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
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,
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.
It's very painful, it feels like I've got barbed wire in my chest every time I run,
A bloke's bowling 150kph, trying to rip the fingers off your arms, or probably even worse,
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.
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.
Focus on where you want to go, not where you don't want to go.
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).