Shoaib Akhtar tribute to Brett Lee

The 35-year-old Australian bowler Lee said on Friday that ”He was quitting, ending a glorious career that was marred by injury problems.”

Shoaib Akhtar said that “Lee was a fierce competitor and became an identity for express bowling with his passion and love for the game and for fast bowling. Friday was a sad day for international cricket because a bowler with express pace has retired, someone who was loved by the fans around the world, and he will be missed. Lee gave everything to cricket and was a true Australian: fierce and battle-hardened. He was always willing to bowl and willing to bowl fast and like all the fast bowlers had injuries, which is part and parcel of fast bowling. Cricket would be less attractive with the absence of express pace. Cricket had very few express pace bowlers and now after the retirement of Lee we don t have any bowler who can bowl 99 mph and the terror on the batsmen will be less.”