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Hampshire’s Dimitri Mascarenhas took three wickets as Kent slumped to the fourth lowest total in domestic Twenty20 history en route to a 69-run defeat

30-Jun-2011
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Hampshire’s Dimitri Mascarenhas took three wickets as Kent slumped to the fourth-lowest total in domestic Twenty20 history en route to a 69-run defeat in this Friends Life t20 encounter at the Rose Bowl.The hosts could only put together a modest 141 for 6 from their 20 overs after Dominic Cork had won the toss, but it proved more than enough as Kent capitulated, losing their top three batsmen within the first 14 balls.Mascarenhas put behind him more than a year of injury problems to undermine the Kent batting, dismissing Joe Denly with the third delivery of the innings and then snaring his fellow opener Rob Key – both for ducks – and later Wahab Riaz (11) as Kent fell away, never looking likely to get anywhere near their victory target.Mascarenhas finished with figures of 3 for 29 from his four-over allotment as Hampshire raced back to the top of the South Group with their eighth win in 11 fixtures. Kent were all out for 72, although batsman Martin van Jaarsveld was unable to bat because of a finger injury sustained while fielding.Hampshire struggled on a pitch offering plenty of turn and their top scorer was South African batsman Neil McKenzie who hit five boundaries in his 46-ball 48, sharing in a stand of 50 for the fifth wicket with Sean Ervine.Champions Hampshire were never at ease against the occasional spin of van Jaarsveld, who took 3 for 20 from four overs having previously only ever taken seven wickets in the competition.But if Kent thought seven an over was a reasonable proposition, they were in for a shock as they lost Denly, Azhar Mahmood and Key with just two on the board. With Riaz quickly dismissed only Darren Stevens offered any resistance, striking six and two fours in his 20 before he was bowled by Danny Briggs.Sam Northeast was run out for 3 and Kent were beyond redemption at 40 for 6 at the start of the eighth over. Shahid Afridi, who was out first ball when Hampshire batted, accounted for Adam Ball in the 11th over and the innings was quickly wrapped up by Imran Tahir who sent back Geraint Jones and Charl Langeveldt.Hampshire’s victory was their sixth in succession at the Rose Bowl and for Kent there was at least a small consolation of having avoided the lowest total in the English version of the competition. That remains the 67 Sussex made, coincidentally against Hampshire, in 2004.

Simon Katich signed off his Friends Provident t20 campaign in spectacular style with a match-winning innings for Lancashire against Leicestershire

25-Jun-2010
ScorecardSimon Katich signed off his Friends Provident t20 campaign in spectacular style with a match-winning innings for Lancashire Lightning against Leicestershire Foxes in their North Group clash at Grace Road. The Australian left-hander smashed a blistering 41 off 19 balls, hitting eight boundaries, as Lancashire chased down a victory target of 177 to win by six wickets with three balls to spare.The Foxes had posted a challenging 176 for 6 – their best score of the season – with Jacques Du Toit and James Taylor both making half-centuries. But Lancashire were always up with the required rate and Katich finished things off with a boundary blitz that sent the Foxes crashing to their fourth defeat in a row at home.It is Katich’s final game for Lancashire in the competition. After playing for them this weekend in the County Championship game against Yorkshire he joins up with the Australian squad for the forthcoming Test series against Pakistan.Lancashire were given the perfect start to their chase by openers Stephen Moore and Tom Smith who put on 44 in the first five overs. Moore stuck three sixes in his 26 off 15 balls and Smith hit three fours and a six as he made 32 off 25 balls.Steven Croft continued the Lancashire charge with a quickfire 42 off 36 balls and also included a six before being brilliantly caught behind by Paul Nixon off the bowling of James Benning. But it was only left-arm spinner Claude Henderson who caused any real trouble to the visitors claiming two wickets in two balls to give Foxes some hope of a victory.But Katich and Paul Horton snatched that away from them in a fifth-wicket stand, with Katich hitting six boundaries off the first 10 balls he faced. He smashed two more in the final over to send his side to victory with three balls remaining. Horton made 30 off 21 deliveries.The Leicestershire innings was dominated by Du Toit and Taylor, who shared a third-wicket stand of 92 in 11 overs. Du Toit made 69 off 50 balls, hitting three sixes and five sixes and Taylor was once again impressive in a knock of 61 off just 37 balls with three sixes and four fours. But it was not enough to end the Foxes’ nightmare run of form at home.

