Lee ready to end Test career

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. A press conference has been called at the Sydney Cricket Ground.