Australian paceman will play grade cricket for Mosman this weekend
Brett Lee is back... and grade cricketers in Sydney better beware.
The Australian paceman has spent 11 months out of the game but he is set for a return for his club side Mosman this weekend in a brace of T20 matches at the Allan Border Oval.
Lee, who has only played four matches in six seasons for Mosman, is expected to draw a large crowd for his return to the crease for the games against UNSW and North Sydney.
Mosman has been Lee's team since he was a teenager and he has previously spoken of his fondness for the club.
“It hasn’t changed one little bit, and I reckon that is great in that if they tried to change it and make it a bit more commercial, or try to make a bit more of a stand there it would probably lose its feel," he said in a 2014 interview.
“That is probably the best part about it. It’s in the heart of a beautiful community as in Mosman itself, they have every second Sunday the stalls down there at Mosman, so it’s really good sort of feel, a great vibe to the area.
Brett Lee returns to action with Mosman on Sunday
"The kids come down and watch, the parents come down and watch, they can come down and walk around the ground.”
The 41-year-old last played professional cricket for the Virgo SKings in the Masters Champions League two years ago.
He retired from international cricket in 2012, having accumulated 310 Test wickets and a further 380 in one-day internationals.
Fans of Mosman will get to see a second former international on Sunday, too, with South African all-rounder Johan Botha included in the home side.