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Brett Lee Test record against South Africa

2001-12-14 – 2008-12-26 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 14 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 19 batting innings and 28 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.

Batting runs and dismissals; bowling runs conceded and wickets
DisciplineInningsRunsWickets / outsAverageStrike rate
Batting193141520.9353.76
Bowling281,7325034.6462.42

Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.

Bowling economy: 3.32 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 3,121.

Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 1 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 584.

CAREER BY FORMAT

How the record developed

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by year
  1. 200135 runs
  2. 200256 runs
  3. 200555 runs
  4. 2006105 runs
  5. 200863 runs
Test · Wickets by year
  1. 20017 wickets
  2. 200212 wickets
  3. 20059 wickets
  4. 200621 wickets
  5. 20081 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
200824632915.7567.02001109441249.003.50426.00
2006451056426.2564.020113216482122.002.9444.76
200523553227.5056.120080984932.333.1561.44
200245562918.6644.09008012781240.914.0860.16
200122353217.5034.6500401014734.142.9868.57

Home, away and neutral conditions

Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.

Opposition record by match setting
SettingMatchesBat innsRunsBat avgBat SRBowl innsWicketsBowl avg
Home81119919.9050.37162342.78
Away6811523.0060.84122727.70
SCORECARD MILESTONES

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

  1. First available scorecard

    Test v South Africa · Adelaide Oval

  2. First five-wicket innings in this archive

    Test v South Africa · WACA Ground

  3. Best recorded bowling · 5/69

    Test v South Africa · Kingsmead

  4. Highest recorded innings · 64 runs

    Test v South Africa · The Wanderers Stadium

  5. Latest available scorecard

    Test v South Africa · Melbourne Cricket Ground

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
2008-12-26Melbourne Cricket Ground4--049
2008-12-26Melbourne Cricket Ground3821--
2008-12-26Melbourne Cricket Ground2--068
2008-12-26Melbourne Cricket Ground12121--
2008-12-17WACA Ground4--173
2008-12-17WACA Ground356--
2008-12-17WACA Ground2--059
2008-12-17WACA Ground12946--
2006-03-31The Wanderers Stadium42446--
2006-03-31The Wanderers Stadium3--357
2006-03-31The Wanderers Stadium26468--
2006-03-31The Wanderers Stadium1--357
2006-03-24Kingsmead4--165
2006-03-24Kingsmead2--569
2006-03-24Kingsmead107--
2006-03-16Newlands3--247
2006-03-16Newlands203--
2006-03-16Newlands1--337
2006-01-02Sydney Cricket Ground3--148
2006-01-02Sydney Cricket Ground21740--

This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.