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Yuzvendra Chahal Returns To Northamptonshire For 2025 County Cricket Season

Yuzvendra Chahal Returns To Northamptonshire For 2025 County Cricket Season

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File photo of Yuzvendra Chahal© X (Twitter) India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal will return to Northamptonshire for the 2025 County Championship cricket season. Chahal played for the club in 2024, and his contract for this year will run from June until the end of the season once his IPL 2025 commitments with Punjab Kings are over. Chahal will be available for the club’s County Championship and One-Day Cup matches, starting from Northamptonshire’s game on June 22 against Middlesex. In the last season, Chahal took five wickets on debut against Kent in the One Day Cup and recorded career-best figures of 9-99 against Derbyshire in the County Championship. Chahal’s performances in the County Championship against Derbyshire and Leicestershire earned Northamptonshire back-to-back victories and he finished the season with 19 wickets at an average of 21 from just four first-class matches. “I thoroughly enjoyed my time here last season, so I’m very happy to be coming back. There are some great people in that dressing room, and I can’t wait to be part of that again. …

Darren Lehmann Named as Northamptonshire Head Coach

Darren Lehmann Named as Northamptonshire Head Coach

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Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann has been appointed as Northamptonshire’s Head Coach after he signed a two-year contract with the county. Lehmann will be succeeding John Sadler, who left the position in September after the side lost in the Vitality Blast Quarterfinal. Northamptonshire are running a winless campaign in the County Championship at the time, although they managed to finish fourth in Division Two. Introducing your new Northamptonshire Head Coach… 🥁 Darren Lehmann 🤩 The former Australia Head Coach joins the Club on a two-year contract. 🙌 Read more 👉 https://t.co/JnsH5BwZe5 pic.twitter.com/poPen0Tv0n — Northamptonshire CCC (@NorthantsCCC) October 25, 2024 Lehmann who quit coaching working after suffering heart attack in 2020, will be joining the club in February after working in a commentary role for ABC during the Australian summer. “Northamptonshire has a great history in our game and I am looking forward to meeting the players and learning about the club and its past and create our own history over the coming months and years,” Lehmann said. “The selling point for me is a group …