B Lee

Bowler, Australia, 41 Tests, 2002-2008. Debut v England, 2002

28.1Adjusted bowling average, 49th of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 31.8. It could reasonably be anywhere from 24.4 to 35.2.

His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

46WPUJC VaasSri Lanka27.7 47Z KhanIndia27.9 48Mohammad HafeezPakistan28.0

49B LeeAustralia28.1

50CR WoakesEngland28.1 51JNT SealesWest Indies28.1 52NM LyonAustralia28.2

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2002	3	157	52.33	3.57
2003	22	643	29.23	3.32
2004	4	276	69.00	5.32
2005	25	1004	40.16	4.03
2006	36	1127	31.31	3.27
2007	28	484	17.29	2.94
2008	57	1884	33.05	3.25
Career	175	5575	31.86	3.42

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

28.3

Volume

Wickets

175

5 wkts

Quality

Average

31.86

Strike rate

55.8

Economy

3.42

Conditions

Away average

32.79

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

16.3

Value / inns

11.9

Volume

Runs

834

Average

18.95

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

51.2

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

23.6

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
England	14	250	25.00
South Africa	10	172	19.11
India	14	157	14.27
West Indies	8	148	24.67
Bangladesh	3	67	22.33
New Zealand	3	30	10.00
Zimbabwe	1	6	—
ICC World XI	2	4	2.00

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
England	43	39.81	4/47	0
India	36	36.42	5/119	1
West Indies	30	23.10	5/59	1
South Africa	25	33.04	5/69	1
Sri Lanka	16	17.56	4/26	0
New Zealand	12	21.83	5/105	1
Zimbabwe	6	37.00	3/48	0
Bangladesh	5	34.40	3/23	0

Home & away

Home

15.08bat avg

31.29bowl avg

Away

23.6bat avg

32.79bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	16	300	23.08
2nd	21	289	16.06
3rd	11	103	12.88
4th	7	142	28.40

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v South Africa21 & 80/117Melbourne Cricket Ground2008-12-26 v South Africa29 & 51/132WACA, Perth2008-12-17 v New Zealand199/171Adelaide Oval2008-11-28 v New Zealand4 & 73/91Brisbane Cricket Ground2008-11-20 v India1 & 01/89Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur2008-11-06 v India83/167Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi2008-10-29 v India35 & 02/147Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh2008-10-17 v India272/90M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore2008-10-09 v West Indies235/173Kensington Oval2008-06-12 v West Indies63 & 48/110Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua2008-05-30

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 55
Not outs: 11
Runs: 834
Average: 18.95
Strike rate: 51.2
Highest: 64
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 3
Ducks: 9

Wickets: 175
Average: 31.86
Economy: 3.42
Strike rate: 55.8
Best: 5/59
5 wickets: 4
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 9768