Brett lee autobiography for kids
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Brett Lee
Brett Lee (born 8 November in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. After breaking into the Australian Test team, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket. In each of his first two years, he averaged less than 20 with the ball, but since then has mostly achieved figures in the early 30s.
He is an athletic fielder and useful lower-order batsman, with a batting average exceeding 20 in Test cricket. Together with Mike Hussey, he has held the record for highest 7th wicket partnership for Australia in ODIs since –06 ().
Lee is a fast bowler, one of the fastest the game has known. Lee’s fastest recorded delivery to date is km/h ( mph) which he bowled in his first over on March 5, at Napier, New Zealand against Craig Cumming.
Lee ranked with Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akhtar as the fastest bowler in contemporary cricket during most of this decade. Akhtar’s delivery at km/h (mph) stands as the fastest recorded to date.
Early in his
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Thoughts from an Idle Hour
How’s your ramp coming along? Spotted a good ‘jaffa’ lately? Enjoy hanging out at ‘cow corner’? No, I’m not talking house construction, confectionery or farming. I’m talking cricket – batting shots, bowling deliveries, fielding positions.
Cricket has a language all its own and part of the delight in reading about cricket is discovering new words and meanings. Cricket-themed children’s books can also entice reluctant readers to spend some time between the pages, especially when their cricketing heroes are front and centre.
This selection of books for children will appeal to those who are already cricket fans – be they young or old – and they may help steer the uninitiated toward cricket appreciation.
Books are listed under the following headings: , , and . Titles of book series are bolded; titles of standalone books are italicised. Links will usually go to the book publisher&#;s website. Most books listed are in print at the time of writing; those
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