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Full name Darren Scott Lehmann
Born February 5, 1970, Gawler, South Australia
Current age 38 years 249 days
Major teams Australia,Rajasthan Royals,South Australia,Victoria,Yorkshire
Nickname Boof
Playing role Higher middle order batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height
1.76 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
27
42
2
1798
177
44.95
2909
61.80
5
10
214
10
11
0
ODIs
117
101
22
3078
119
38.96
3784
81.34
4
17
227
14
26
0
First-class
284
479
33
25795
339
57.83
82
111
143
0
List A
366
340
61
13122
191
47.03
19
94
108
0
Twenty20
17
17
4
381
48
29.30
323
117.95
0
0
43
2
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
27
25
974
412
15
3/42
6/92
27.46
2.53
64.9
0
0
0
ODIs
117
62
1793
1445
52
4/7
4/7
27.78
4.83
34.4
1
0
0
First-class
284
9458
4540
130
4/35
34.92
2.88
72.7
0
0
List A
366
6347
4738
172
4/7
4/7
27.54
4.47
36.9
2
0
0
Twenty20
17
13
228
256
11
3/19
3/19
23.27
6.73
20.7
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Australia at Bangalore, Mar 25-28, 1998 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, Dec 26-29, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Aug 30, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, Feb 6, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1987/88
Last First-class
South Australia v Western Australia at Adelaide, Nov 23-25, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1988/89
Last List A
South Australia v Western Australia at Adelaide, Nov 21, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Victoria v South Australia at Melbourne, Jan 8, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab at Jaipur, Apr 21, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A superbly talented player, the stockily-built Darren Lehmann is a free-scoring left-hand batsman, and an underestimated left-arm orthodox spin bowler. As an out-and-out strokeplayer, he treats spectators to an audacious mixture of swashbuckling aggression and deft finesse. From the time that he burst on to the first-class scene in Australia as a 17-year-old in the 1987-88 season, Lehmann has built an imposing record in both his home country and with the county team Yorkshire. He achieved a telling milestone by playing more first-class games and scoring more runs than any other Australian - until Michael Hussey - before making his Test debut in Bangalore in 1998. His first-class average is well over fifty, and after appearing to have blown the few Test opportunities that came his way, he bucked the trend of youth winning out by establishing himself in the Australian side at 33 with a maiden hundred at Port-of-Spain in his tenth Test, and then two against both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the next 12 months. Named stand-in vice-captain for the 2004 India tour when Ricky Ponting broke his thumb, Lehmann offered to give up his place to Michael Clarke after his amazing debut century at Bangalore, and limped out of the series after the third Test with a torn hamstring. He returned for the home summer but was dropped for good after struggling against Pakistan.
Lehmann's talents won him far more regular opportunities in Australia's one-day international team, particularly during the late 1990s, and on the restructuring of the country's limited-overs squad in early 2002. In 1999 he had the honour of hitting the winning runs in the World Cup final at Lord's, and was a key member of the side that defended the title four years later, although his entry into the tournament was delayed by a suspension for a racist dressing-room outburst. On the domestic front he was no less effective, and was an integral member of winning Sheffield Shield sides in 1990-91 and 1995-96 and Yorkshire's victorious County Championship team of 2001. He is now the leading run scorer in Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup history and showed his desire had not waned in 2005-06 by piling up 1168 runs at 89.84. The peak came during a career-best 301 against Western Australia at the Adelaide Oval, an innings that ended with 116 from 87 balls in the second session. Only a late stutter prevented him from challenging Michael Bevan's record for most runs in a season. Lehmann was below his best last summer, scoring 607 runs at 40.46 as South Australia languished at the bottom of the Pura Cup table. He quit as the state's captain after the campaign ended but he decided to play on in 2007-08 before finally retiring with two sign-off centuries.
Cricinfo staff February 2008
Notes
Walter Lawrence Trophy 2000
State Player of the Year - 2000
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2001
State Player of the Year - 2001
State Player of the Year - 2002
Wisden Australia Cricketer of the Year 2004-05
