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

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and

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' men's teams and

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and

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' 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

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, 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 (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. A left-handed ba ...

. In 2020 he was appointed coach of the

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and

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, 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

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