Lee denied fairytale hat-trick

MELBOURNE: Brett Lee was denied a last-ball hat-trick and a fairytale end to his professional cricket career as the Perth Scorchers scrambled a single off the fast bowler to win back-to-back Big Bash League titles in Canberra on Wednesday.
The Twenty20 final was the 38-year-old former Australia paceman Lee’s last match and he came on to bowl the final over for the Sydney Sixers with the opposition needing eight runs.
The Perth side looked in firm control needing one run from three balls in their chase of 148 but Lee was not ready to bow out without a final flourish.
Having dismissed Michael Klinger for his first wicket earlier, Lee clean bowled Nathan Coulter-Nile (seven) and Sam Whiteman (zero) with the fourth and fifth ball of the final over to give Sydney hopes of an unlikely tie.