favourite part of the game, wearing the baggy green cap," he told Sky News. "But if I'm going to keep playing cricket for another few years, something had to give."
Lee took 310 wickets in 76 Tests since making his debut in 1999, making him Australia's fourth most successful Test bowler behind Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Dennis Lillee.
However, the tall, blond paceman last played a five-day match in December 2008 when he suffered a severe foot injury during the Boxing Day match against South Africa in Melbourne.
Lee, who has a young son from a failed marriage, has since battled ankle and rib problems, keeping him out of last year's Ashes series, and said he had been considering his decision for months.
An earlier report said he finally decided to quit after talking to England all-rounder Flintoff, who retired from Tests last year. New Zealand's Jacob Oram has also walked away from Tests to focus on one-dayers and Twenty20s.
"This hasn't happened overnight. This has been a long process," Lee said. "I've had the time to step away from cricket and decide what I want to achieve.
"It's been about a three- to four-month decision that I've made and finally I went with it." |
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