Stand-in captain Lewis targets 2-0 win after coming through in final-ball ODI triumph

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Sep-2024Gaby Lewis says that Ireland’s aim is to keep the buzz going after their thrilling final-ball victory in Belfast on Wednesday, as the format switches from 50-overs to 20 for the Dublin leg of England women’s tour.Lewis, who is currently standing in for Laura Delany, led from the front with a matchwinning 72 from 56 balls in the third ODI, but it was left to Ireland’s lower-order to scramble over the line by three wickets, despite a spirited England fightback led by Lauren Filer and Mady Villiers.The result didn’t impact the series, which England claimed 2-1 after emphatic wins in the first two fixtures, but the feelgood factor has been palpable for the hosts, especially after the disappointment of failing to qualify for next month’s T20 World Cup.Not only can they look forward to eager crowds in Clontarf for the T20Is, but the fact that Ireland came out on top in a contest that was reduced to 22 overs a side clearly augurs well for their prospects in the shorter format.”It’s huge,” Lewis said. “If you suffer a defeat in the last game of the series, you’re on a bit of a downer coming into the next series. But that just puts the defeat to the back of your mind. It’s not forgotten, we have obviously learned from it, but all you can all you can remember is the buzz we had on Wednesday.”So, we’re looking forward to bringing that positivity into these two games this weekend. And especially because it was a shortened game, it gives us that confidence in the T20 format. We’re looking forward to a 2-0 series win this weekend!”Kate Cross, who is leading a new-look England squad in Heather Knight’s absence, admitted that Ireland had been the better team on the day. However, she was proud of the fight they had shown in adversity, and backed a team that has featured six new caps across the three matches to learn more from the setback than they could have picked up in victory – not least Hollie Armitage, whose glaring misfield off the final ball handed Ireland their matchwinning boundary.”Ultimately the result was probably a fair one,” Cross said. “Ireland were the better team in that third ODI, but what our girls did really well was they fought to stay in the game. If you can take games of cricket as deep as possible, then you just don’t know.”We got a little bit of a sniff at the end of that game, but incidents like what happened with Hollie are just part of the game. Obviously it’s more upsetting that it’s off the final ball, but I just said to her that we all made some mistakes in the field at some points, which contributed to us losing that game.”England’s T20I squad will feature some more fresh faces, with Seren Smale and Charis Pavely among the players who could make their international debuts this weekend. Katie George has also been called into the squad, partially as cover for Mahika Gaur, the 18-year-old left-arm seamer whose comeback from a side strain is being carefully handled by the team management.”Mahika is coming back from an injury,” Cross said. “She’s not played much cricket this summer, and to throw her into back-to-back games feels like it might be a bit of a risk for her, especially when there’s a World Cup around the corner, plus a South Africa series and an Ashes to play for this winter.”Katie’s been added to the squad to just give us a little bit more depth in the seam attack. She’s had to fight back through a lot of injuries herself. Stress-fracture rehabs are never easy, you end up doing a lot of lonely work, So for her to have her name back in an England squad is absolutely exceptional for her.”

Same squad that won the ODI series 2-0 picked for the T20Is as well

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Jul-2023West Indies women U-19 players Zaida James, Ashmini Munisar and Djenaba Joseph have been named in the side’s 14-player squad that will play three T20Is against Ireland this week.The selectors have opted to retain the same squad that won the ODI series 2-0 last week, with chief selector Ann Browne-John saying the group has a strong balance of experience and youth.”The selection panel decided to retain the players who completed the ODI series,” Browne-John said. “These players have shown form and performance which enabled the team to secure a series win, which the team has been striving for in recent times.”As we continue the rebuilding, we believe we have found a competent balance in mix of senior players and the younger players selected. It is in keeping with our ethos of preparing the next batch of West Indies women’s players, by combining the experienced and the newly capped players.”The side, led by Hayley Matthews and her deputy Shemaine Campbelle, will be playing their first set of T20I games since the T20 World Cup earlier this year, where West Indies were knocked out in the group stage.All three games will be played in St Lucia’s Daren Sammy Cricket Ground. The first fixture is on Tuesday, July 4, followed by matches on July 6 and 8.West Indies T20I squad: Hayley Matthews (captain), Shemaine Campbelle (vice-captain), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Chinelle Henry, Afy Fletcher, Cherry Ann Fraser, Shabika Gajnabi, Zaida James, Djenaba Joseph, Qiana Joseph, Ashmini Munisar, Stafanie Taylor, Rashada Williams.

