Brett Lee can bowl faster, says brother

SYDNEY, APRIL 20. Australia's pace bowling sensation Brett Lee believes he can hurl down even quicker deliveries than the ones he unleashed in the final one-day international against South Africa in Johannesburg last Sunday.

In an exceptionally quick second spell, Lee sent down two deliveries to Jonty Rhodes and Mark Boucher which registered 156 kilometres per hour on the speed gun at the Wanderers ground. They were the fastest balls of the international season and the quickest recorded since Australian tearaway Jeff Thomson nudged the 100 mph (160 kmh) barrier in the mid-1970s.

``He (Brett Lee) said after the game he reckons he can go quicker than that,'' said Lee's brother and Australian all-rounder Shane at Sydney airport on Wednesday.

Brett Lee climaxed an impressive rookie season at international level by taking three for 32 in Australia's final match of a long and gruelling campaign. Australia will not return to action until August when it plays South Africa in three matches indoors at colonial stadium in Melbourne.

``We've got about three months off now. It's been a long hectic season, especially for the guys who have played Test and one- dayers, so it will be a well-deserved break. It's been a good 18 months for Australian cricket,`` Shane Lee said as the Australian team arrived home from South Africa.

- AFP

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