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Brett Lee stats

Data through 28 January 2015Last updated 28 January 2015

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 26 December 2002 to 28 January 2015. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Brett Lee played 41 Tests, 154 ODIs, 25 T20Is for Australia in the data, between 2002 and 2015. With the ball, the best return was 257 wickets in ODIs at an average of 23.89 and an economy rate of 4.77.

International matches

220

Tests 41 · ODIs 154 · T20Is 25

International runs

1,800

0 hundreds

International wickets

460

11 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

206 runs

Best bowling

5/22

ODI

Teams played for

Australia 2002–2012 · 220Sydney Sixers 2011–2015 · 34Kolkata Knight Riders 2011–2013 · 25Punjab Kings 2008–2010 · 13

BattingBowling

Brett Lee batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Test	41	55	11	834	64	18.95	1,630	51.2	3	9	104	11
ODI	154	81	31	865	59	17.30	1,057	81.8	2	14	50	24
T20I	25	12	6	101	43*	16.83	71	142.3	0	2	9	4
T20 (leagues & domestic)	72	33	15	206	25	11.44	166	124.1	0	4	14	11

Runs per year

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Brett Lee: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2002	0
2003	181
2004	55
2005	277
2006	422
2007	89
2008	451
2009	81
2010	11
2011	78
2012	313
2013	21
2014	20
2015	7

Year-by-year batting (29 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
2003	ODI	8	79	11.29	71.8	20	0
2003	Test	6	102	20.40	72.9	46	0
2004	ODI	7	55	13.75	91.7	15	0
2004	Test	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
2005	ODI	6	97	24.25	83.6	38	0
2005	T20I	1	15	15.00	75.0	15	0
2005	Test	11	165	18.33	58.3	47	0
2006	ODI	15	170	18.89	79.4	57	1
2006	T20I	1	43	–	204.8	43	0
2006	Test	11	209	26.12	51.2	64	1
2007	ODI	11	56	14.00	74.7	20	0
2007	T20I	4	17	8.50	130.8	13	0
2007	Test	3	16	8.00	39.0	11	0
2008	ODI	10	92	15.33	66.7	37	0
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	17	17.00	130.8	16	0
2008	Test	23	342	18.00	45.8	63	2
2009	ODI	6	37	7.40	71.2	25	0
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	28	14.00	82.4	14	0
2009	T20I	3	16	8.00	177.8	15	0
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	11	11.00	122.2	7	0
2011	ODI	6	60	20.00	107.1	39	0
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	14	2.80	82.4	8	0
2011	T20I	1	4	–	133.3	4	0
2012	ODI	12	219	27.38	92.8	59	1
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	88	22.00	157.1	25	0
2012	T20I	2	6	6.00	120.0	6	0
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	21	10.50	131.2	16	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	20	10.00	117.6	13	0
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	7	7.00	175.0	7	0

Brett Lee bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	81	9,768	5,575	175	5/59	9/171	31.86	3.42	55.8	14	4	313
ODI	151	7,727	6,139	257	5/22	–	23.89	4.77	30.1	16	7	96
T20I	25	545	714	28	3/23	–	25.50	7.86	19.5	0	0	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	72	1,669	2,044	58	4/28	–	35.24	7.35	28.8	1	0	5

Wickets per year

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Brett Lee: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2002	3
2003	62
2004	24
2005	58
2006	78
2007	63
2008	85
2009	29
2010	0
2011	44
2012	44
2013	6
2014	15
2015	7

Year-by-year bowling (31 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2002	Test	2	3	52.33	3.57	2/70
2003	ODI	21	40	20.45	4.54	5/30
2003	Test	9	22	29.23	3.32	4/63
2004	ODI	13	20	28.20	5.01	3/22
2004	Test	2	4	69.00	5.32	4/201
2005	ODI	16	32	18.00	4.29	4/30
2005	T20I	2	1	57.00	8.14	1/26
2005	Test	14	25	40.16	4.03	4/82
2006	ODI	25	42	25.38	4.74	5/22
2006	T20I	1	0	–	5.00	0/15
2006	Test	18	36	31.31	3.27	5/69
2007	ODI	17	25	26.76	4.79	3/37
2007	T20I	8	10	22.30	7.16	3/27
2007	Test	8	28	17.29	2.94	4/26
2008	ODI	13	23	24.35	4.84	5/27
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	28.00	7.00	1/9
2008	T20I	2	1	39.00	7.80	1/13
2008	Test	28	57	33.05	3.25	5/59
2009	ODI	11	19	24.47	4.84	5/49
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	5	22.20	5.55	3/15
2009	T20I	4	5	24.00	9.23	2/39
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	0	–	10.28	0/24
2011	ODI	19	33	21.73	4.59	4/15
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	6	67.67	7.08	1/12
2011	T20I	4	5	29.40	9.19	3/39
2012	ODI	16	23	30.61	5.49	3/42
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	15	39.13	7.40	2/17
2012	T20I	4	6	18.83	7.21	3/23
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	6	31.17	7.79	2/40
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	15	21.07	7.18	4/28
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	7	25.14	7.65	3/25

