Foot injury forces Lee to miss action for 6 weeks

Australian pacer Brett Lee
Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee's struggling career received yet another blow after he was ruled out of cricketing action for six weeks due to a foot stress injury. Lee will miss not only this week's Sydney Test against South Africa but also next month's one-day series against the same opponents.

The 32-year-old right-arm pacer, who is struggling to regain his form, may have to wear a custom-made boot to rest the left-foot and he is also in doubt for the away Test series against South Africa starting February. Lee, however, was optimistic that he would be back to the team soon.

"These things happen for a reason. I am going to use this period out of the game constructively and make sure I get my body back to peak fitness," Lee was quoted by 'The Daily Telegraph'.

Australia team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris confirmed last night that Lee would miss the Sydney Test and be out of cricket for nearly four to six weeks.

"It's not far off being a stress fracture. At the moment the crack is not there but it is not far away. We organised a scan which showed he has got a stress reaction in one of the bones of his foot. When we got here today he couldn't run and it was very painful," he said.