Brett Lee has been one of the keys to Australia's domination in world cricket over the last decade.
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Adventures of Brett Lee
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Brett Lee has been one of the keys to Australia's domination in world cricket over the last decade.
And when the fiery Kieron Pollard (26 off 15) the last hope for Trinidad and Tobago tried to hoick Nathan Hauritz out of the park once too often, the ball went way up in the air. And one man who waited and waited for it to come down and latch on to it was again Brett Lee.
Katich thrilled
In the end, in the hunt of NSW's 159 for seven, Trinidad and Tobago were bowled out for 118 in the 16th over.
"You just couldn't keep him out of the game tonight," NSW skipper Simon Katich told a post-match media conference. "It was a sort of a day when everything he did came good."
Lee, who forged a crucial 49-run stand for the seventh wicket along with Steve Smith (33 off 26) for the seventh wicket, admitted that his knock boosted his confidence. "If you score runs batting first, it obviously helps you when you bowl. And that is what happened. It was important for me to spend some time in the middle. But somehow, I enjoyed my bowling effort (2 for 10) more."
T & T skipper Daren Ganga, with his head held high, also felt Lee's bowling made more difference. "We thought 160 was a decent target, but crucial wickets in Lee's opening spell dented our hopes,"
Ganga said after the 41-run defeat.
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