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SYDNEY, Monday (Reuters) - Australia's Brett Lee, who bowled a bouncer that floored England tailender Alex Tudor in the third Ashes test, said on Monday the sight of the bloodied batsman staggering away from the wicket had shocked him.

Tudor was taken from the WACA Ground on a stretcher and admitted to a Perth hospital on Sunday where he received six stitches in a wound above his left eye. Australia won the test by an innings and 48 runs to clinch the series 3-0. Lee was jeered by England supporters.

"It sort of freaked me out a little bit because I don't like seeing blood on the pitch and I went in to make sure that he was okay," Leed told reporters at Sydney airport on Monday.

"He was pretty shaken up by it. I think he was in shock, but I went after the game to make sure he was okay and he was fine with it.

"He knows it is part of the game and people sometimes do get injured. It's part of test cricket, but I certainly went up and apologised afterwards to make sure he was okay."

Tudor, wearing a large piece of sticking plaster over his left eye, told Australia television in Perth on Monday: "I just remember it hitting me very hard and me going to the ground.

"Luckily I had a good man, Alec Stewart, at the other end to sort of tell me what to do because I was panicking."

England captain Nasser Hussain told a post-match news conference in Perth on Sunday he had been disappointed by the crowd's reaction. "I thought that was poor and showed no knowledge of cricket," Hussain said.

Hussain's opposing captain Steve Waugh said he was relieved Tudor was not seriously injured but added: "The odds are someone's going to get hit at some stage and you just hope it's not too serious."

Lee said on Monday he was grateful for Hussain's support.

"It's very good that Nasser did stick up (for me)," Lee said.

"It is part of test cricket, there's no such thing as a batting bunny these days. Most batsmen can hold a bat right down to a number 11.

"Tudor is a fantastic batsman. He's a guy who scored 99 in test cricket, so he's certainly no bunny, but unfortunately for him it was one of those things where the ball went through the grill (of the helmet) and cleaned him up."

The Perth wicket is regarded as one of the fastest and bounciest in test cricket. The Australia players all rushed to Tudor's side after he was felled, frantically waving for help as the 25-year-old Surrey fast bowler lay motionless.

Waugh said later: "This is the fastest pitch in the world and you've got quick bowlers on both sides and there is always going to be a lot of bumpers."

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