Lee won't be rushed back: Nielsen

Australia coach Tim Nielsen has said that Brett Lee will not be rushed back into the playing XI despite being included in the squad for the one-day series against Pakistan.

Lee is in Port Elizabeth training with his Indian Premier League side Kings XI Punjab ahead of the IPL's five-week season which starts in Cape Town on April 18. He is expected to leave for Dubai after getting a national call up.

The fast bowler suffered foot and ankle injuries in the Melbourne Test in December against South Africa last year and underwent a surgery in January.

"We'll take the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with him and see how he's going and make sure we understand where he's at with his bowling and how he's going with his body," Nielsen was d as saying to AAP.

"But we can't afford to rush him back, either. We need the best plan of attack on his rehab and making sure his body is right before he starts trying to bowl flat out for Australia again," he added.

"We need to be patient and give him the time to work through what he has got to do, bowling properly and going flat out again versus the impatience of wanting him back around the group and looking forward to having a quality bowler back," he said.