Aggression is fine to a point, we don’t want robots on the field, says Brett Lee
Brett Lee came out in support of pacer Kagiso Rabada as he opined that a certain degree of aggression is tolerable in cricket or else it would be a game between a team of robots. Lee added that he would like to see more yorkers being used in the shorter-format of the game to curb batsmen.
Former Australian pacer Brett Lee was known for two things throughout his lengthy career, pace
"The thing that I will say about that, in all honesty, is we don't want robots on the field.
"Of course, there is a line that the players should not cross. You don't racially vilify someone. You don't use excessive swearing or stuff that can upset children who are listening in. Other than that, you've got to play hard cricket," Lee said to AFP.
Rabada’s appeal against the two-match ban is due to be heard by the ICC later today. However, 41-year-old Lee, who represented Australia from 1999 to 2012, said that controlled aggression is always good for the sport.
"Now I am not saying I agree with what happened and I am not saying that I don't agree with what happened, but what I can say is that we don't want to get into a stage where players can't even look at a batsman, batsman can't even look at a bowler without getting into trouble," Lee added.
Lee, who was part of the TV commentary team for the recently concluded Nidahas Trophy in Sri Lanka, said that bowling in the shortest format was challenging, especially in the death overs of an innings. Lee opined that he would like to see more of the yorkers being used in the T20 format of the game.
"I think it's a different style... but one thing I haven't seen throughout the tournament enough is yorkers,"
"A yorker in Test, one-day or T20 cricket can still take wickets and for some reasons bowlers now, in particular, fast bowlers, are hitting a length at the end. I don't necessarily agree that's the best tactic," Lee added.
