Not Sachin Tendulkar! Brett Lee Picks This Cricketer As Greatest Of All Time

B ett
Lee
C icket
GOAT
Pick:
Sachi
Te dulka
is
ega ded
by
ma y
as
c icket& squo;s
g eatest-eve
batsma ,
but
Aust alia
fast-bowli g
lege d
B ett
Lee
has
d aw
a
clea
disti ctio
betwee
the
best
batsma
a d
the
best
c ickete .
While
Lee
has
imme se
admi atio
fo
Te dulka & squo;s
batti g
achieveme ts,
he
believes
South
Af ica
g eat
Jacques
Kallis
dese ves
the
ultimate
GOAT
(g eatest
of
all
time)
tag
whe
the
e ti e
skill
set
of
a
c ickete
is
take
i to
accou t.

Why
Lee
Rates
Kallis
Above
Te dulka

Speaki g
o
the
Bee
Biceps
podcast,
Lee
placed
Te dulka
at
the
ve y
top
of
the
batti g
cha ts
but
gave
Kallis
the
edge
whe
assessi g
ove all
co t ibutio
with
both
bat
a d
ball.

“I’ve
always
said
that
I
thi k
that
the
best
batsma
to
eve
play
the
game
is
Sachi
Te dulka .
But
the
best
c ickete
is
Jacques
Kallis.
He’s
got
the
best
umbe s
i
the
wo ld.
If
you
look
at
his
stats,
the
stats
do ‘t
lie.
He’s
i c edible.”

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WATCH:
Rod igo
De
Paul& squo;s
Emotio al
Messi
T ibute
Afte
Stu i g
I te
Miami
Goal

Lee& squo;s
a gume t
ce t es
o
Kallis& squo;
ext ao di a y
ability
to
i flue ce
matches
i
multiple
discipli es.

U like
a
specialist
batsma ,
Kallis
co siste tly
co t ibuted
with
the
ball
while
also
p oduci g
huge
umbe s
with
the
bat.

The
South
Af ica
fi ished
his
Test
ca ee
with
13,289
u s
at
a
ave age
of
55.37,
i cludi g
45
ce tu ies.
He
also
claimed
292
wickets
at
32.65
a d
took
200
catches.

His
ODI
eco d
was
simila ly
imp essive.
Kallis
accumulated
11,579
u s
at
a
ave age
of
44.36,
with
17
ce tu ies,
while
addi g
273
wickets
at
31.79.

Lee
&
Kallis
Sha ed
IPL
D essi g
Room

The
two
fo me
i te atio al
ivals
also
c ossed
paths
as
teammates
i
the
I dia
P emie
League.

Kallis
ep ese ted
Kolkata
K ight
Ride s
betwee
2011
a d
2014,
maki g
56
appea a ces
fo
the
f a chise.
Lee
was
also
pa t
of
KKR
du i g
that
pe iod,
playi g
fo
the
team
f om
2011
to
2013.

Thei
time
togethe
i
Kolkata
came
afte
yea s
of
competi g
agai st
each
othe
o
the
i te atio al
stage.

Fo
Lee,
howeve ,
Kallis& squo;
status
as
the
g eatest
c ickete
goes
beyo d
thei
pe so al
co ectio .

His
ability
to
delive
elite
pe fo ma ces
with
both
bat
a d
ball
is
what
sepa ates
him
f om
eve
the
most
celeb ated
specialists.

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