3 Brett Lee Brett Lee is a former Australian international cricketer and film actor. Brett Lee belongs to that rare league of fast bowlers who could also swing the ball at such incredible place. Brett Lee is known throughout the Cricketing world as one of the fastest and most exciting pace bowlers to play the game. • With 380 wickets, he is the second highest wicket taker for Australia. 3. • He is the fastest ODI player of Australia and third in the world behind Saqlain Mushtaq and Shane Bond to take 100 wickets. ... the delivery speeds are similar for both sports with the fastest bowlers and pitchers propelling the ball in the region of 95–100 mph ... what-is-the-speed-of-the-fastest-ball-ever-bowled-in … He bowled his fastest delivery of 161.1 kmph (100.1 mph) against New Zealand at Napier in 2005.

Brett Lee (Aus) 100.1mph (2005 ODI v New Zealand, Napier) Jeff Thomson (Aus) 99.8mph (1975 Test v West Indies, Perth) Mitchell Starc (Aus) 99.7mph (2015 Test v New Zealand, Perth) He had incredible speed and was an impeccable wicket-taking bowler. Brett was born and raised in Wollongong, New South Wales where he grew up with his family and their shared love of sports. For the early part of his career, Lee was involved in a race to break the 100mph barrier with Shoaib Akhtar. Brett Lee(Fastest ball: 161.1 kmph) This Australian speedster is considered to be one of the best fast bowlers of all time. Starc is only the fourth bowler – after Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan, 2003; see below), Brett Lee (Australia, 2005) and Shaun Tait (Australia, 2010) – to achieve a bowling speed of 160 km/h (99.41 mph) or more in the history of international cricket. Former cricketer Brett Lee is the fastest Australian bowler in the Australian Cricket History and the 2nd fastest of all time in the history of cricket. • He is the fastest bowler in the world to take 300 wickets. 10 fastest international bowlers of all time.

There was one instance when Lee had bowled an insanely fast over with two balls clocking 160+ kph and 3 others 158+ kph. Brett Lee, Australia 161.1km/h - 100.1mph.

He has been recorded bowling at speeds... of over 160km/h leaving batsmen with only a fraction of a second to react once the ball leaves his hand.