Australian pace bowler Brett Lee has announced his retirement from international cricket

Brett Lee said for Twitter i have retired from international cricket and thanks for all your love and support amazing 13 years, on Friday, ahead of an official news conference.

He has 35, who returned home early from Australia's one-day tour of England this month with calf problems, said it was the right time to call an end to his long career and one of Australians most fearsome fast bowlers, Lee retired from Tests with 310 wickets in February 2010, although he played on in one-day and Twenty20 cricket.

Lee has captured 380 wickets in 220 ODIs and 28 wickets in 25 T20 internationals will continue to play in domestic T20 tournaments across the world and he is contracted with the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL and also plays for the Sydney Sixers in the Australian Big Bash for both of the teams have made it to this years Champions League T20 as winners of their respective domestic T20 tournaments.

Australia Called Up Swing Bowler Ben Hilfenhaus Replace Injured Paceman Brett Lee.

Ben Hilfenhaus will replace injured paceman Brett Lee for the one-day international against Sri Lanka.

"The NSP has named Ben Hilfenhaus in the squad for the game against Sri Lanka in Perth on Friday," Inverarity said. "Ben will replace the injured Brett Lee and the bowling attack for Perth is likely to be the same as the one that did so well in Melbourne and Ben will be in Perth to provide cover."

Hilfenhaus was instrumental in Australia's Test whitewash of India, where he was the top wicket-taker with 27 scalps for an average 17.22, and the selectors said he would stand in for Lee at Friday's one-dayer in Perth.

Australia opened the tri-nation ODI series with a convincing 65-run win over India on Sunday.

India meet Sri Lanka on Wednesday and Australia and Sri Lanka square off on Friday.