Darren Lehmann
89Australia · AR · 1996 to 2005 · on scorecards: DS Lehmann
BATTING
- Matches
- 117
- Innings
- 101
- Runs
- 3078
- Average
- 38.96
- Strike rate
- 81.34
- High score
- 119
- 100s / 50s
- 4 / 17
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 52
- Average
- 27.78
- Economy
- 4.83
- Strike rate
- 34.4
- Best figures
- 4/7
- 4w / 5w
- 1 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 26 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 12
CAREER IN BRIEF
Darren Lehmann played 117 ODIs for Australia in CricArcade's archive, from 1996 to 2005. The first came against Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium, with a score of 2, and the last against Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground in 2005.
The most productive decade was the 2000s: 1,551 runs at 48.5 in 57 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 119 from 119 balls against Sri Lanka at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground in 2002, in a match Australia won. In all: 4 hundreds, 17 fifties.
At home the average was 50.2 across 43 ODIs; away it was 37.5 across 39 ODIs, markedly stronger at home. The most runs came against West Indies: 526 runs at 47.8 in 17 ODIs. Sydney Cricket Ground was the most frequent ground, with 12 ODIs and 355 runs at 44.4. The scorecards record 6 player-of-the-match awards. Australia won 84 of the ODIs Darren Lehmann played and lost 28.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 117 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 119 | Sri Lanka | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground | 2002 | Won |
| 110* | 92 | West Indies | National Cricket Stadium | 1999 | Won |
| 107 | 109 | West Indies | National Cricket Stadium | 2003 | Lost |
| 103 | 101 | Pakistan | National Stadium | 1998 | Won |
| 92* | 104 | Zimbabwe | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2001 | Won |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/7 | 4.3 | Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 2004 | Won |
| 3/16 | 4.1 | Bangladesh | Cazaly's Stadium | 2003 | Won |
| 3/32 | 10 | England | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2002 | Won |
| 3/44 | 7.2 | Pakistan | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2005 | Won |
| 2/4 | 0.3 | India | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 1999 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Indies | 17 | 526 | 47.82 | 2/2 | 4 | 33.25 |
| India | 16 | 243 | 20.25 | 0/1 | 3 | 45.33 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 328 | 32.80 | 1/0 | 10 | 28.70 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 484 | 44.00 | 0/5 | 4 | 32.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 14 | 410 | 29.29 | 1/1 | 5 | 40.80 |
| South Africa | 12 | 365 | 40.56 | 0/1 | 8 | 27.75 |
| England | 10 | 378 | 54.00 | 0/3 | 4 | 41.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 263 | 87.67 | 0/3 | 7 | 11.86 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 3 | 13.00 |
| Kenya | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0/0 | 2 | 11.00 |
| Namibia | 1 | 50 | – | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Netherlands | 1 | 29 | – | 0/0 | 2 | 13.50 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| United States | 1 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 0 | – |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 43 | 1,304 | 50.15 | 1/9 | 25 | 23.96 |
| Away | 39 | 1,161 | 37.45 | 3/5 | 15 | 36.07 |
| Neutral | 35 | 613 | 27.86 | 0/3 | 12 | 25.42 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60 | 1,527 | 32.49 | 2/8 | 11 | 37.82 |
| 2000s | 57 | 1,551 | 48.47 | 2/9 | 41 | 25.10 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Cricket Ground | 12 | 355 | 44.38 | 0/3 | 6 | 34.50 |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | 10 | 315 | 52.50 | 0/2 | 5 | 27.00 |
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium | 5 | 145 | 36.25 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Brisbane Cricket Ground | 5 | 82 | 27.33 | 0/0 | 2 | 29.00 |
| R Premadasa Stadium | 5 | 43 | 8.60 | 0/0 | 1 | 92.00 |
| Western Australia Cricket Association Ground | 4 | 198 | 66.00 | 1/0 | 3 | 13.67 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Sri Lanka, 1996 at R Premadasa Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v Pakistan, 2005 at Sydney Cricket Ground
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 5 February 1970
- Batting
- Left-hand bat
- Bowling
- Slow left-arm orthodox
- Balls faced (career)
- 3,784
- Ducks
- 4
- Four-wicket hauls
- 1
- Most common batting position
- 5th
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 58.5
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 73.7
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 123.3
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 93.2
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 42.4
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 848 balls faced in that period.
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