{"id":542746,"date":"2026-04-21T11:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/542746\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:49:08","slug":"darren-lehmann-northamptonshire-head-coach-extends-deal-to-end-of-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/542746\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Lehmann: Northamptonshire head coach extends deal to end of 2029"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lehmann, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/articles\/c4gz2z9xzn9o\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed a one-year extension<\/a> last August, was Australia head coach from 2013 to 2018, winning two Ashes series and the 2015 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He has also coached Northern Superchargers in The Hundred, Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Sheffield Shield and Brisbane Heat in Australia&#8217;s Big Bash League (BBL).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re all thrilled to have secured Darren&#8217;s services for another two years. It&#8217;s been an excellent fit since his first day and he&#8217;s taking the club in a really positive direction,&#8221; said Northamptonshire CEO Ray Payne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Darren&#8217;s transparency and connection with the supporters has made a notable impact and the excitement around what the following years could bring on the field is a testament to his work so far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Northamptonshire host Worcestershire in their next match, starting on Friday, 1 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lehmann, who signed a one-year extension last August, was Australia head coach from 2013 to 2018, winning two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-542746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}