Justin Langer
Justin Langer
Justin Lee Langer AMis an Australian former cricketer who represented Australia in 105 Test matches, and is the current coach of Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers in Australian domestic cricket. A left-handed batsman, Langer is best known for his partnership with Matthew Hayden as Australia's opening batsmen during the early and mid-2000s, considered one of the most successful ever. Representing Western Australia domestically, Langer played English county cricket for Middlesex and Somerset, and holds the record for the most...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth21 November 1970
It may not be an important game for us, but we won our last one and while we're not in the hunt for the final it's important for us to keep the momentum going.
What South Africa should remember is that they can fire up the crowd and we can fire up the crowd, but all that matters is (the cricket).
A bloke's bowling 150kph, trying to rip the fingers off your arms, or probably even worse,
That's not being arrogant, that's just a fact, ... With the experience and the statistics we've got in our change room we'll win Test matches.
You need to play late against swing and take singles and twos.
I was a bit nervous when to take it (the final power play). We got three wickets in that period where they probably went really hard and I think that was more significant than (what happened) at the end.
If we were to lose this series 3-1, worst-case scenario, I would look back on this and say it's the best series I've ever played in,
In this day of professionalism it's just another way of getting the best out of the resources that are available and are within the rules, and we can't argue with it because it's within the rules.
If you don't experience either of those, it simply means that you are not playing.
If getting out for 99 is the worst thing that happens to me in my life, I'll take it,
I know some of our guys are enjoying it, and some of them perhaps aren't because the results aren't quite there. We'll be better for it, individually and as a team, there's no doubt about that. To me it's a buzz to be in this situation.
Experience tells us that few matches are won on the back of one or two good sessions of play. To win a Test match most teams have to win and outplay the opposition for extended periods of time.
I don't know a lot about the Scots, but I'm aware they have beaten some of the English counties in the NCL and have gone close in other matches,
Focus on where you want to go, not where you don't want to go.