#Justin Langer

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"Rain delays can send you into a state of mind where you just do random shit." THE TEST S01E07 - UNDER SIEGE

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"There are no cowards in the Australian cricket team, not ever," Cummins said. In light of this news, I am starting the hashtag #CowardsforCummins because I am a coward and I stand behind Pat Cummins.

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1,000 Times More Politics": KL Rahul's Honest Take to Justin Langer on India Coaching Role

Former Australian cricketer Justin Langer was among the top contenders for the position of India’s next head coach. With Rahul Dravid’s contract set to expire after the upcoming T20 World Cup, the BCCI was reportedly exploring multiple options for his replacement. However, Langer has decided to withdraw from consideration, citing the demanding nature of the role. During his tenure with Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024, Langer discussed the position with KL Rahul, who highlighted the immense ‘politics and pressure’ associated with being the head coach of the Indian cricket team, describing it as almost ‘a thousand times’ more intense than coaching an IPL team.

“I understand that it’s an all-encompassing role, and having experienced it for four years with the Australian team, it’s exhausting,” Langer shared on BBC Stumped.

“I spoke with KL Rahul, and he mentioned, ‘If you think there’s pressure and politics in an IPL team, multiply that by a thousand, and that’s what coaching India is like.’ That was valuable advice.”

Similarly, Langer’s former teammate Ricky Ponting also indicated his reluctance to pursue the position.

“I’ve seen numerous reports about it,” Ponting stated in an ICC Review interview. “Usually, these things surface on social media before you even hear about them. There were a few private conversations during the IPL to gauge my interest in the role.”

“I would love to be a senior coach of a national team, but considering my current commitments and desire for personal time, it’s not feasible. Everyone knows that if you take on the job with the Indian team, you cannot be involved with an IPL team, which would also eliminate that aspect,” he explained.

“Additionally, being a national head coach is a ten- or eleven-month-a-year job. Although I would like to do it, it doesn’t align with my current lifestyle and other pursuits,” Ponting concluded.

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‘The Test’ season 2 review: Less drama, more goodwill and unprecedented access to the Australian cricket team

‘The Test’ season 2 review: Less drama, more goodwill and unprecedented access to the Australian cricket team

Australian cricket and transitions have normally made for attention-grabbing tales over the final 4 many years. The departure from the poisonous tradition following the Sandpapergate scandal in 2018 to one thing more humane and sensitized was the topic of season one of  The Test, that launched in 2020. Nearly three years on, the second season sees the males’s team undergo yet one more transition…

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And so:

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Justin Langer said "Coaching the Indian team would be an extraordinary role, from what I’ve seen with the amount of talent I’ve seen in this country, it would be fascinating but I have never thought about it, I understand the pressure of being an International coach". [TOI]

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Real butchering of helpless Justin langer’s team by Cummin. Won by 10 wickets, 62 balls left 🤯🤯

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Y.E. Yang beats Bernhard Langer in playoff to win Ascension

Y.E. Yang watches his shot onto the green on the fourth hole during the final round of the Kaulig Companies Championship golf tournament at Firestone Country Club, Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Akron, Ohio. Y.E. Yang of South Korea sank his birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat the hard-charging Bernhard Langer and win his first PGA Tour Champions title at the Ascension Charity Classic on Sunday in St. Louis. Yang led the tournament after 18 holes and shared the 36-hole lead with Stewart Cink before shooting a final-round, 5-under-par 66 at Norwood Hills Country Club to post 13-under 200. But Langer, the German with more wins on the PGA Tour Champions (46) than anyone in history, entered the picture with a 7-under 64 that featured eight birdies, including a right-to-left putt on the par-4 18th hole to force the playoff. They replayed No. 18, and after Langer missed a birdie try, Yang’s midrange putt was true. He pumped his fist as the ball disappeared into the cup. Yang, 52, is best known for defeating Tiger Woods at the 2009 PGA Championship. He hadn’t won a professional event on American soil since then. “It was very long-time goal, but Champions, (winning in) just third year, I think is good,” Yang told reporters. “Today I think (is a) special, special day.” Langer said his birdie attempt on the playoff hole looked very similar to the putt he made to force the playoff. “Broke about a cup and a half, so I played it about the same,” Langer said. “Just stayed a little high, so it just went over the right edge or on the outside, on the high side.” Langer turned 67 late last month. After shooting a 67 on Saturday, he beat that number by three Sunday, marking his 18th time shooting his age or lower on the PGA Tour Champions. He would have preferred to cap it off with another trophy. “Yeah, for me it would’ve meant to win another tournament at age 67. I don’t think that has been done out here,” Langer said. “But we’ll see. Maybe it happens some weeks in the future.” Cink shot a 4-under 67 to finish alone in third at 12 under. His par-bogey-par finish prevented him from joining Yang and Langer in the playoff. Shane Bertsch holed seven birdies and no bogeys to match Langer’s 64 for the round of the day. He moved into a tie for fourth at 9 under with Justin Leonard (67). –Field Level Media Source link via The Novum Times

