South Australian to play the remainder of the one-day cup as Maxwell leaves for World Cup duty
Lehmann replaces Maxwell at Lancs
Australian batsman Jake Lehmann will join Lancashire as a replacement for compatriot Glenn Maxwell for the remainder of their one-day cup campaign.
Allrounder Maxwell has been summoned home to join up with Australia’s squad ahead of the 50-over World Cup in England that starts next month. Maxwell will play against Durham on Tuesday before returning home for Australia’s World Cup camp in Brisbane this week, and is due to play for Lancs again later in the summer.
Lehmann, 26, the son of former Australia batsman and head coach Darren has, like his father, previously played for Lancashire's arch-rivals Yorkshire.
"I am hugely excited to have been given the opportunity to join a massive club like Lancashire," he said. "I thoroughly enjoyed my previous spell in England with Yorkshire a couple of years ago and I'm really looking forward to pulling on the Red Rose and playing at Old Trafford this time around.
Image Id: 6B47BDA057A84ED3B9405F09AB7D9E3B Image Caption: Maxwell playing for Lancashire against Worcestershire // Getty"I am looking forward to meeting all of the lads and I hope that I can put in some match winning performances to help the team finish strongly."
Two years ago, Lehmann scored 384 first-class runs for Yorkshire at an average of 54.85.
The left-hander has a career one-day average of 31 and averaged 51.80 in last summer’s JLT One-Day Cup for South Australia.
"We are very fortunate that we've been able to find a replacement for Glenn as he leaves us to meet up with the Australia World Cup squad.
"Getting a player of quality for a short spell, with little notice can be difficult, but we're really pleased that we have been able to secure the services of Jake for the rest of the competition."