And the leap is back ....

Anybody who has quite been a fan of the Australian cricket team would go back to 1999 and realise that the celebrations for a wicket have got the added lure or pull because of the ordination of the man called Brett Lee

This single man bought about a sea change in the way that the Aussies celebrate wickets. Of course there was that man Shane Warne, who celebrated in a hitherto unseen way at getting the wicket of Gibbs in that epic match. It still is an oft repeated clipping, Warne, pitches it outside the leg stump. Gibbs plays all over it and is beaten, the ball clips the top of off and up goes the man shouting with his fists raised in front of his face. He shouts “Come on! Come on!”

Bar this singular effort from the wizard, there was nothing of note from the other bowlers. All this was to change with the entry of Binga. At the beginning of his career, his signature celebration was to run all the way to the keeper or the fielder who took the catch

At the beginning of the World Cup 2003, Lee unleashed a couple more signature styles. One being the fist-pumping thrice and the other being the hop and skip routine, where the tips of both the toes meet each other in the air and the smile on his face, then is not to be missed. In fact there was a third kind of a celebration too that he put in use during the New Zealand match. He used to go down on his knees and clench his fists close to his chest

Well the explanation of these routines is because of the effervescence that he tends to bring to the team. It can change the body language of the entire unit and Lee’s celebrations have a touch of motivating everyone around

With the World cup around the corner, the fact that Lee has started to rev will be a good news for the double defending champions and he needs help from the other bowlers too if they have to repeat the World Cup winning exploits

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