The long-running pay dispute has hurt the Australian players much but former paceman Brett Lee preferred to play it straight and safe.
“I hope it gets sorted out quickly as there is a big series coming up over here and the Ashes series as well. I want it finished at the earliest.”
Lee, who was in the city to launch the TNPL fan park, said he was looking forward to the Australian tour of India. “Hopefully, it should go ahead and I believe it will happen. I am eager to see the challenge between Steven Smith and Virat Kohli. I have been really impressed with Kohli. He is a good leader and a fierce competitor.”
“Australia has got a pretty good line-up of one-day players. The Indians play good cricket too. But everything revolves around the psychological battle between the teams,” he said. When asked about MCC’s move to limit bat dimensions, he said he was against the bat size being reduced to a certain level.
“The width of the bat they can’t change but it is the depth that they are talking about. So if a batsman like Chris Gayle is good enough to hold a bat that is three-pound heavy that’s great and that is his added strength.
“We want the Gayles and Watsons. Hardik Pandya is another explosive player who can hit a very long ball and if you are going to piegon hole them into one area with the bat then I personally don’t agree with that,” he added.
Is Lee thinking of coaching options in the future? “If the right opportunity came up then I would consider it,” he said.
