Australia coach in hospital with blood clot

25 Jan, 2016

Australia's cricket coach Darren Lehmann is being treated for deep vein thrombosis and will miss his team's twenty20 series against India next week, officials said. Lehmann will be replaced by batting coach Michael Di Venuto for the three matches in Adelaide on Tuesday, Melbourne on Friday and Sydney on Sunday, Cricket Australia said.
"DVT is not an uncommon condition and it is important to diagnose it early so that it can be safely managed," Cricket Australia's chief medical officer John Orchard said in a statement late Saturday.

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