Darren Lehmann has congratulated Yorkshire on reaching 150 not out and backed them to celebrate the year in style.

As Yorkshire step up their bid for LV= County Championship glory against Nottinghamshire at Scarborough today, club legend Lehmann is in England coaching the Australia A squad.

He has made a seamless transition from player to coach with the Queensland Bulls and the Brisbane Heat Twenty20 team.

In late February, all three Australian domestic titles – the Sheffield Shield, the Ryobi Cup and the Big Bash League – were in Queensland Cricket’s hands.

Having won the four-day Shield title in 2011-12 with the Bulls, Lehmann added the one-day and Twenty20 titles of 2012-13 with the Bulls and the Heat. But now he is keen to see Yorkshire follow suit and bring some silverware back to Headingley.

“Firstly I would like to say congratulations to the club for 150 years,” said the Aussie, who scored an incredible 14,599 runs from 232 matches for Yorkshire between 1997 and 2006.

“I’m very proud to have played just a small part of that. From my point of view, I love the club and it’s a second home for me.

“It would be fantastic if they could win it this year of all years. They’ve started really well but the key is for them to keep the momentum going. They certainly have the squad to do it.”

Lehmann enjoyed plenty of success at Scarborough. Three of his 12 home hundreds for the county came at North Marine Road, including two against Notts – one in the Championship in 1998 and one in the Sunday League in 2001.

Lehmann won two trophies with Yorkshire, the Championship in 2001 at Scarborough before playing a part in the C&G Trophy success in 2002. However, he only played up to the semi-final due to unavailability.

“Every time I look back on my time at Yorkshire, they are all fond memories,” he said.

“The Championship win is the biggest one for me because we hadn’t won it for so long. We did it in style – we did it comfortably.”

Meanwhile, Alex Lees has replaced fellow opening batsman Joe Sayers in a 12-man squad for today’s match.