Lee can break Thomson's speed record: Gilchrist

BRISBANE, NOV. 27. Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist said on Monday he expected Brett Lee to bowl some of the fastest deliveries ever recorded when the second cricket Test starts against the West Indies in Perth on Friday. The Perth wicket is regarded as one of the fastest, bounciest tracks in world cricket.

Gilchrist said Lee was a ``lethal weapon'' and would give former Australian fast bowler Jeff Thomson's record of 160.45 kmh a shake.

Lee's best is 156 kmh recorded in South Africa in April. He broke the arm of Gilchrist's Western Australian team-mate Jo Angel in an inter-state game in Perth last season and made his Test debut against India in Melbourne in December, taking a wicket with his fourth ball.``There was a genuine fear factor (last year in Perth). I was genuinely concerned for our tailenders,'' Gilchrist told reporters on Monday.

Australia beat the West Indies in the first Test by an innings and 126 runs in Brisbane on Saturday, taking less than three days to dismiss it for 82 and 124 with Lee taking four for 64.

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