Darren Lehmann

Personal information

Full name

Darren Scott Lehmann

Born

5 February 1970 (age 46)
Gawler, South Australia, Australia

Nickname

Boof

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Batting style

Left-handed

Bowling style

Slow left arm orthodox

Role

Batsman, Coach

Relations

Craig White (brother-in-law)
Jake Lehmann (son)

International information

National side

Australia

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.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1987–1989

1990–1993

1994–2007

1997–2006

2008

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	27	117	283	367
Runs scored	1798	3078	25628	13122
Batting average	44.95	38.73	57.59	46.86
100s/50s	5/10	4/17	81/111	19/94
Top score	177	119	339	191
Balls bowled	974	1793	9392	6371
Wickets	15	52	128	172
Bowling average	27.46	27.78	35.07	27.72
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/42	4/7	4/35	4/7
Catches/stumpings	11/–	26/–	141/–	109/–

Source: cricketarchive.com, 24 November 2007

Darren Scott Lehmann (born 5 February 1970) is a former Australian cricketer and the current coach of the Australian cricket team. 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 was known for his disregard for physical fitness and modern dietary regimes. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 2007. He coached the IPL teams Deccan Chargers from 2009 to 2012 and Kings XI Punjab in 2013. He 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. Though 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.

A junior representative for South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Central District as well as playing cricket, Lehmann left school at the age of 16 to work on the assembly line of Holden car manufacturers in Elizabeth, South Australia. He 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. Lehmann entered the first-class scene as a 17-year-old in the 1987/88 season for South Australia, playing one match against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after both Tim May and Peter Sleep were called into the national team. After making 10, Lehmann was omitted upon their return and did not play any further part in the season. In 1988/89, South Australia were at the bottom of the ladder, when coach Barry Richards called Lehmann into the team, playing against Western Australia at the WACA. 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. 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. Going for a quick single, Lehmann collided with bowler Geoff Lawson and was run out after falling over. However, Richards and South Australian captain David Hookes claimed that Lawson had tripped Lehmann, leading to a confrontation between the two teams.

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