Brett Lee denied fairytale hat-trick in dramatic Big Bash final

• Lee was denied a last-ball hat-trick as career ends

• Perth Scorchers scrambled a single to win Big Bash

• As it happened: Scorchers beat Sydney Sixers

• Russell Jackson: a farewell played out in installments

Brett Lee was denied a last-ball hat-trick and a fairytale end to his professional cricket career as the Perth Scorchers scrambled a single off the fast bowler to win back-to-back Big Bash League titles in Canberra.

The Twenty20 final was the 38-year-old former Australia paceman Lee’s last match and he came on to bowl the final over for the Sydney Sixers with the opposition needing eight runs.

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