PERTH, Dec 22: Australian firebrand Brett Lee hurled down one of the fastest deliveries bowled in Australia here Sunday night during the tri-nations series one-day clash with Sri Lanka.

Lee, 26, was recorded at 156.2 kilometres an hour during a fiery six-over opening spell at the start of the Sri Lankan innings.

The delivery was recorded by a speed gun operated by a Channel Nine TV crew.

The recording was especially significant because Lee was bowling into a stiff south-easterly breeze.

Lee was credited with a personal best speed of 157.3 kilometres an hour in a Test against South Africa in Cape Town in March.

Pakistan cricket authorities say Shoaib Akhtar was clocked at 161 kilometres an hour when he bowled to Craig McMillan during a One-day International against New Zealand at Lahore’s Gadaffi Stadium in April.—AFP