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
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.
In cricket there is great tradition, particularly Test cricket, and as long as I've played the game the 12th man was usually one of the bowlers if one of your players goes off,
It's very painful, it feels like I've got barbed wire in my chest every time I run,
Errol's hopeful that if I give it seven days or so then it should be back to nearly normal. But it's not much fun at the moment.
Every high-profile performance for either England or Australia can only enhance the prospects of the Ashes later in the year.
At the time I was bitterly disappointed at the decision, but looking at it now I respect where they are coming from.
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.
Basically it's the first time the team has operated as a professional outfit,
I hardly knew any of the guys I was playing with, and the guys I was playing against I had just seen them on TV.
A bloke's bowling 150kph, trying to rip the fingers off your arms, or probably even worse,
For him to come out and say was very surprising as a modern-day player and for me, very disappointing and not in the spirit of how we should play Test cricket.
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).