Steve Smith has featured in 38 games facing England and accumulated 3,436 career runs.
English fans ought to improve than the abuse they aim at Australia batsman Smith, says ex- manager Lehmann.
Smith, 36 years old, has regularly been a frequent focus of chants and boos from England fans following his role in the 2018 ball-altering controversy.
Smith was sacked as leader and barred for a full year while Lehmann, who was cleared of wrongdoing, resigned as manager in the wake of the incident.
"The taunts you face is constant," Lehmann said. "It is astonishing."
"Smith is performing daily. It's likely more difficult for him."
"Among English crowds they just never forget. It's as if they have ever committed an error in their existence."
"It's just the people that consume excess alcohol and carry on like idiots."
Context of the Ball-Altering Incident
During a Test against South Africa, Steve Smith admitted Australia's "leadership group" formulated a plan to interfere with the ball.
Ex- opener David Warner instructed batter Cameron Bancroft how to use sandpaper to scuff up the cricket ball, and Bancroft was then discovered in the act by broadcast cameras in the middle of the match. Both men were also suspended together with Smith.
Fallout and Ongoing Response
Smith made his comeback after the ball-altering scandal in the 2019 Ashes series Test at Edgbaston and has been taunted repeatedly since.
English supporters also focus jeers on his upsetting media appearance in 2018.
"We made the error, accept it and get past it," Darren Lehmann commented.
"One strives to move on the to the fullest. We receive brought back constantly and that is an inevitable part."
"Smith can be proud with how he manages the situation."
"The English fans ought to be better than that. The majority are indeed and are quite encouraging of what goes on in the game."
