Darren Lehmann

Darren Lehmann

Lehmann in January 2014
Personal information
Full name	Darren Scott Lehmann
Born	(1970-02-05) 5 February 1970 (age 54) Gawler, South Australia
Nickname	Boof
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left arm orthodox
Role	Top-order batter
Relations	Jake Lehmann (son) Craig White (brother-in-law)
International information
National side	Australia (1996–2005)
Test debut (cap 378)	25 March 1998 v India
Last Test	26 December 2004 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 128)	30 August 1996 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	6 February 2005 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	25
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1987/88–1989/90	South Australia
1990/91–1992/93	Victoria
1993/94–2007/08	South Australia
1997–2006	Yorkshire
2008	Rajasthan Royals
Head coaching information
Years	Team
2009–2012	Deccan Chargers
2013–2018	Australia
2019–2021	Brisbane Heat
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 27 117 284 367 Runs scored 1,798 3,078 25,795 13,122 Batting average 44.95 38.96 57.83 46.86 100s/50s 5/10 4/17 82/111 19/94 Top score 177 119 339 191 Balls bowled 974 1,793 9,458 6,371 Wickets 15 52 130 172 Bowling average 27.46 27.78 34.92 27.71 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/42 4/7 4/35 4/7 Catches/stumpings 11/– 26/– 143/– 109/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Australia ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1999 England-Wales -Ireland-Scotland-Netherlands Winner 2003 South Africa-Zimbabwe-Kenya Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Representing  Australia as Manager ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 2015 Australia and New Zealand
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 June 2017

Darren Scott Lehmann (born 5 February 1970) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who coached the Australian national team.^[1] Lehmann made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut in 1998. He 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, Lehmann was also a part-time left arm orthodox bowler, and gained renown for his disregard for physical fitness and modern dietary regimes. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 2007.^[2] 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.

During his time coaching Australia, he led the team to be the winners of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He also coached the IPL teams Deccan Chargers from 2009 to 2012 and Kings XI Punjab in 2013. He also coached Queensland during the 2010/11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, in place of Trevor Barsby who had resigned. In June 2013, Lehmann replaced Mickey Arthur as the coach of the Australian cricket team, only two weeks before the 2013 Ashes series.^[3] Although Australia lost that series 3-nil, Lehmann went on to coach the side to a 5-nil victory in the 2013–14 series less than five months later.

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.^[4][5] He was originally thought to have been involved in the scandal, however Cricket Australia cleared him of blame at the conclusion of their investigation.^[6]