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‘Tough for Lee to earn his place back’

Melbourne: Former Australia captain Mark Taylor does want Brett Lee to follow in the footsteps of Andrew Flintoff but feels with age creeping up it would be difficult for the injury-ravaged pacer to earn his place back in the Test team.

Taylor made it clear that he does not want Lee to quit Test cricket to prolong his ODI and Twenty20 career as done by English all-rounder Flintoff.

“However, it’s a tough one for Brett because it’s tougher for fast bowlers and he’s 33, not 30 or 31. He’s getting to the stage where even if he was 100 per cent fit, which clearly he is not, it’s always harder to maintain your spot in the side,” Taylor was quoted as saying by The Australian.

“The younger guys coming through like Johnson, Siddle and Hilfenhaus have done a good job over the last 12 to 18 months. Even if he (Lee) gets himself back to full fitness, that’s going to take up to 10 or 12 weeks and it gives those guys more time to really cement their spot,” he said. — PTI

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