Lehmann backs Steelbacks to respond after first Blast setback
08.07.26, 14:19 Updated 08.07.26, 14:19
Jeremy Blackmore
With three Vitality Blast group matches still to play before the knockout stages, Darren Lehmann believes Northamptonshire's first defeat to Somerset should be viewed not as a cause for panic.
Instead, the head coach sees it as an opportunity to identify what went wrong while there is still time to put it right.
"I don't worry about making mistakes, as long as we don't make them again,” he said at the close of play.
Lehmann maintains his players were not complacent on Sunday but acknowledges they were far from clinical.
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Jeremy Blackmore is the founder and editor of The Steeler. Jeremy is a freelance cricket writer and Wantage Road regular. He has written extensively for a host of publications including The Cricketer, The Cricket Paper, Wisden Cricket Monthly and ESPNcricinfo. He also covers Northamptonshire for the ECB Reporters Network.