'We haven't seen enough fast bowlers nailing their yorkers recently': Brett Lee wants pacers to learn from Jasprit Bumrah in T20 World Cup 2024

Australia's legendary fast bowler Brett Lee feels that other than India's pace-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, no other pacer has managed to execute yorkers to perfection in death overs of late. While Bumrah doesn't only rely on his toe-crushing yorkers, it is his strongest suit making him a death overs speciallist.
 

"On a general rule, other than Bumrah, we haven't seen enough fast bowlers nailing their yorkers recently.
 

"I want to see fast bowlers bowl more yorkers. I still don't reckon they execute enough yorkers at the death," Lee said at the launch of the Legends Intercontinental T20 league recently.
 

Lee used a statistic to explain why yorker is still a viable option. Also, he explained that the bowlers need to set the field accordingly when they are trying to bowl yorkers as batters have managed to counter it with unorthodox shots.
 

"If you look back at 17 years of Indian Premier League, on average a yorker goes for a strike rate of less than 100. Which tells me that one run or less per bowler that's executed.
 

"Now, when you bowl a yorker and you've got guys who can go down and scoop you over the head, well that puts pressure on you as a bowler.
 

"You've got to set in the right field and put two men back, third man fine and back and then bowl," the 47-year-old added.

 

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Lee calls for balance between bat and ball

In the recently-concluded the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, the bowlers complained of batting-friendly conditions and ‘impact player rule’ for never seen before scores. Lee said that there needs to be a balance between bat and ball. 
 

"I'm all for batters smoking the ball all over, but there has got to be something for the bowlers too. I'm not asking for a green top, where teams bowled out for 110, because that's not good for cricket either.

 

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"You want a good total, I think. Anywhere around that 185 mark to 230 is a good score. We've seen scores now of 265, 270, 277.
 

"It's really hard because most bowlers now are going for 45 to 50 off their four overs," he further added.
 

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