da jogodeouro： BRISBANE – Darren Lehmann has been urged to play his natural aggressivegame when he makes his long-awaited return to the Australian Testcricket team at the Gabba tomorrow.
da dobrowin： Gillian Ballard06-Nov-2002BRISBANE – Darren Lehmann has been urged to play his natural aggressivegame when he makes his long-awaited return to the Australian Testcricket team at the Gabba tomorrow.The pressure will be on for Lehmann to perform in only his sixth Testsince his 1998 debut against India and his first since scoring 32 and aneight-ball duck in the 1998-99 Ashes series.Lehmann, 32, will also have big shoes to fill taking over from classbatsman Mark Waugh, who was dropped and promptly retired frominternational cricket last week.But Test captain Steve Waugh today said he wasn’t expecting any changesin the South Australian skipper’s approach to the Ashes series openeragainst England.”I think Darren is a very relaxed sort of person and he’ll go out andplay his natural game,” Waugh said.”I’d hate to think he changes anything about the way he plays becausehe’s so natural and goes with the flow and that’s the way we want him toplay.”Lehmann should remain in the Test squad if he shows just a glimpse ofhis first class form.The free-scoring left-hander is the all-time leading scorer in SheffieldShield/Pura Cup history with 18,961 runs at 56.60 – with a top score of255 – and has a 44 average in domestic one day games.In contrast, he averages only 28.50 from his eight Test innings to datewith a top score of 98.He makes his return to the Test team for the first time since 1999 whenhe got out for a duck against England in the final Test at the SCG.Lehmann will bat at number six with Damien Martyn replacing Mark Waughat four.
