I will bounce back: Lee

Strike bowler Brett Lee says his axing from Australia’s team to play England had made him more determined than ever to make the grade. ...

Strike bowler Brett Lee says his axing from Australia’s team to play England had made him more determined than ever to make the grade.

He told reporters on Thursday: “I know I can bounce back from it. It’s made me very hungry and I’m just going to work twice as hard now and really focus on what I’ve done the last couple of years.”

Lee will join former test players Mark Waugh, Michael Bevan, Stuart MacGill, Michael Slater and Simon Katich in the New South Wales side to host Tasmania in a four-day interstate match at Sydney Cricket Ground starting on Friday.

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Lee, who turns 26 on Friday, burst onto the international scene in December 1999 when he captured five wickets on his Test debut. His blond hair and ready smile have made him one of the faces of Australia cricket in television promotions.

He has struggled in the past two years, however, hampered by elbow problems and managed just five wickets at an average of 46.80 in the recent three-Test series against Pakistan.

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