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Brett Lee

On scorecards: B Lee · Right-hand bat

6
Seasons
38
Matches
124
Runs
SR 127.8
25
Wickets
econ 7.40
1
Titles
2
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2013 · Sources

Brett Lee, a bowler, played six IPL seasons for two franchises. One title came along the way.

The arrival

Brett Lee arrived through the auction: Kings XI Punjab paid ₹3.60 cr (US$900k), against a base price of ₹1.20 cr, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 4 matches, 17 runs and 4 wickets at 6.79 an over.

The peak

The best season was 2012, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 7 wickets at 7.80 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.64, with best figures of 2 for 26. Kolkata Knight Riders won the title that year.

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2010, Kings XI Punjab. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹3.60 cr. 13 matches and 9 wickets.

2011 to 2013, Kolkata Knight Riders. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹1.80 cr. 25 matches and 16 wickets; champions in 2012.

2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Kings XI Punjab, 2008 to 2010.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 25 wickets in 888 deliveries, at 7.40 runs an over against a league rate of 7.61 for the same seasons: 0.21 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time.

42.7% of the balls Brett Lee bowled were dots, a higher share than 93% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 35 balls.

The fielding record: 8 catches and 6 run-outs.

At the auction

Brett Lee went under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹3.60 cr (US$900k), paid by Kings XI Punjab in 2008, more than 3 times the base price.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

The legacy

Brett Lee made 38 IPL appearances, the last for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2013, and won 2 player-of-the-match awards.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2008Kings XI Punjab41716*17.0130.80/046.791/91
2009Kings XI Punjab52814*14.082.30/055.333/1511
2010Kings XI Punjab4117*11.0122.20/0010.16-2
2011Kolkata Knight Riders1252*1.755.60/057.401/122
2012Kolkata Knight Riders10422521.0210.00/077.802/2611Champions
2013Kolkata Knight Riders32116*21.0175.00/047.172/401

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced41.2%
Balls per four12.1
Balls per six12.1
Dot balls bowled42.7%
Balls per wicket35
Catches8
Run-outs6
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2008Set C₹1.20 crSold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹3.60 cr (US$900k)
2011–₹1.80 crSold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹1.80 cr (US$400k)
2014Fast Bowler₹2 crUnsold

Sources