What a terrific finish to Brett Lee’s professional career on Wednesday night in the Big Bash Final.

If it wasn’t for Moises Henriques fumble, or Doug Bollinger’s error standing outside the inner ring, Lee may have had one last crack and could have sealed his career with one last win. 

However, his class and clutch ability shone in the final over with only one loose ball that Michael Carberry somehow picked, and flicked for four at fine leg.

The Sydney Sixers 38-year-old star has been clocking 150km/h for two decades and he’ll be remembered among the greats of the Australian fast bowling fraternity.

The Wollongong-born lad took 310 test wickets, 380 one-day international wickets and 28 international Twenty20 wickets.

He was loved in India for his cricketing abilities and his number two hit with Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle but I always preferred his late 90s/early 2000s band Six and Out, with songs like Cyclone Sally – about a lady who always came to watch him play – and Can’t Bowl Can’t Throw – referring to the infamous Shane Warne, Scott Muller and Cameraman Joe incident.

One memory that always stands out to me was from the 2005 Ashes series when Lee almost led the Aussies home.

He was on 43 not out, and the Aussies needed three runs to win, when Michael Kasprowicz gloved a catch.

The image of Lee on his haunches as Andrew Flintoff consoles him is one of the best images and moments of world cricket. 

I’m not sure why I remember the image of Lee, and the Aussies losing, but it shows the respect legendary players had for the cricket, Brett ‘Binga’ Lee. 

Is the Australian Open still on now that Nick Kyrgios has been eliminated? Didn’t he cause a stir with his tirades, particularly in his second round match against Ivo Karlovic and in his fourth round comeback against Andreas Seppi.

The 19-year-old lost a point for throwing his racquet after previous warnings against Karlovic, was telling the cameraman to back away from his bench and had a poor courtside interview after the win.

In the fourth round he was caught by the cameras swearing at the crowd and hammered ball boys and linesman.

He can play the game – media, crowd and tennis – and he’s a marketable young star who interacts with fans on the court and off the court through social media.

But I feel his erratic behaviour on the court will be his bane, and stop him from being number one, until he can control his temper.

He’s got the physical talent but is wasting emotional energy with his tirades.

He probably doesn’t care what many fans think, or journalists, but we care about him and when he harnesses those outbursts he will take over world tennis.

The Socceroos are back in the Asian Cup final and I’m backing them to go one better than in 2011 against Japan.

On Saturday, 76,000 raucous fans will fill out ANZ Stadium and wouldn’t it be great to see the boys take home the Cup on the same field where John Aloisi booted home the penalty which sent the Socceroos to the 2006 World Cup.

I didn’t get to watch the Aussies game against South Korea in the pool matches but we were under strength, missing Tim Cahill, Robbie Kruse and Mathew Leckie.

The attacking trio have played better as the tournament has progressed, and Cahill scored the goal of the tournament against China, but what has impressed me in the past two matches is the composed play of defenders Trent Sainsbury and Jason Davidson.

Sainsbury’s passing against China stood out to me and the pressure both exerted against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) led to two early goals. 

I’m backing the Socceroos to be up for the challenge, particularly emotionally and I don’t think they’ll start slow against Korea on Saturday.

One ominous sign is that Korea has not conceded a goal all tournament but streaks were made to be broken and Cahill will probably be the one to do it! 

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