Headingley-bound Lehmann follows in father’s footsteps

Yorkshire have signed Jake Lehmann, son of the Australian coach Darren, for the remainder of the 2016 Specsavers County Championship season.

Lehmann junior, one of Australia’s most up-and-coming batsmen, now has the chance to tread in the footsteps of his father, the most popular overseas player to wear the White Rose, as Yorkshire chase a hat-trick of Championship titles.

He joins Yorkshire ahead of a key period of Championship action, the first of six remaining games getting underway at Old Trafford on Saturday when the White Rose take on rivals Lancashire.

He also has the added appeal of a British passport.

After the completion of Australia A’s match against South Africa in Townsville, he is due to leave Australia on Wednesday and should arrive in time to play in that four-day match.

Yorkshire moved swiftly to secure the services of the South Australia and Adelaide Strikers man after the departure of Travis Head on Sunday. Head, 22, was called up earlier than expected after winning selection for Australia’s ODI series in Sri Lanka and has left the Club with immediate effect.

Head’s departure to Sri Lanka in time for the final Test, where he will train and assimilate into the dressing room, but play no active part, has left Yorkshire in the lurch for their NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final …

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