Lee believes IPL difficulties will be worked out

Brett Lee is confident Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association will work out their sponsorship problems with the BCCI so their players can appear in the Indian Premier League if the tour of Pakistan is called off. CA has raised objections about its contract holders endorsing products that clash with the home board's deals and Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, has said he will not budge on CA's demands about global protection of its partners.

"We will listen closely to what CA and the ACA are saying," Lee said in Melbourne. "It's a matter now of waiting and seeing. They are confident of coming up with a plan which will make everybody happy".

The Pakistan tour is due to start next month but the Australians are waiting on a security visit to determine whether it goes ahead. If not, the players could be free to travel to India for the IPL before the tour of the West Indies in May.

"It's very hard for us because we are so focussed on what's happening here in Australia, which is good," Lee said. "We don't have to focus on what is happening elsewhere, we have people who are doing it for us.

"If the opportunity comes up, then great. The IPL poses a brilliant opportunity for Australian and other world cricketers to go out there and play in the Twenty20 format. I am sure it will all work out and people will be happy with the outcome."