I may never bowl another ball again: Brett Lee

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: February 8, 2010

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Sydney: Injured Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has said that there is a possibility of him not bowling another ball again as he is still recovering from a serious elbow injury.

Talking to The Sunday Telegraph, Lee said he would consult Test captain Ricky Ponting before deciding whether to give it one more shot or pull the plug on his 13-year career. Lee’s hopes of a Test recall suffered a major jolt on Friday when Australia coach Tim Nielsen revealed the 33-year-old would find it difficult to make it to the longer version of the game again.

Lee said that he is working hard on his rehabilitation from the elbow surgery but admits there is no guarantee he will be seen in Australian colours again. “As far as my cricket goes, anything is possible. You can read into it what you want, but I may play one-dayers, or no cricket at all,” said Lee, who has taken 310 Test wickets and 324 one-day scalps.

“I may never bowl another ball again, and if that’s the case I’m so satisfied with my career and my longevity. I’m not saying it’s definitely over, but I’m not sure what I want to be just yet. To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure what I still want to do at this point in my cricketing life. I need to get to the stage where, if I want to, I can do what I need to do on the field,” he added. “If it’s the case that I don’t play again, well that’s the case. There is a part of me that would like to play some sort of cricket again. But what kind of cricket that is, I don’t know.”

Lee, who has appeared in 76 tests for Australia, has had 12 injuries throughout his 13-year long first-class career, including back, ankle, rib and elbow problems. But he says he has never encountered an injury like his recent elbow complaint. “I’m making a lifestyle decision here as opposed to a cricketing one and I’ll see what comes out of it,” he said.

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