He won the ODI World Cup as a player (twice) and later as a coach! #OnThisDay Happy birthday, Darren Lehmann

 

A productive run-scorer at homegrown level in Australia and England, Darren Lehmann may have played more Test cricket yet for the overflow of gifted batsmen in Australia during the 1990s and mid 2000s. As a stocky, free-scoring left-hander, Lehmann had the option to get onlookers a venturesome combination of animosity and deft artfulness. Having shown up on the state cricket scene as a 17-year-old, Lehmann had played all the more five star games and scored a bigger number of runs than some other Australian prior to making his Test debut in Bangalore in 1998, in spite of the fact that his record was subsequently beaten by Michael Hussey. He at first battled to hold down his Test spot however in the end avoided the pattern of youth by setting up a good foundation for himself in the Australia side at 33 with a lady hundred at Port-of-Spain in his 10th Test, and afterward two against both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the following a year. Named substitute bad habit skipper for the 2004 India visit when Ricky Ponting broke his thumb, Lehmann proposed to surrender his place to Michael Clarke after his astonishing presentation century at Bangalore, and limped out of the series after the third Test with a torn hamstring. He returned for the home summer yet was dropped for great in the wake of battling against Pakistan.

Lehmann's abilities won him undeniably more customary open doors in Australia's one-day worldwide group and in 1999 he had the pleasure of hitting the triumphant runs in the World Cup last at Lord's. He was likewise a critical individual from the side that protected the title four years after the fact, in spite of the fact that his entrance into the competition was deferred by a suspension for a bigoted changing area eruption. An indispensable individual from winning Sheffield Shield sides in 1990-91 and 1995-96 and Yorkshire's triumphant County Championship group of 2001, Lehmann completed his five star profession as the most elevated run scorer in Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup history, with 13,635 runs at 54.97. He entered training by means of the IPL, where he was in charge of the Deccan Chargers when they won the competition in 2009. Lehmann was named mentor of Queensland in mid 2011 and immediately won the admiration of the players for his direct methodology. Under Lehmann, the Bulls won the 2011-12 Sheffield Shield and the 2012-13 Ryobi Cup. His prosperity and notoriety with his players made him an appealing contender for higher training respects and Cricket Australia sprung an astonishment by terminating Mickey Arthur and naming Lehmann mentor of the public side under three weeks before the beginning of the 2013 Ashes.