World Cup hero Shane Lee happily retired

By Ajit Vijaykumar


During the peak of his career, Shane Lee was more than just the elder bother of the one of the fastest bowlers in the world — Brett Lee.

A hard-hitting batsman with the ability to bowl tight medium pace, Shane’s cricket was tailormade for ODI cricket. But with competition from the likes of Tom Moody and Ian Harvey, the 1999 World Cup winner had to give up international cricket at the age of 29 following a knee injury.

After leading New South Wales in the domestic competitions, Shane had to call it a day, but doesn’t feel he had the misfortune of being born in the wrong era.

“The objective of any good team is to perform and competition is always welcome. I was fighting for my place with the likes of Tom Moody and Ian Harvey, but we always enjoyed each other’s success and there was always a healthy rivalry,” Shane told MAIL TODAY on Thursday.

“I could have played a few more years as a batsman, but my knee injury meant that I couldn’t bowl. I already had played 12 years of first-class cricket and had my business to take care of. So it was time to move on.”


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