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Darren Lehmann Appointed Coach of Australia   

43 years old Darren Lehmann in the Month of June 2013 has been appointed coach of Australian Cricket team. He was appointed replacing Mickey Arthur who was sacked two weeks before the Australia Ashes Tour which was set to start on 10 July 2013. South African Mickey Arthur, faced criticism following poor performances and disciplinary issues within the camp. He had coached Australia to 10 wins and six defeats in 19 Test
matches.

About Darren Lehmann

  • He had played 27 Tests and 117 one-day internationals for Australia between 1996 and 2005.
  • He retired from playing for South Australia in 2007, and was appointed as coach of Queensland in May 2011.
  • He had also coached Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League 6.
  • Lehmann played for Yorkshire in between 1997 to 2006 and was part of the side that won the County Championship in 2001, and captained the county the following season.
  • Queensland won the Sheffield Shield as well as two domestic one-day trophies in Lehmann’s two years coaching the state.

India to host 2016 World T20 and 2023 World Cup

BCCI (Board of Control of Cricket in India) on 29 June 2013 was awarded a chance to host two major events of International Cricket namely World Twenty20 for the first time in 2016 and its fourth 50-over World Cup in 2023 by ICC (International Cricket Council). BCCI also got the chance to host the second edition of ICC World Test Championship scheduled in February-March 2021.

The inaugural edition of the Test Championship will be hosted by England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) June-July 2017. Apart from this, the ECB was awarded a chance to host the 2019 World Cup and Cricket Australia (CA) got the hosting rights of the 2020 World Twenty20. All the three events were awarded to India during the International Cricket Council (ICC) Annual Conference. Jagmohan Dalmiya the interim Chief of BCCI and a former ICC president represented India in the event. During the International Cricket Council Annual Conference, ICC finalized its global events to be held from 2015 to 2023. In its decision, ICC decided that full members of International cricket will have to play a minimum of 16 tests over a period of four years to retain its test status. During the same conference, Afghanistan was confirmed as the 37th Associate
Member of the ICC and Romania was accepted as an Affiliate Member.

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