“The selling point for me is a group that wants to get better and follow their, and the club’s, dreams, create memories and play at the highest level possible.
“I will encourage this on and off the field, as well as [an] open-door policy. I’m sure we will have success and fun along the way.”
As a player, Lehmann appeared in 27 Tests, hit the winning runs in the 1999 World Cup final and scored more than 1,400 runs to help Yorkshire win the County Championship in 2001, their first title for 33 years.
Moving into coaching, he guided Deccan Chargers to the IPL title in 2009 and also had domestic success at home – with Queensland in the Sheffield Shield and Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash.
He was appointed by Australia in 2013 and helped them win two Ashes series against England and the 2015 World Cup but resigned as head coach in March 2018 following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, which led to Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft all serving bans.
Lehmann coached Northern Superchargers in the inaugural season of The Hundred in 2021 but did not return the following year, citing Covid-19 and potential quarantining and travel restrictions as factors for his decision to step down.