Levick triggers collapse but Jones responds in kind to seal match for Thunder

ESPNcricinfo staff18-May-2022Thunder 148 for 7 (Boyce 65, Lamb 50, Levick 4-22) beat Northern Diamonds 92 (Jones 3-23) by 56 runsThunder survived a manic late-order collapse to win a pulsating cross-Pennine Charlotte Edwards Cup clash with Northern Diamonds by 56 runs at Sale.After half-centuries for home openers Emma Lamb and Georgie Boyce, both sides suffered major batting problems on a pitch offering signs of uneven bounce.Lamb made 50 and Boyce 65, the pair sharing an entertaining 95 inside 13 overs. But Thunder slipped from 136 for one in the 18th over to post 148 for seven, with Katie Levick taking three wickets in three legitimate balls.The Diamonds, however, were about to undo all of their good work as, including the loss of returning England star Nat Sciver for two, they collapsed to 33 for six in the seventh over of their reply. They were unable to recover and were bowled out for 92 in 20 overs.Left-arm spinner Hannah Jones claimed an excellent three for 23 from four overs as Thunder claimed all five points on offer for a bonus point victory.Lamb’s fourth Thunder score of 50 or more and Boyce’s third were central to a competitive score and both came at better than a run-a-ball.The pair shared three sixes, two hit down the ground and the other over midwicket.Lamb reached her fifty first, off 40 balls, before falling next ball to a brilliant diving catch from Sciver running in from the deep midwicket fence off Abi Glen’s seamers (95 for one in the 13th over).Boyce followed her there off 42 balls, reached with a straight six off New Zealand off-spinner Leigh Kasperek.But she was the second of the six wickets to fall in the last 13 legitimate balls of the innings as Thunder subsided badly from 136 for one in the 18th.Levick (four for 22 from four overs) ousted Shachi Pai caught in the deep and Ellie Threlkeld and Laura Jackson both bowled at the end of the 18th and start of the 20th overs – but there was a wide in between to prevent a hat-trick being taken.She added the wicket of Laura Marshall with the penultimate ball of the innings, added to two wickets for the left-arm spin of Linsey Smith as the Diamonds’ four spinners returned combined figures of six for 93 from 14 overs.While the Thunder were missing England duo Sophie Ecclestone and Kate Cross due to IPL Challenge duty, the Diamonds were able to include Sciver as a batter only for her first appearance since the early April World Cup final in New Zealand.And she was thrust into early action with the bat as national colleague Lauren Winfield-Hill, seemingly hampered by a leg injury suffered in the field, was bowled for a duck four balls into the visiting chase trying to hit Jackson (two for 16 from four overs) to leg.But Sciver’s first innings of the 2022 summer lasted only 10 balls as she also was bowled pushing forwards at Jackson.And when Hollie Armitage slapped former team-mate Phoebe Graham to mid-on shortly afterwards, the Diamonds were eight for three in the fourth over.Jones then trapped Abi Glen and Bess Heath lbw in the sixth over before Kasperek was run out by Alex Hartley as the score slipped to a game deciding 33 for six in the seventh.Jones later bowled tail-ender Rachael Slater as wickets continued to fall with the game already decided.

Opener admits to finding life in the bubble strange, as January arrival clashes with likely dates

