The Perth Scorchers took out the Big Bash League title by four wickets against the Sydney Sixers last night in Canberra, unfortunately farewelling cricket legend Brett Lee’s professional career with a loss.
Perth Scorcher’s Yasir Arafat brought home their required single last night, off a bat that could have secured Lee a fairytale, hat-trick finish to his career, with Sydney’s Moisés Henriques fumbling on the return.
“I thought it was a difficult ball to catch… if you were out there and someone pegged the ball to you from seven metres away it’s not that easy on a rough square like that,” Henriques said. The Sixers captain commented on Lee’s retirement: “It’s not his body giving in, I think mentally he’s decided it’s enough for him … he’s still good enough to perform at this level, as we saw tonight.”
Brett Lee has been a stalwart of Australian cricket for over twenty years, playing 76 tests and 221 one-day internationals, aka, a bloody legend.
Onya, Brett Lee. Cricket will miss you.
Congratulations to the Perth Scorchers on their BBL win, but I think we all know the true winner of the league. Hands down, this fella.
via SMH.
