Lee's labour pains
Brett Lee's wife, Liz, is due to give birth to their first child a day before the first Test of this November's Ashes series
Will
25-Feb-2013
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Brett Lee's wife, Liz, is due to give birth to their first child a day before the first Test of this November's Ashes series. While the pair are both commited to him playing, he is nevertheless anxious to be at the birth:
If it comes during the Test, Lee has reluctantly resigned himself to missing the birth. The decision followed ``marathon'' discussions between Lee and his wife. "Obviously the family is the most important thing and hopefully there is a way to work around both things because I would love to be there,'' Lee said. "You have to make sure that when the Test match starts you are totally focused ... which I will be,'' he said. "I am hoping (the baby) might come a few days early. It will be a totally new experience for both of us. Just the thought that we have created something makes it special. It is obviously going to be a very exciting time.''
Exciting or not, Lee wasted no time in plugging his sponsors Three who, he joked, might set-up a video link from the hospital to Sydney…read the full story at Sunday’s Sydney Telegraph