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Dec-2020Rory Burns has indicated he may choose to miss England’s tour of Sri Lanka in January, so that he can attend the birth of his first child.Although the dates of the Sri Lanka tour are not yet known (the ECB was due to confirm them this week but had to postpone the announcement) the two-Test series is likely to begin in the middle of the month, with the team set to depart on January 2.And given the expectation of strict Covid-19 protocols in Sri Lanka and India, where England are also due to tour in the new year, it is unclear whether Burns would be able either to leave the tour early or arrive in the country late.”I’m not too sure at the minute,” Burns told London’s Evening Standard. “I’m waiting to see what the dates are. I don’t know them yet, so it’s a judgment call closer to the time.”I’m not sure [whether he would miss a Test]. I’d like to be there for the birth, especially with it being the first one. I will need to decide a bit closer to the time, when there’s a little bit more knowledge of what’s going on.”Burns had also been due to miss England’s postponed tour of Sri Lanka in March, after damaging ankle ligaments while playing football during the preceding South Africa series.However, he played a full part in all six of England’s summer Tests against West Indies and Pakistan, albeit with mixed success, as he followed a haul of 234 runs at 46.80 in the former series with 20 runs at 5.00 in the latter. In the same interview, he conceded that the strictures of England’s bio-secure environment may have played a part in that downturn in form.”The summer was short and sharp and it just got away from me at times,” he said. “It was great to win both series. [Against] West Indies I played quite nicely, Pakistan I think I got some good balls. Suddenly, the summer’s done.ALSO READ: England concerned about bio-secure integrity, says SA team doctor“Bubble life was different. It’s not something I personally enjoyed that much. I like getting out and about a bit more, to do different things. It seems rugby has learned from that, they’ve been getting in and out of the bubble. That’s quite important.”When I have played my best, it’s when cricket’s not been the be-all and end-all,” he added. “I found that you couldn’t get away from cricket. You walk from one end of the ground to the other.”I like to go for a coffee, see a mate or my missus; refreshing yourself by not thinking cricket — and that’s a lot harder to do in the bubble setting. That was the main challenge for me. It sounds quite trivial, but everyone’s experiencing this period differently.”Should Burns decide not to join the Sri Lanka tour, the England management are sure to take a sympathetic view of the situation – the captain, Joe Root, missed the first Test of last summer to attend the birth of his second child, with Ben Stokes taking over as captain.However, he would be inviting pressure for his place at the top of the order, with Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley having demonstrated their aptitude for the role in the past 12 months, and with Keaton Jennings also a possibility for selection, having enjoyed previous success as an opener in Asian conditions.Jonny Bairstow, who last played a Test in South Africa 12 months ago, is also expected to earn a recall for the Sri Lanka trip, having pulled out of his Big Bash deal with Melbourne Stars, while Jofra Archer – a mainstay of England’s Test bubble in the summer – is likely to be rested ahead of an arduous 12 months across formats.”I’m not sure what’s happening in Sri Lanka, but I know at least I’ll be home for Christmas,” Archer told Sky Sports, prior to his departure from England’s current South Africa tour. “And whatever happens I should be well refreshed to take on whatever is going on in the new year.”The guys here have given us their full backing. If anyone is saying they want to get out of the bubble, they will try their best to accommodate it. We have a T20 World Cup coming up, and an Ashes, so I think we’ll prioritise the tournaments coming up.”

Diamonds skipper makes 56 to keep Thunder rooted to the bottom of the table

ECB Reporters Network13-Aug-2019Yorkshire Diamonds captain Lauren Winfield’s excellent 56 followed by a polished bowling and fielding display under pressure secured a thrilling Kia Super League win by nine runs over Lancashire Thunder at Liverpool.Winfield hit seven fours and a six in a 45-ball knock which underpinned a Diamonds total of 151 for 6 and took her beyond 500 career Super League runs.The Diamonds then soaked up a Lancashire fightback from 83 for 4 in the 14th, including the loss of India star Harmanpreet Kaur for 37, to bowl their hosts out for 142.Legspinner Katie Levick had Ellie Threlkeld caught behind with the first ball of the last over, defending 10, to secure a first victory in three.The Thunder, for whom Emma Lamb impressed with a late 32 off 14 balls, have now lost four from four.Winfield, having won the toss, and Alyssa Healy shared an excellent opening partnership of 68 inside 10 overs.Winfield was particularly strong down the ground in her third fifty since the KSL started in 2016.By the time she reached her latest milestone, off 42 balls, she had lost Healy – bowled by Sophia Dunkley’s legspin having played on trying to reverse sweep.Lancashire, despite a bright 33 from Hollie Armitage, fought back well, with Ecclestone and Lamb’s offspin both striking, along with two wickets for Kate Cross.After Ecclestone had uprooted Winfield’s middle stump to make it 106 for 2 in the 15th over, Cross bowled Armitage and had Indian Jemimah Rodrigues superbly caught at deep midwicket by Sune Luus.Twelve then came off Ecclestone in the last over to secure a competitive, but not insurmountable total.The start of Lancashire’s chase was eventful as Australian Tahlia McGrath and fellow overseas Luus, the South African both hit boundaries as 10 came off Linsey Smith’s first over.Then, in the third, Helen Fenby bowled a head-high full toss before McGrath hit the free hit for six. But the legspinner gained revenge towards the end of over by uprooting McGrath’s leg stump.The Thunder then lost their second wicket in the fourth, leaving them 23 for 2, when Luus miscued the impressive left-arm seamer Katie George to mid-off.And that was when the Diamonds, chiefly with spin added to George, started to turn the game in their favour.Smith, New Zealand offspinner Leigh Kasperek and legspinner Levick all bowled tidy overs as the scored moved to 41 for 2 after 7 overs.Harmanpreet, key to home hopes, launched Kasperek over long-off for six in the eighth over and they reached halfway at 62 for 2, needing 90 more for victory.But she then lost her partner Dunkley, who was caught at mid-off as medium pacer Alice Davidson-Richards struck, leaving the score at 69 for 3 in the 12th.Harmanpreet was caught on 35 off a Smith no-ball before, having added two more runs, falling to Davidson-Richards when she sliced a catch to compatriot Rodrigues at deep cover – 83 for four in the 14th.Lamb’s superb 32 included a six off Davidson-Richards to keep the game alive, taking the target to 28 off 18 balls. But wickets continued to tumble, including herself caught at point off Smith.Ultimately, wickets falling proved to be the issue for Lancashire, who lost Georgie Boyce and Cross to run outs, as they remain rooted to the foot of the table.

