Happier times ... Brett Lee, wife Liz and one month old son Preston share their first Christmas on December 25, 2006.
AUSTRALIAN fast bowler Brett Lee has pulled out of this month's one-day series against Bangladesh because of the breakdown of his marriage.
Lee, 31, and podiatrist wife Liz Kemp, 31, have separated after just two years together.
The move has prompted Lee to pull out of this week's Australian team training camp in Brisbane and the three-match one-day series against Bangladesh in Darwin, beginning later this month.
"Brett needs time to work through things," a close friend of Lee said last night.
He capped off playing his 50th test and taking his 200th wicket in Durban by presenting Kemp with a ring made with South African diamonds.
"Liz has had a great influence on me and having a family has really helped my cricket," Lee said last year.
Before they were married, friends said Kemp, who originally came from Queensland, quit her job at Double Bay in 2005 to "get married and have babies".
Lee's immediate cricketing future is now in doubt.
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