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Shane Lee

Foward to Glenn McGrath



Born: 8 August 1973, Wollongong
Major Teams: Australia, New South Wales, Somerset.
Known As: Shane Lee
Pronounced: shayn lee
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium Fast
ODI Debut: Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, World Series, 1995/96


Statistical Record:

TESTS

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting               0    -   -     -    -     -     -   -    -  -

                     Balls    M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling                  0    -     -   -    -     -     -  -    -    -

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 16/04/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting              41   31   7   408   47   17.00   -   -   20  -

                       O      M     R   W    Ave  Best  4w 5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              256.2   14  1139  44  25.88  5-33   1  1  34.9  4.44

FIRST-CLASS
 (last updated 02/08/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting              77  128  22  4456  183*  42.03  11  22   57  -

                       O      M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling             1470.1  261  5294 128  41.35  4-20   -  -  68.9  3.60

Profile:

A player whose right arm medium pace bowling and hard hitting batting skills have intermittently captured the attention of his nation's one-day international selectors for several years now, Shane Lee is a blond-headed all-rounder who hails from New South Wales. From his base in Wollongong, Lee always showed great potential as a junior: this promise culminating in selection in Australia's under-19 team in 1991-92. In the years since, he has duly become a particularly skilled performer (especially with the bat) at interstate level, where his prowess as a clean striker of the ball has been in regular evidence. He also enjoyed a productive season of county cricket with Somerset in 1996, topping his team's batting averages, even if his predominantly short of a length bowling was not altogether suited by the slower and lower conditions. Along similar lines, Lee made a huge impact in his first match in the international arena, raising visions of great things as he struck a whirlwind 39 against West Indies in Adelaide in December 1995. After failing to recapture the form during ensuing matches in that series and again in the 1996 World Cup, though, he was left out of the national side for a period of over two years shortly thereafter and was accordingly forced to endure the most difficult phase of his career to date. On his return, he struggled to an extent again. He was only a bit-part performer in the 1998-99 Carlton and United Series and, before being dropped at about the same time as the team effected its remarkable turnaround, mirrored Australia's own battle to find optimum form as it struggled through its opening matches at the 1999 World Cup. Subsequently, his claims to a more permanent position have nevertheless continued to be renewed as forcefully as ever - both through ongoing success on the domestic front and a very promising 1999-2000 one-day international campaign on home soil. Alongside Victoria's Ian Harvey, he continues to be regarded as one of Australia's leading contemporary all-rounders.

(John Polak, July 2000)



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