To those who witnessed first-hand the strain on Lee's body and the pain he endured for more than a decade to remain one of those rare creatures - a pure fast bowler - it is nothing short of a miracle that he managed 76 Tests. "Of the genuine quicks [of his era], he would have played twice as much as the other guys" said Damien Fleming, the former paceman who was part of the Australian attack when Lee exploded onto the Test scene with five wickets on debut in the Boxing Day Test of 1999.
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