by Karthik Narayan

If patience tests were to be implanted in the game of cricket, count one cricketer to top that list - Darren Scott Lehmann. After 11 long years of First Class Cricket (First Class Season started at the age of 17), he finally made it to the Aussie Test Team in 1998.

A late riser from bed as far as Aussie cricket goes, at least age wise. He broke into the Aussie team at the age of 28, an age when cricketers blossom and consolidate on their early starts in international cricket. But age did not deter this left-hander born in Gawler, South Australia in Feb 1970. When he made his debut in the Bangalore Test in 1998 under the leadership of Mark Taylor, he made a spirited 52 on debut, which was not bad by any standards.

In his immediately next test, against Pakistanis in their own backyard of Rawalpindi, he made a brilliant 98. This meant that he was sublime on subcontinent conditions against India and Pakistan, who are considered to be invincible at home. That start really brought him to the forefront of test cricket. His first hundred eluded him till the 10^th test of his career when he came up with a good knock against the West Indies at Port of Spain. He got a 66 in the second innings at a good snappy pace to go along with his century in the first innings. Read more....

     M   I   NO   Runs   HS    Ave     SR    100  50  Ct  St
    27  42    2   1798  177   44.95   61.80   5   10  11   0

     O     M    R     W    Ave    BBI    5  10    SR   Econ
   162.2  36   412   15  27.46   3-42    0   0   64.9  2.53

    M    I   NO   Runs   HS   Ave     SR    100  50   Ct  St
    117  101  22   3078  119  38.96  81.34    4   17   26   0

     O     M    R     W    Ave    BBI   4w  5w   SR   Econ
   298.5   3  1445   52   27.78   4-7    1   0  34.4  4.83