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Zaheer Khan set to join Lucknow Super Giants as mentor: Report

Former India pacer Zaheer Khan is set to join the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants as their mentor, says a report.

LSG’s coaching setup is currently led by Justin Langer is currently leading the LSG coaching set up. Langer, who took over as head coach from Andy Flower ahead of IPL 2024, is supported by assistant coaches Lance Klusener and Adam Voges.

Source: bhaskarlive.in

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Shah Rukh Khan Offered "Blank Cheque" To Gautam Gambhir, In BCCI's Radar, To Be At KKR For…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), according to several reports, is interested in Gautam Gambhir taking over the role of Indian cricket team coach. Amid lack of alternatives, because of certain overseas coaches' withdrawal, the BCCI don't seem to have many top options when it comes to finding Rahul Dravid's successor as Team India's head coach. A report has now claimed that Gambhir, who is the mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024 at present, was offered a 'blank cheque' by the franchise's co-owner Shah Rukh Khan to join the franchise for the next 10 years, when he was at Lucknow Super Giants.

A report in Dainik Jagran has suggested that Gambhir is also interested in the India head coach job. But, wants a guarantee over his 100% selection if he fills out the application for the role. If the BCCI is only looking at Gambhir as one of the 'candidates', he isn't going to apply.

As the BCCI looks to intensify its effort of giving a contract to Gambhir, the report revealed the KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan intent of keeping the former India opener at the franchise for a long time. The Bollywood actor is said to have made a 'blank cheque' offer to Gambhir to join the IPL franchise for the next 10 years.

The BCCI has already faced rejections by the likes of Ricky Ponting, Justin Langer and Stephen Fleming over potentially succeeding Rahul Dravid as India's head coach. BCCI secretary Jay Shah, however, denied making an offer to any former Australian cricketer.

In fact, Shah suggested that the board wants the sort of person at the helm who understands India's domestic cricket structure.

"Neither I nor the BCCI have approached any former Australian cricketer with a coaching offer," Shah said in a statement. "The reports circulating in certain media sections are completely incorrect."

"Finding the right coach for our national team is a meticulous and thorough process. We are focused on identifying individuals who possess a deep understanding of the Indian cricket structure and have risen through the ranks," Shah had said.

Gambhir might be interested in becoming India's next head coach but what conversation he has with SRK over leaving KKR might be a big deciding factor.

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So, how did Sachin Tendulkar deal with criticism? We get a peep into it from a rather unlikely source. Justin Langer.

The year was 2003 and while Sachin was at his imperious best in ODIs that year, he had endured the worst year in Tests, averaging only 17. He was going through an extremely lean patch where he had only 2 fifties to show from 13 innings and those fifties were scores of just 51 and 55. When the team reached Down Under for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in late 2003, Sachin's fortunes only got worse thanks to multiple low scores and an umpiring howler from Steve Bucknor. In the memorable Adelaide Test too, which India won by 4 wickets, Sachin had scores of 1 and 37.

At the end of this match when Sachin was in the Australian dressing room, Justin Langer asked him a question he himself had been battling with. Langer asked at once the world's most revered and scrutinized batter about how he dealt with the media and the critics in particular. This is what Langer notes as Sachin's response in his book Seeing the Sunrise.

"Justin, I don’t read the press, I don’t listen to the critics and I don’t watch people’s opinion on the television. What I have learned is that I know how I am going and I don’t need anyone else to remind me. If I am playing well I don’t need anyone to tell me, and if I am playing poorly I don’t need anyone to tell me that either. As long as I am honest with myself then I am my best judge. I don’t need anyone else to tear me down or build me up anymore."

