Brett Lee says he is fit

Iceman · Subject: Brett Lee says he is fit 4/21/2010, 16:01

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When it comes to discussing his injuries Brett Lee can sound like the Black Knight in Monty Python. "It's just a flesh wound," the swordsman says as he loses both arms.

Over the past year Lee has undergone surgery on his foot and ankle, missed the Ashes due to a side strain and retired from Tests following a severe elbow operation that wiped out his summer. Four IPL games into his comeback he broke his right thumb. Still he fights on.

He didn't quite mutter "just a scratch" when analysing the injury, but the latest setback won't prevent him from joining his team-mates on their flight to the West Indies on Friday for the World Twenty20. "I've played with pain my whole life so a broken thumb won't worry me," Lee said after an indoor session at the Gabba.

The slightly revised shape of the digit also offers some benefit. "The way that I hold the ball, it's pretty much the way the thumb is sitting at the moment," he said. "I'm lucky that I don't have to get the finger right around the ball. It's all good."

Lee was a late inclusion at Australia's pre-tournament camp, which includes eight of the 15-man squad, and was cleared by his doctor two weeks after being hit by Sachin Tendulkar while playing for Kings XI Punjab. It was another untimely break for Lee as he attempts to regain a spot in the Twenty20 side that has evolved since he exited the one-day tour of India in October.

So far the comeback has not gone well, but returning senior players find ways to overlook the statistics and focus on feel. Lee didn't pick up a wicket in 14.3 overs in the IPL and went for 149 runs, 25 of those coming when he was roughed up by Robin Uthappa.

"Apart from that one over, I thought I bowled pretty well during the IPL," he said. "I was a little bit unlucky, but that's part of cricket. To get back on the field after pretty major elbow surgery, I'm really confident and happy about that. To me it wasn't about the figures, it would have been nice to get a wicket or two, but I was happy with the way the ball came out."

http://www.cricinfo.com/wt202010/content/story/456741.html

Abhinav_Super · Subject: Re: Brett Lee says he is fit 4/21/2010, 16:50

Without any doubt, he's a strong guy

ioppolo · Subject: Re: Brett Lee says he is fit 4/21/2010, 19:11

Hopefully he bowls WAY better then he did in the IPL, last T20 WC, Chris Gayle smashed him for 51 off 3 overs.

Sitting Ducks · Subject: Re: Brett Lee says he is fit 4/21/2010, 20:11

Should be in the t20 and the odi team. Great player.

Abhinav_Super · Subject: Re: Brett Lee says he is fit 4/23/2010, 01:34

Yes, great player but injuries ruined him, Ducks Smile