“I’m feeling a lot better”

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Australia head coach Darren Lehmann is hoping to be given the green light to travel to New Zealand in order to be with the national team for their upcoming Test series against New Zealand.

Lehmann was recently diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and is set to miss the ODI portion of the series, during which assistant coach Michael Di Venuto is likely to be put in charge.

However, Lehmann is aiming to be give clearance to fly to New Zealand before the Test series begins on February 12.

“Obviously I’m still recovering from the DVT, but for me it’s just about hopefully getting medical clearance later on in the week and see where we go from there and join the New Zealand group,” Lehmann said. “But until medical clearance comes through to fly, I’ll have to wait and see. But I’m feeling a lot better.

“I’ve had some good care and it’s been a nice relaxing week, although watching us not play so well [in the T20s against India] hasn’t been that relaxing.”