Brett Lee against each team

vs England vs India vs West Indies vs South Africa vs Sri Lanka vs New Zealand vs Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
England	Test	14	250	25.00	68.5	47	0
South Africa	Test	10	172	19.11	62.8	64	1
India	Test	14	157	14.27	36.3	59	1
West Indies	Test	8	148	24.67	57.8	63	1
Bangladesh	Test	3	67	22.33	41.1	29	0
New Zealand	Test	3	30	10.00	35.3	19	0
England	ODI	19	210	17.50	86.1	39	0
West Indies	ODI	14	188	23.50	98.4	59	1
Sri Lanka	ODI	10	147	21.00	68.7	37	0
South Africa	ODI	8	123	30.75	94.6	57	1
India	ODI	16	88	8.80	69.8	17	0
Pakistan	ODI	5	54	13.50	71.1	22	0
New Zealand	ODI	7	40	10.00	97.6	15	0
Perth Scorchers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	42	21.00	131.2	22	0
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	30	10.00	157.9	25	0
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	29	14.50	111.5	16	0
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	27	13.50	180.0	16	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
England	Test	22	43	39.81	3.76	4/47
India	Test	18	36	36.42	3.39	5/119
West Indies	Test	10	30	23.10	3.28	5/59
South Africa	Test	14	25	33.04	3.10	5/69
Sri Lanka	Test	4	16	17.56	2.97	4/26
New Zealand	Test	4	12	21.83	3.48	5/105
Zimbabwe	Test	3	6	37.00	3.04	3/48
Bangladesh	Test	4	5	34.40	3.62	3/23
England	ODI	31	49	26.31	4.75	5/30
India	ODI	25	46	21.50	4.68	5/27
West Indies	ODI	20	35	24.09	4.95	4/24
Sri Lanka	ODI	25	32	34.25	5.15	4/15
New Zealand	ODI	15	32	18.12	4.60	5/42
South Africa	ODI	9	17	24.18	5.08	5/22
Pakistan	ODI	7	13	23.23	4.69	4/28
Bangladesh	ODI	8	13	21.77	4.22	4/25
Zimbabwe	ODI	3	3	42.00	4.50	1/29
Sri Lanka	T20I	4	8	17.88	8.94	3/39
West Indies	T20I	4	6	22.50	9.88	3/23
England	T20I	5	3	45.00	8.44	1/3
India	T20I	5	3	44.33	7.32	1/13
Perth Scorchers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	10	18.30	6.54	4/28
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	8	24.00	7.38	3/15
Hobart Hurricanes	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	7	18.86	6.60	3/34
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	5	25.00	6.82	2/29
Brisbane Heat	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	5	19.80	6.19	2/22
Sydney Thunder	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	4	51.75	7.67	1/11
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	3	71.33	8.08	1/9
Adelaide Strikers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	3	44.33	7.53	2/17
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	3	33.33	6.25	1/15
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	2	67.50	6.75	1/34
Melbourne Stars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	49.00	8.17	1/30
Melbourne Renegades	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	48.50	8.31	2/21
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	1	134.00	8.93	1/31

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Sydney Cricket Ground	31	275	13.10	59
The Wanderers Stadium	8	169	56.33	64
Adelaide Oval	9	157	31.40	39
The Gabba	9	144	20.57	57
Melbourne Cricket Ground	13	131	11.91	37
Trent Bridge	4	88	29.33	47
Edgbaston	4	85	42.50	43
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	8	79	11.29	29
Daren Sammy Cricket Ground	2	71	35.50	59
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	2	67	67.00	63

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Sydney Cricket Ground	47	71	32.34	4.63
Melbourne Cricket Ground	22	40	24.93	3.79
The Gabba	20	37	25.97	4.35
Adelaide Oval	20	34	30.44	3.91
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	15	25	32.48	3.40
Bellerive Oval	12	24	25.75	4.13
Docklands Stadium	7	16	15.31	4.65
Lord's	7	16	21.00	4.34
Newlands	7	13	19.31	4.50
Kinrara Academy Oval	3	12	9.00	3.98

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	3	3	100.0	0	1242	39	6.84
T20	Middle	36	42	85.7	3	252	12	7.19
T20	Death	268	192	139.6	21	720	35	8.67
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	3676	117	4.34
ODI	Middle	231	388	59.5	10	2881	82	4.56
ODI	Death	634	669	94.8	40	1170	58	6.62

How Brett Lee was dismissed

Caught67 (57%)
Bowled29 (25%)
Run out14 (12%)
Lbw8 (7%)

