58 Facts About Darren Lehmann

Darren Lehmann was on the fringes of national selection for the entirety of the 1990s, and only became a regular in the ODI team in 2001 and Test team in late 2002, before being dropped in early 2005.

Primarily an aggressive left-handed batsman, Darren Lehmann was a part-time left arm orthodox bowler, and gained renown for his disregard for physical fitness and modern dietary regimes.

Darren Lehmann announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 2007.

Darren Lehmann was a member of the Australian team that won the 1999 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 Cricket World Cup, where in the 1999 final, he scored the winning boundary, and took the winning catch in the 2003 final.

Darren Lehmann coached the IPL teams Deccan Chargers from 2009 to 2012 and Kings XI Punjab in 2013.

In June 2013, Darren Lehmann replaced Mickey Arthur as the coach of the Australian cricket team, only two weeks before the 2013 Ashes series.

Darren Lehmann stepped down as head coach after the fourth test match against South Africa in March 2018, following the ball tampering scandal which occurred during the match.

Darren Lehmann was originally thought to have been involved in the scandal, however Cricket Australia cleared him of blame at the conclusion of their investigation.

Darren Lehmann left school at the age of 16 to work on the assembly line of Holden car manufacturers in Elizabeth, South Australia.

Darren Lehmann declined selection to the first intake of the newly formed Australian Cricket Academy, a full-time cricket centre, citing his enjoyment of the factory life.

Darren Lehmann remembered little of the match; after being struck in the right temple by a Bruce Reid bouncer, he was knocked unconscious and temporarily ceased breathing.

Darren Lehmann made his mark in the following match against New South Wales Blues at Adelaide Oval, reaching 50, but the innings was marred by the manner in which it was ended.

However, Richards and South Australian captain David Hookes claimed that Lawson had tripped Darren Lehmann, leading to a confrontation between the two teams.

Darren Lehmann scored a century against the touring New Zealand cricket team and followed that with centuries in three consecutive Sheffield Shield matches.

Darren Lehmann was called into the squad for the triangular ODI series, but after being unused, he was replaced by Mark Waugh.

Darren Lehmann believed that he had a better chance of international selection, feeling that selectors disregarded batting performances at Adelaide Oval on the perception that it was a flat track.

Darren Lehmann was fortunate to play in the final, having needed facial surgery prior to the match after being struck in the nose during a training session.

Darren Lehmann took 44 wickets at an average of 38.06.

Darren Lehmann held the record for the most first-class runs scored and first-class games played before selection to the Australian Test team prior to Michael Hussey's Test debut in 2005.

Darren Lehmann announced his retirement on 19 November 2007 citing injury concerns as the main reason behind his decision to quit.

Darren Lehmann's final first-class innings for South Australia was a man-of-the-match winning 167 against Western Australia the following weekend.

From 1997 until 2006, Darren Lehmann represented Yorkshire as an overseas player.

Darren Lehmann is by far the most successful overseas player to represent the club since the members first voted to allow overseas players in 1992, having played 88 County Championship games, scoring 8871 runs at an average of 68.76.

Darren Lehmann scored 26 centuries with a top score of 339 against Durham in 2006 during his final game for the club, helping Yorkshire to avoid relegation by a single point.

Darren Lehmann holds the record for the highest one-day score for Yorkshire, 191 from 103 balls against Nottinghamshire at Scarborough in 2001.

Darren Lehmann took 61 wickets at an average of 32.00 in County Championship games.

Darren Lehmann captained Yorkshire only in the 2002 season during which they were relegated to the second division of the County Championship.

Darren Lehmann was a very popular member of the Yorkshire team amongst both the fans and the club hierarchy.

Darren Lehmann stated at the time that he would like to return to Yorkshire in a coaching role after his retirement from playing for South Australia.

Darren Lehmann then became a semi-regular member of the ODI team, and toured India in early 1998.

Darren Lehmann made his Test debut in the Third Test against India in March 1998 in Bangalore, after Steve Waugh suffered a hamstring injury.

Darren Lehmann scored 52 on debut, as well as claiming Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin while bowling.

Darren Lehmann scored 98 in the First Test in Rawalpindi, but an injury forced him out of the Second Test in Peshawar in which Taylor scored a Australian record 334 not out on a flat pitch in a high-scoring drawn match.

However, failures by Ponting in the first three Tests saw Darren Lehmann recalled to the team for the final two Tests in Melbourne and Sydney.

Darren Lehmann retained his position in the ODI team, and scored another century during the West Indies tour.

Darren Lehmann went on to the 1999 World Cup, where he played in every match bar one where he was injured, and hit the winning runs in the final.

Captain Steve Waugh took the opportunity to introduce a rotation system for the ODI series, and Darren Lehmann was allowed regular matches as all members of the team were periodically rested.

Darren Lehmann did not receive further chances in the Test format either, as Matthew Hayden, Damien Martyn and Simon Katich were all recalled in 2000 and 2001 when other players were dropped.

Australia however faltered during the campaign, and Darren Lehmann was recalled for the final match of the series, in which he top scored.

Later in 2002, Mark Waugh was dropped from the Test team, and Darren Lehmann was recalled for the first time in almost four years.

Darren Lehmann came under more pressure upon his return, when during an ODI against Sri Lanka, he had an error of judgment and was run out.

Darren Lehmann then posted his maiden Test century on the tour, and on the winter Test series against Bangladesh in northern Australia, Darren Lehmann scored consecutive centuries to solidify his position in the team.

Darren Lehmann's position was again called into question on the 2004 tour to India when Michael Clarke had an opportunity to debut in Bangalore on the 2004 India tour, when Ricky Ponting broke his thumb, and Clarke scored 151 in his first innings in Test matches.

Darren Lehmann publicly offered to be dropped following a run of poor form, but the selectors did not take the offer, and the younger Katich was instead dropped.

Darren Lehmann published his autobiography, Worth the Wait, in 2004.

In 2008, Darren Lehmann toured with the Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence as an assistant coach.

Darren Lehmann expressed interest in taking up the England coach's job, which was up for grabs after Peter Moores was sacked in first week of January 2009.

Darren Lehmann was not the first Australian whose name had been brought-up for discussion of the English job, as Tom Moody was linked to the position.

Darren Lehmann was then named coach of the Queensland team after Trevor Barsby's sudden exit in 2010.

Darren Lehmann took over as coach of the Twenty20 side to prepare for its opening match against Victoria.

Darren Lehmann was appointed the coach of the IPL Kings XI Punjab franchise for 2013, replacing Adam Gilchrist who was coach in 2012; he was himself was replaced in 2014 by Sanjay Bangar.

In June 2013, Darren Lehmann was appointed as head coach of Australia, replacing Mickey Arthur who had suffered a bad result in the Champions Trophy.

On 25 December 2017 Darren Lehmann stated that he wouldn't seek renewal on his contract after the end of 2019.

Darren Lehmann was suspected of involvement in altering the conditions of the ball, along with Cameron Bancroft, skipper Steve Smith, and vice-captain David Warner, on the third day of the third Test against South Africa on 24 March 2018.

In March 2019, Darren Lehmann was named head coach of Brisbane Heat, a team in the Big Bash League.

Darren Lehmann was relatively accurate, but had little ability to turn the ball and used a flat trajectory.

Darren Lehmann is married to Andrea White, the sister of his Victorian, and later Yorkshire, teammate and English Test player Craig White.

Darren Lehmann has two children with his previous wife Emma, one of whom, Jake, has played first class cricket.