A perfectly paced rearguard from England’s seventh-wicket pair staved off the prospect of an innings defeat and raised the faintest hope of a fightback

The Live Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando26-May-2018England 184 (Cook 70) and 235 for 6 (Root 68, Buttler 66*, Bess 55*) lead Pakistan 363 (Babar 68*) by 56 runs

ScorecardJos Buttler, basically in his IPL post-season, and Dom Bess, a 20-year-old debutant for whom batting is his second suit, found England’s match-cause beaten and bloodied in a gutter, resuscitated it, and gave it session-long TLC.Thanks to a sublime period of bowling from virtually the entire Pakistan attack, England were still 69 runs in the hole, and six wickets down, when Buttler and Bess came together. But after tea, the pair batted with spunk. They quelled Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Abbas who had run riot during parts of the day, defused Shadab Khan who had worked himself into a nice rhythm, and by stumps had forced Sarfraz Ahmed into defence with their as-yet unbroken 125-run stand. England are still only 56 runs ahead. The second new ball is only two overs away. But there is hope yet. Hope that this lead can be nudged and nurdled and massaged and stretched to 150. Hope for a another famous Pakistan fourth-innings collapse.The resistance was built on good sense. At no point did Bess or Buttler attempt a sustained counterattack. They just took note that the last of the reverse swing Pakistan had generated had disappeared, and so set about only venturing runs off the bad balls. Buttler prospered largely on the leg-side, putting away the balls aimed at his body. Bess was much more of an off-side man, all but nine of his runs coming there.Each had reached their fifties before stumps. Buttler had a sober 66 off 130 deliveries – his pacing perfectly suited to this difficult Test-match situation, even though he was playing rollicking knocks for Rajasthan Royals not long back. It was valiance, meanwhile, that characterised Bess’s innings. He wasn’t always in control of his shots, and misread Shadab repeatedly. But he shook off the plays-and-misses and looked for runs right through his innings. Sarfraz, Pakistan’s captain, helped them out a little by hedging his bets. He had token slips in place, but otherwise had spread the field as if he was just killing time until the second new ball became available.As good as that partnership was, though, Pakistan’s late-afternoon burst was perhaps even better. Amir bowled another magic delivery, bringing his tally of superbly unplayable balls to two in this Test. In the first innings, Cook had been his victim, this time: Jonny Bairstow. The ball curved out of Amir’s hands – reverse probably – pitched just on a good length, and snorted its way back towards Bairstow, his bat and pad wide apart. It then screamed through to clatter the top of middle and off.Bairstow’s was the second dismissal in a four-wicket sequence that cost Pakistan only 19 runs. The first in that stretch to fall had been Dawid Malan, edging Amir behind to Sarfraz, who threw himself beautifully to his left to complete a low catch. After Bairstow was dismissed, Ben Stokes punched a Shadab delivery to midwicket, who leapt and stretched athletically to reel it in. Then Joe Root who, until that stage, was the only England batsman to achieve any manner of fluency in this innings, was struck in front of the stumps by an Abbas delivery that seamed in from well outside off stump. The score at 110 for 6, he held his head in his hands before he left the field.Pakistan had also found the morning session productive. Their last-wicket pair put on a further 13 runs together, to take the first-innings lead to 179. Then they got both the openers before lunch. Abbas nailed Alastair Cook in front with another nip-backer and Mark Stoneman was bowled by a Shadab delivery that spun very low out of the rough. Stoneman’s innings, which brought him 9 off 45 balls, had been dire.