How Brett Lee took wickets

Caught326
Bowled121
Lbw50
Caught and bowled20
Hit wicket1

Last 20 innings

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Brett Lee: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
25 Mar 2012	12
30 Mar 2012	0
5 Apr 2012	9
8 Apr 2012	25
10 Apr 2012	8
29 Jun 2012	29
1 Jul 2012	20
7 Jul 2012	27
16 Dec 2012	22
23 Dec 2012	2
26 Dec 2012	4
30 Dec 2012	12
8 Apr 2013	5
1 May 2013	16
29 Dec 2013	0
2 Jan 2014	0
10 Jan 2014	13
5 Feb 2014	0
29 Dec 2014	7
14 Jan 2015	7

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
14 Jan 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Adelaide Strikers	7	4	caught	Sydney Cricket Ground
29 Dec 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Perth Scorchers	7*	5	not out	Sydney Cricket Ground
5 Feb 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Perth Scorchers	0*	1	not out	Sydney Cricket Ground
10 Jan 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Perth Scorchers	13	9	bowled	Sydney Cricket Ground
2 Jan 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Brisbane Heat	0	2	caught	The Gabba
29 Dec 2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Stars	0	4	caught	Sydney Cricket Ground
1 May 2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	16*	6	not out	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium
8 Apr 2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	5	6	caught	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
30 Dec 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Thunder	12*	6	not out	Stadium Australia
26 Dec 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hobart Hurricanes	4	4	caught	Sydney Cricket Ground
23 Dec 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Adelaide Strikers	2*	3	not out	Adelaide Oval
16 Dec 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Perth Scorchers	22*	15	not out	Sydney Cricket Ground
7 Jul 2012	ODI	England	27	41	caught	Riverside Ground
1 Jul 2012	ODI	England	20*	11	not out	Kennington Oval
29 Jun 2012	ODI	England	29*	21	not out	Lord's
10 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	8*	4	not out	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
8 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	25	11	bowled	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
5 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	9	5	run out	Eden Gardens
30 Mar 2012	T20I	West Indies	0	1	bowled	Kensington Oval
25 Mar 2012	ODI	West Indies	12	10	bowled	Daren Sammy Cricket Ground

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
28 Jan 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Perth Scorchers	3/25	4	0	Manuka Oval
24 Jan 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Adelaide Strikers	1/16	3	0	Adelaide Oval
22 Jan 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Thunder	0/38	4	0	Sydney Cricket Ground
14 Jan 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Adelaide Strikers	0/37	4	0	Sydney Cricket Ground
11 Jan 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Brisbane Heat	2/29	4	0	The Gabba
5 Jan 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Stars	1/31	4	0	Melbourne Cricket Ground
29 Dec 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Perth Scorchers	0/20	4	0	Sydney Cricket Ground
27 Dec 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Thunder	1/28	4	0	Stadium Australia
23 Dec 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hobart Hurricanes	3/34	4	0	Bellerive Oval
19 Dec 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Renegades	2/21	4	0	Sydney Cricket Ground
5 Feb 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Perth Scorchers	1/27	4	0	Sydney Cricket Ground
25 Jan 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Thunder	1/35	4	0	Stadium Australia
18 Jan 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Renegades	0/34	4	0	Docklands Stadium
15 Jan 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hobart Hurricanes	1/36	4	0	Sydney Cricket Ground
10 Jan 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Perth Scorchers	4/28	4	1	Sydney Cricket Ground
5 Jan 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Adelaide Strikers	0/31	4	0	Adelaide Oval
2 Jan 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Brisbane Heat	2/22	4	0	The Gabba
29 Dec 2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Stars	0/37	4	0	Sydney Cricket Ground
21 Dec 2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Thunder	1/35	4	0	Sydney Cricket Ground
1 May 2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	1/26	4	0	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Brett Lee bowled to most

Sachin Tendulkar vs Brett Lee732 balls
Andrew Strauss vs Brett Lee575 balls
Rahul Dravid vs Brett Lee459 balls
Virender Sehwag vs Brett Lee443 balls
VVS Laxman vs Brett Lee404 balls
Kevin Pietersen vs Brett Lee378 balls
Gautam Gambhir vs Brett Lee369 balls
Graeme Smith vs Brett Lee347 balls
Paul Collingwood vs Brett Lee338 balls
Shivnarine Chanderpaul vs Brett Lee336 balls
Mahela Jayawardene vs Brett Lee336 balls
Marcus Trescothick vs Brett Lee336 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Brett Lee taken in Tests?

175 wickets in 81 innings at an average of 31.86, economy 3.42, best figures 5/59.

How many wickets has Brett Lee taken in ODIs?

257 wickets in 151 innings at an average of 23.89, economy 4.77, best figures 5/22.

How many runs has Brett Lee scored in Tests?

834 runs in 55 innings (41 matches) at an average of 18.95 and a strike rate of 51.2, in the data from 2002 to 2008.

How many runs has Brett Lee scored in ODIs?

865 runs in 81 innings (154 matches) at an average of 17.30 and a strike rate of 81.8, in the data from 2003 to 2012.

How many runs has Brett Lee scored in T20Is?

101 runs in 12 innings (25 matches) at an average of 16.83 and a strike rate of 142.3, in the data from 2005 to 2012.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.