Lachlan McRae Stevens (born 31 December 1978) is an Australian former

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er and current cricket coach. He played as a left-handed

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for

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and

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. He is currently the batting and assistant coach at

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, and has previously coached

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

and

Perth Scorchers The Perth Scorchers are an Australian men's professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the Big Bash League. The Scorchers wear an orange uniform and are based in Perth in the Australian state of Western Australia. Their home gr ...

' men's teams and

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and

Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Renegades are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket club based in Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. They compete in the Australian Twenty20 cricket competit ...

' women's teams.

Career

Stevens is a former Queensland colts and youth captain. Despite this he played his first Australian domestic game for

, in 2002–03. After limited success he returned to Brisbane and made his

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debut for

in 2004–05. His maiden first-class century came against

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. He was part of Queensland's record-breaking Pura Cup final victory in 2005–06 and scored 66 opening the batting. Stevens took the match-winning catch as they won by an innings and 354 runs. In November 2011, Stevens was named as head coach of Western Australia and the

, taking over from

Mickey Arthur John Michael Arthur (born 17 May 1968) is a South African-Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer, who played in South African domestic cricket from 1986 to 2001. He has served as the head coach of the Derbyshire County Crick ...

, who became coach of the

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. He had previously been the state's assistant coach. Stevens resigned from the position in November 2012, and was replaced by

Justin Langer Justin Lee Langer (born 21 November 1970) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is the former coach of the Australia men's national team, having been appointed to the role in May 2018 and leaving in February 2022 and became ...

. In 2020 he was appointed coach of the

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and Melbourne Renegades Women, but only spent one season at the two teams, resigning for family reasons. In March 2022 he was appointed batting and assistant coach at

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, signing a contract until at least the end of the 2023 season.

References

External links

* * 1978 births Living people Australian cricket coaches Australian cricketers Cricketers from Toowoomba Melbourne Renegades coaches Queensland cricketers South Australia cricketers {{Australia-cricket-bio-1970s-stub