Lehmann says it could all be over

Darren Lehmann has taken his exclusion from the Ashes squad as a sign that his international career might just have ended. Dropped from the side after Australia's second Test against Pakistan, he did not tour New Zealand, but had hoped for one last shot at England. Lehmann admitted today that last shot might not come.

"You only have to read between the lines ... and that's fine," Lehmann said to ABC Sport. "I've had a great time and enjoyed every part of it and I've played with a bloody good cricket team. So for me now it's a case of working well with the Redbacks and looking forward to that future."

Lehmann has scored nearly 22,000 first-class runs in a career that began in 1987, and tallied 1798 runs in a 27-match Test career that spanned seven seasons.