Brett Lee reveals how a cheeky Shane Warne 'spoiler' changed a huge career moment for him
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Brett Lee has opened up on how he found out he was set to receive his first Australia Test cap from cricketing icon Shane Warne. It is almost 26 years since Lee debuted for the Baggy Greens against India, a game in which he took seven wickets. But in the lead-up to the match at the MCG, Lee revealed that Warne had ruined the surprise of finding out he was starting the Boxing Day Test alongside his team-mates.
![[Lee (left) revealed Warne (right) had told him he'd be getting his first Test cap during the 1999 Boxing Day Test instead of coach Steve Waugh]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/16/93404693-0-image-a-48_1734885684685.jpg)
'Steve Waugh's walking us onto the ground and Warnie's in front of me and turns and says: "Mate you're in, but when Tugga [Waugh] tells you, make out you don't know",' Lee told The Sydney Morning Herald. 'So he spoiled it for me, the great man. But I get down there, and I spoke to Tugga about this recently, he's looking around to announce the side, and I've got this massive beaming smile, and he's like: "He knows, someone's let the cat out of the bag".'.
![[Lee went on to reveal that the friendships he developed with his team-mates was the one thing he missed the most about playing professionally]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/22/16/93404691-0-image-a-49_1734885730196.jpg)
The 48-year-old pace bowler would go on to play 76 Test matches for Australia, taking 310 wickets, putting him inside Australia's top-10 all-time leading wicket-takers. Brett Lee (left) has revealed how a cheeky spoiler from Shane Warne changed one of cricket's great traditions for him.
Lee (left) revealed Warne (right) had told him he'd be getting his first Test cap during the 1999 Boxing Day Test instead of coach Steve Waugh. Lee went on to reveal that the friendships he developed with his team-mates was the one thing he missed the most about playing professionally.
'I got my cap by Ian Meckiff, and it was almost like you get a flashback of being a kid in the backyard, playing with my brother Shane and my younger brother Grant, and us being Allan Border, David Boon and Allan Donald from South Africa. I still get goosebumps about it.'.
