Yorkshire County Cricket Club are delighted to announce the acquisition of Jake Lehmann for the remainder of the 2016 Specsavers County Championship season.

The left-hander joins the club ahead of a key period of Championship action, the first of six remaining games getting underway at Old Trafford on Saturday when the White Rose take on rivals Lancashire. And Lehmann, currently representing Australia A in Townsville against South Africa, is due to leave Adelaide on Wednesday and should arrive in time to play in that four-day match.

The Club moved swiftly to secure the services of the South Australia and Adelaide Strikers man after the departure of Travis Head on Sunday. Head, 22, was selected for Australia’s One Day International Series in Sri Lanka and has left the Club with immediate effect.

Head coach Jason Gillespie said: “Getting a player of quality is always difficult at this stage of the season, but we’re delighted to secure the services of Jake.

“Things happened pretty quickly, triggered by Travis being called into the Australia squad and hopefully he goes on to get a game. Cricket Australia were fantastic to deal with and coordinating with South Australia went fantastically well and we were able to arrange for Jake to come over.

“He’s a great kid, gives the ball a whack and has shown good nous and awareness. Having worked with him at the Strikers he’ll fit in to the changing room too, as all our players do. I just hope that he has a good time with us, enjoys himself and contributes to some good wins for Yorkshire.”

The son of former Test batsman turned Australia coach Darren Lehmann – Jake, who will only be eligible for Championship fixtures and will wear shirt number 33, will now play on the same Headingley pitch his father achieved legendary status.