Brett Lee was one of Australia's finest fast bowlers, establishing himself as a mainstay of Australia's golden era between 1999 and 2008.
His 76 career Test matches called forth a mammoth total of 310 wickets, which is the sixth-highest of all time for Australia. He also played 221 ODIs and 25 T20Is.
Lee weaponised his pace throughout his career, taking 10 Test 'five-fors' and averaging 20.15 and 17.81 in Tests and ODIs respectively.
We take a look at five of Brett Lee's career-best moments.
2. Fastest ball ever?
It is undisputed that Lee was well-known for his pace as he regularly clocked 145km/h plus, which did also cause Lee to endure several recurring injuries.
In 2000, he recorded 161.8km/h on the radar guns, although this has since been proven to be an erroneous measurement of a 142km/h delivery. His fastest career ball was legitimately clocked at 161.1 km/h, which is second only to the record set by Shoaib Akhtar at 161.3 km/h.
That figure of 161.1 km/h occurred in 2005 against New Zealand in an ODI match. Lee bowled two deliveries over 160 km/h with consecutive deliveries in what was dubbed one of the fastest overs in history.
He bowled a lethal six-over spell in that match, taking three wickets for just five runs alongside four maidens.