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency has launched its own investigation into the corruption allegations emanating from the 2017 PSL

Umar Farooq20-Mar-2017Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has launched its own investigation into the corruption allegations emanating from the 2017 PSL. The country’s interior ministry also put four players provisionally suspended by the PCB in relation to the case – Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Irfan and Shahzaib Hasan – on an exit control list, preventing them from leaving Pakistan.Nasir Jamshed, the fifth provisionally suspended player, is based in England and his lawyer informed the PCB of Jamshed’s inability to travel to Lahore. Jamshed had been arrested in the UK as part of the PSL corruption case but was released on bail. The FIA has no treaty with England that allows it to bring Jamshed back to Pakistan for investigation.Latif and Irfan had appeared at the Lahore office of the FIA on Monday in response to a summons from the agency, which said a “enquiry has been registered on the complaint of Subhan Ahmed, Chief Operating Officer PCB” and their presence was required.The PCB, however, distanced themselves from the FIA’s inquiry and ESPNcricinfo understands the board had only written to the FIA requesting assistance in obtaining forensic information from mobile phones in connection to the PSL case.”No complaint has been made by PCB to FIA to launch an investigation into players’ conduct”, Ahmed told ESPNcricinfo. “We have simply asked FIA to certify the authenticity of the data in players’ mobile phones in PCB’s possession for submission to anti-corruption tribunal as evidence”.The PCB had formed a three-member tribunal headed by justice Asghar Haider (retired), and including former PCB chairman Tauqir Zia and former wicketkeeper Wasim Bari to hear the cases of Sharjeel and Latif, who had contested some of the charges against them. The hearing was set for March 24. Irfan and Shahzaib had not yet responded to the charge sheet.

Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann’s immediate future is under a cloud after he was diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis during the final ODI against India

Daniel Brettig23-Jan-2016Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann’s immediate future is under a cloud after he was diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis during the final ODI against India.Lehmann was hospitalised after the condition which he had previously suffered in 2007 was confirmed. Michael Di Venuto, the assistant coach, will take charge of the team during the T20I series against India while Lehmann undergoes treatment.John Orchard, Cricket Australia’s chief medical officer, said Lehmann had noticed calf swelling this morning and reported that to support staff. Later in the day, time was found for him to visit a radiology clinic on site at the SCG, which confirmed the re-emergence of the condition some nine years after he last faced it.”We had a little bit of a scare in the Australian camp in the bowling innings in that our coach Darren Lehmann has been diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis,” Orchard said. “He had some calf swelling this morning … then an hour or two later mentioned it to the physio and to me.”Short-term symptoms and weren’t particularly bothering him, but possibly because he’s had the issue before he’s aware you do report that sort of thing. He’s not in any major discomfort or pain, but something he knew to report. One of the factors associated with it is it’s unwise to fly until you’ve stabilised the condition, so he will be absent from the Australian team camp for a short period.”[How long] will depend on how long he takes to get stabilised and treated so they’re happy to release him. He’ll be unable to fly for a week and then we’ll assess him. He’s very sensible about it and wants to put his health first, so he’s happy to hand over the reins to make sure he’s going to be all ok from a health perspective.”Orchard said it was a possibility that Lehmann’s convalescence would cut into the schedule for the forthcoming tour of New Zealand. “The treatment for DVT is to thin the blood, sometimes you can do that really quickly and sometimes it takes a little bit of time because it requires a change of medication,” he said. “So it’s hard to give an exact time frame but he’ll work on that.”Symptomatically he’s fine, he could coach, but we’re not going to have him flying around as we move from city to city. It’s not definite either way, [New Zealand being affected] is a possibility but we’ve given a prognosis for this week that he’ll miss the T20 series and then it depends on how quickly he stabilises.”Di Venuto has worked with the national team since 2013 following a long and distinguished playing career. Should Lehmann be unavailable for a longer period, Cricket Australia has already flagged a high opinion of the Western Australia coach Justin Langer, who was set to substitute for the head coach during a limited overs tour of the West Indies in mid-year.Lehmann’s wife Andrea was informed soon after the diagnosis was made and Australia’s players were briefed on their coach’s health after the completion of the match.”Our first thoughts and concerns are obviously with Darren and his family – health is more important than any cricket match,” the CA team performance chief Pat Howard said. “Everyone at Cricket Australia wishes him a speedy recovery.”We plan for all eventualities and on that basis Michael Di Venuto, who has previously coached Australia A in 2014, will step up to fill Darren’s role as Head Coach for the Twenty20 International Series. “We will assess the situation on the basis of medical advice and with Darren’s best interests in mind over the coming days.”