Northamptonshire have appointed former Australia batter Darren Lehmann as their head coach on a two-year contract.
The 54-year-old replaces John Sadler, who left the club on 6 September following defeat by Somerset in the T20 Blast quarter-finals.
Lehmann was in charge of of Australia's national side from 2013 to 2018 and has also had coaching spells in The Hundred and Indian Premier League.
"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 that wants to get better and follow their, and the club's, dreams, create memories and play at the highest level possible.
"I will encourage this on and off the field, as well as [an] open-door policy. I'm sure we will have success and fun along the way."
As a player, Lehmann appeared in 27 Tests, hit the winning runs in the 1999 World Cup final and scored more than 1,400 runs to help Yorkshire win the County Championship in 2001, their first title for 33 years.
Moving into coaching, he guided Deccan Chargers to the IPL title in 2009 and also had domestic success at home - with Queensland in the Sheffield Shield and Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash.
