5 Australian players who had a great First Class career but failed to shine in Test cricket

#1 Darren Lehmann

It is quite extraordinary that the present Australian coach Darren Lehmann played just 27 Test matches in his career.

Lehmann was a mixture of brute force and finesse. He could score a quickfire 50 and then follow it up with a 100-ball 30 if the requirement was such.

He made his Test debut against India in 1998 but had a start, stop career in the baggy green cap. He cannot be blamed for this however, as the Australian team those days had the best in the business and there was fierce competition to retain a place in the Test squad.

He played his last Test in 2004 against Pakistan and was dropped thereafter as his form deserted him. He only managed to score 1798 runs in the format from 27 matches at an average of 44.95.

His First Class record however was an earth shattering one. Turning up for South Australia Lehmann amassed a whopping 25, 795 runs from 284 matches at an average of 57.83 with 82 hundreds and 111 fifties.

He also picked 130 wickets to go alongside his batting record.