Langer got a chance to put that advice to test soon as on the team's tour to Sri Lanka two months later in March, he failed to get a 50+ score in the first 5 innnings of the Test Series. But he paid heed to the advice from Sachin. He wrote,

"In the past, the worse I was playing, the more I’d scour the papers and the internet to see what people were saying about me, but this time whenever I was tempted to look, I thought of Sachin’s advice and left it alone. I found that I felt very liberated. I knew I wasn’t playing as well as I would have liked, and I trusted myself to get on with the job and do what I had to do to get myself back among the runs. I have learned that it takes courage to stand above any criticism and let it go with a smile on my face. As long as I know that I am working hard, then that takes away anything anyone else can say about me."

But did the tactic of avoiding criticism and working hard on his game work for Langer? Here's what happened in the final Test vs SL.

In reply to Australia's 401 in the first innings, Sri Lanka scored 407 to take a 6 run lead. In their second innings, Australia found themselves in deep trouble at 98/5. Langer was still there but he was hit by an attack of cramps. Remember this was Colombo, after all.

But he soldiered on and stitched a partnership of 218 runs with Katich. He finished with a score of 166 and thanks to that, Australia won the match and the series 3-0.

Langer ended the tour a happy man, not only because he had scored 166 in his team's win but also because he had managed to keep the critics at bay, thanks to Sachin's advice.

And what happened to Sachin? In the last Test of the BGT series, he scored 241*, showing well that what he had told JL actually worked.

After having endured his worst year in Tests in 2003, Sachin went on to average 91 from 10 Tests in 2004.

Photo - Hamish Blair

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IPL 2024: ‘We Could See That He Had The X-factor’, Says Pravin Amre On McGurk

Lucknow Super Giants: Delhi Capitals assistant coach Pravin Amre heaped praise on debutant Jake Fraser-McGurk's scintillating half-century performance that helped DC beat Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets. McGurk on his IPL debut scored 31 balls half-century and became the third youngest overseas batter to score a half-century in IPL history. He with skipper Rishabh Pant added 77 runs for the third wicket that helped visitor to chase down the target of 168 runs with 11 balls remaining. "It was a tremendous innings from Jake," said Amre at the post-match press conference on Friday. "He was batting very well in the nets and we could see that he had the x-factor, he had that ability to strike the sixes. If you see his innings, he got five sixes and his first two scoring shots were sixes. That's what we want in this format. We were doing well in the last two games but were not crossing the line. That's why we wanted someone to have an impact on the game and I think he delivered. "Jake is a top-order batter. We have Warner there and Shai Hope batted well for us in the first match (at No.3) and became injured after that. We knew he would get an opportunity and he got that today and grabbed it with both hands. For any good talent it is important to show that in the middle and there is a lot of difference between doing well in the nets and performing in the match. And I'm very happy that the kind of batting that is required for this format, he showed just that." McGurk's inning ended after scoring 55 off 35 deliveries. Amre also commented on Kuldeep Yadav’s Player of the Match award performance and called him a pure match-winner. "The way Kuldeep bowled today and delivered a dream ball to Nicholas Pooran...he is a match-winning batter and getting him out was crucial to restrict them to 160 (167). Yes, Badoni scored a 31-ball fifty but that impact from 160 to 190, that margin was reduced (thanks to Kuldeep) and we controlled the game. I also think Axar role was important, and we were able to have a good period in the middle overs. They had a good powerplay and after that we controlled the game. Credit goes to our spin department," said Amre. Kuldeep Yadav missed the Capitals' last three matches due to an injury, but he was back with a bang. The wrist-spinner picked up Marcus Stoinis (8) on his third ball, a wrong'un sliced tamely towards backward point, and then followed it up by removing Nicholas Pooran, LSG's in-form batter, for zero with one that ripped back to uproot the off-stump. Not only did Kuldeep put the brakes on the home side's run surge and quietened the crowd, he also completely nobbled the stump. Rahul was batting beautifully on 39 from 21 when he attempted to cut one going across him and feathered an edge behind off Kuldeep. It wasn't given out on the field, but Rishabh Pant quickly reviewed it and Rahul departed after scoring 39. "The season did not start well for me. (But) I was very motivated because I was batting well in the nets. I was just backing myself to play an impactful innings, which happened today. I'm thankful to KL Rahul and Justin Langer for backing me and giving me a chance," said Badoni. "When I went out to bat I was thinking of taking it to the end and then attack. If we play 20 overs then 150-plus was a possibility. Eventually we made 160-plus...(but) we were 20 runs short." Read the full article

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“If Rahul performs the reward…” LSG’s Head Coach Justin Langer Shares His Opinion On Kl Rahul