Blow for Northants as in-form leg-spinner Chahal misses crucial Derbyshire clash
Northants will be without Indian leg-spinner Yuzi Chahal for their final home game of the Rothesay County Championship season against Derbyshire that starts on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old misses the match at Wantage Road due to a 'prior commitment' and his place in the 13-man squad goes to Gus Miller.
It means Northants will only field one overseas player this week in the form of pace bowler Harry Conway.
The good news is that Chahal will be back and available for Northants' final four-day game of the season against Middlesex that starts at Lord's on September 24.
Chahal not playing is a big miss for Northants, as he has taken 19 wickets at just 14.84 apiece in his four matches this season to date.
"Yuzi misses this week as he has a prior commitment," confirmed Lehmann to Steelbacks TV.
"That is just one of those things that happens when you sign an overseas player sometimes.
"We will miss Yuzi, but Calvin (Harrison) has been excellent so he will get the main job of bowling lots of overs again, and he is in really good form.
"It's a loss, but it means we have some younger blokes coming into play and I am looking forward to seeing how we go."
Lewis McManus has recovered sufficiently from his dislocated finger to be named as the wicket-keeper in the County's 13-man squad.
Meanwhile, Derbyshire have been boosted by the return to their ranks of Pakistan seam bowler Muhammad Abbas, who rejoins the club after his player of the series effort for his country against England.
Derbyshire are also set to field New Zealand pace bowler Brett Randall, who has taken 14 wickets in three matches since joining the club on a short-term deal.
The visitors have named a 14-man squad that also includes England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir, and former second teamer and Northampton-born player Amrit Basra.
When the two sides met at Derby back in May, the home side were emphatic winners by an innings and 114 runs.
Play is due to start at 10.30am and Wantage Road on Tuesday.
Northants squad to play Derbyshire: Luke Procter (c), George Bartlett, Harry Conway, Liam Guthrie, Calvin Harrison, Louis Kimber, Lewis McManus (wk), Gus Miller, Stuart van der Merwe, James Sales, Ben Sanderson, Ricardo Vasconcelos, Saif Zaib.
Derbyshire squad to play Northants: Wayne Madsen (c); Brett Randell; Harry Came; Martin Andersson; Luis Reece; Shoaib Bashir; Ben Aitchison; Jack Morley; Matthew Montgomery; Yousaf Bin Naeem; Nick Potts; Brooke Guest (wk); Muhammad Abbas; Amrit Basra