Lehmann joins Yorkshire for rest of season

Australian Jake Lehmann has joined Yorkshire for the remainder of the 2016 County Championship season.

Lehmann, the 24-year-old son of former Test batsman turned Australia coach Darren Lehmann, will be at the club for the last six games, replacing fellow Australian Travis Head. Head was selected for Australia’s ODI series in Sri Lanka and left Headingley with immediate effect.

Lehmann will only be available for County Championship matches and is currently representing Australia A. He will leave Adelaide on Wednesday.

Yorkshire head coach Jason Gillespie said: “Getting a player of quality is always difficult at this stage of the season, but we’re delighted to secure the services of Jake.

“Things happened pretty quickly, triggered by Travis being called into the Australia squad and hopefully he goes on to get a game. Cricket Australia were fantastic to deal with and coordinating with South Australia went fantastically well and we were able to arrange for Jake to come over.

“He’s a great kid, gives the ball a whack and has shown good nous and awareness. Having worked with him at the Strikers he’ll fit in to the changing room too, as all our players do. I just hope that he has a good time with us, enjoys himself and contributes to some good wins for Yorkshire.”