Talk:Brett Lee/Archive 1

message: I have removed the reference that says Brett Lee was the a pig handler in the movie babe. On IMBD there are four listed Brett Lees. Two of them seem to be him, but can we verify that he was the pig handler? The reference to the Brett Lee in Babe does not contain any other information about him, unlike the Changing Rooms episode and a hosting job he has done. Even if it was Brett handling the animals, is it relevant as an outside interest?
(DavidMSpeed 19 February 2006)
:I think it's notable if he was, but I doubt it was. Lee would have been about 18-19 at the time of filming? Rogerthat Talk 11:07, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brett Lee Pig Handler? 

message: The line although Lee is said to bowl consistently faster spells than Akhtar and is considered by many batsmen as the faster of the two. [2] in the lead had a fact tag which has now been replaced by a link to a Telegraph article. I can't see anything in the article which corroborates that.
It is currently a weasel word. Even if some batsmen did say that an opinion should have no place in the lead of the article. It is a fact that Akhtar has bowled faster than Lee and the rest are all points of view and impressions and opinions. If you look around long enough, you'll probably find 'somebody' who considers Harmison, Bond or even Sami or Mohammad Zahid as the 'fastest bowler'. Include such opinions in the main text but not in the lead.   Tintin (talk) 05:09, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I cleaned out the artilce last month and it is now having random anecdotes there turning it inot hagiography.Blnguyen | rant-line 05:14, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faster than Akhtar 

message: This article was flowing nicely before all this helter-skelter editing! The article is all over the place. IMO, the older version was much better. (Liver01 13:11, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. Blnguyen  (bananabucket) 01:51, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Note: User is a sockpuppet of Star_cricketer. Blnguyen  (bananabucket) 04:43, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's with all this crap? 

message: Just wanted to say that none of the links for refs are working anymore and I would like to help fix them.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Winchestered (talk • contribs) 19:36, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: I can find no reference to any Grant Lee being a concert pianist.  He may be a pianist, but "concert pianist" suggests he performs in concerts as a professional pianist, which does not appear to be the case, particularly as he's also described as an accountant.   --  JackofOz (talk) 06:09, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This source states 'qualified pianist'. --Jpeeling (talk) 19:21, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks.  That's pretty much what I suspected.  "Qualified pianist" means someone who's done exams and gained a certificate they can stick on their wall.  It might mean he's qualified to teach piano, but not necessarily.  It's nothing to be sniffed at, but it shouldn't be overstated.  Many people learned the piano in their younger days but never played it for a living, such as Don Bradman, Harry S Truman and Condolleeza Rice.  I'll make the necessary change.  --  JackofOz (talk) 21:47, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Brother Grant a "concert pianist"?

message: On 13 July 2012, he retired from all forms of international cricket after a calf injury cut short his tour of England with Australia’s One-Day International team. Lee will continue to play in the Indian Premier League and the Big Bash League Twenty20 competitions.
* Anyone see something wrong with these statements?  If he's still playing IPA cricket - in India - how can he possibly be said to have retired "from all forms of international cricket"?  --  ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 11:33, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Because the IPL is a domestic, Indian tournament, not an international one. The teams all represent areas of India, even though the cricketers may be drawn from around the world. Similarly, in football, La Liga is a domestic Spanish competition, even though the two top stars last season were Argentinian and Portuguese. --Dweller (talk) 11:56, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sure, but from the perspective of Australians or any other non-Indians playing IPA, it's international cricket.  Surely.  When Aussies go and play English county cricket, as far as they're concerned they're playing international cricket.  No? --  ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 12:05, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: No. They're playing County cricket, a domestic competition. --Dweller (talk) 12:16, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Then they're playing internationally but in a domestic competition.  Or, to put it another way, they're playing in a domestic competition  but internationally.  --  ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 12:43, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Spot on. --Dweller (talk) 13:18, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Retirement (not)

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