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On Tuesday, CA announced that Lehmann was this season\u2019s recipient of the Men\u2019s Domestic Player of the Year prize, an award his father, Australian cricket legend Darren, received on three occasions.<\/p>\n
During the voting period, the left-hander struck hundreds in four consecutive Sheffield Shield matches, including March\u2019s triumphant final against Queensland in Adelaide.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a little bit of a shock,\u201d Lehmann said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt like I\u2019ve been playing some really good cricket in the last 18 months, so to get recognised by people that you\u2019re playing against and your peers is always something special and I\u2019m grateful for the acknowledgment. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great honour. Over my career, I\u2019ve looked up to these players and aspire to be these players. I\u2019ve tried to copy a few things that those players have done over the years, so to have my name against their names and be acknowledged in that way is just an honour.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jake Lehmann of South Australia. Photo by Mark Brake\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Last month, Lehmann gave up the dream of following in his father\u2019s footsteps by representing Australia, signing a two-year deal with Hampshire as a local player via his UK passport. The closest he came to a national call-up was earning selection for Australia A in 2016.<\/p>\n
By committing his future to England, Lehmann is now ineligible to play international cricket for Australia under ICC regulations, while to feature in future editions of the Sheffield Shield he will have to register as an overseas player.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like the timing is right,\u201d Lehmann explained to ESPNcricinfo last month.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was always the dream and the goal, but only a small number of people get to (play for Australia).<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, I haven\u2019t got to do it, but I\u2019m also grateful to have played first-class cricket for the last 12 years and to give back to Australian cricket in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, West Australian captain Sam Whiteman has penned a three-year deal with Yorkshire in the County Championship, also abandoning his dream of donning the coveted baggy green.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old, who previously captained Australia A and represented the nation\u2019s Under-19 team, was born in the United Kingdom and moved to Australia when he was three. He was instrumental to Western Australia\u2019s recent Sheffield Shield three-peat, named player of the final on three occasions. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe timing is right for me to return to the UK and once the opportunity arose for me to sign with Yorkshire, it was one that was too good for me to turn down,\u201d Whiteman said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, West Australian young gun Cooper Connolly has been awarded the prestigious Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year prize, having made his national debut in all three formats across the last 18 months. Previous recipients include Brett Lee, Shane Watson, Phil Hughes and David Warner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe award is named after the Don so it\u2019s special to be a part of that group and to see the previous winners, it\u2019s always exciting to be part of that,\u201d Connolly said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m enormously grateful for all the support I\u2019ve had from coaches, teammates and support staff at WA Cricket. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to the upcoming BBL finals campaign and am excited at the prospect of being a part of the Scorchers\u2019 sixth BBL title.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Australia\u2019s Jake Lehmann has been awarded Men\u2019s Domestic Player of the Year by Cricket Australia less than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-425937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}