Lee set to announce Test retirement

Australia paceman Brett Lee is expected to announce his retirement from Test cricket in Sydney later today.

The 33-year-old intimated last week he had been considering walking away from the longer format of the game as he faces a lengthy rehabilitation following elbow surgery in December.

Lee has described the injury as the "most painful" of a 76-Test career that has yielded 310 wickets but has been undermined by injury in recent years.

The quick missed last year's Ashes series after suffering a side strain on the eve of the first Test and has not worn the baggy green since the 2008 Boxing Day Test against South Africa.

A press conference has been called at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday morning local time (2215GMT on Tuesday).

Speaking last week Lee, the fastest bowler in the world at his peak, revealed he was considering his future following his latest setback.

"As far as my cricket goes, anything is possible - I may play one-dayers, or no cricket at all," he said.

"I may never bowl another ball and if that's the case, I'm so satisfied with my career and my longevity. I'm not saying it's definitely over, but I'm not sure what I want to be just yet.

"To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure what I still want to do in my cricketing life. I need to get to the stage where, if I want to, I can do what I need to do on the field.

"If it's the case that I don't play again, well, that's the case. There is a part of me that would like to play some sort of cricket again."