''IF YOU can't get on with 'Katto', you must be an ordinary bloke. Period.'' So writes Brett Lee in his revelatory autobiography, the launch of which has come with relations between Simon Katich and Test captain Michael Clarke at an all-time low.

Katich is preparing to face a Cricket Australia disciplinary hearing over his claim last week that Clarke played a part in his not being offered a new national contract.

Friendlier days ... Simon Katich, Michael Clarke, and Brett Lee Help launch NSW's season in 2005. Four years later, Katich and Clarke were involved in an altercation over the team song. Credit:Simon Alekna

At the launch of My Life in Sydney yesterday, Lee said he hoped Katich, a friend, would be able to return to the Test side. He gives the discarded opener his full support.

''If circumstances were different, he would have made a great Test skipper,'' Lee writes of Katich, who he played under at NSW. ''His leadership was brilliant. Plus, he remains a top person. If you can't get on with 'Katto', you must be an ordinary bloke. Period.''