< 1 minute readIf there was one thing that was highly awful about Test cricket in the early 2000s, it was having to endure Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer opening the batting for Australia. Then they retired and how we rejoiced. Only now Test cricket is even worse because they’re still around and
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Elite intensity: How to misread a Justin Langer headline
< 1 minute readJustin Langer resigned as Australia coach a couple of days ago. Today we completely and utterly misread a headline about him. It’s not that we got the words wrong. We saw the correct words. It’s just that seeing the headline the day after the article was published, we attributed a
Continue readingMatthew Hayden v Justin Langer – what will it be like?
2 minute read“It will be like two balls of mercury on the one plate,” according to Matthew Hayden. Regular readers of this website will know that Hayden is currently serving as Pakistan’s batting coach and principle guff-talker. Justin Langer is of course Australia’s current head coach and principle guff-talker. Way back when,
Continue readingHow Adam Zampa and Marcus Stoinis are pissing away the great legacy of David Boon
2 minute readIf Australian cricket is respected for anything, it is respected for that time David Boon skulled 52 beers on a flight from Sydney to London before the 1989 Ashes (supposedly). If Boon could see the state of modern Australia now (and was also dead or buried alive) he would be
Continue readingJustin Langer really doesn’t give a toss if everyone in the entire world is making fun of him for using the word ‘elite’ all the time
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Continue readingAustralia were far and away the funniest cricket team in 2018 – but who was their MVP?
7 minute readThe story of international cricket in 2018 is really just all the stuff that happened with Australia. This seems a bit narrow and exclusive for an end-of-year retrospective, so we thought we’d instead focus on all the funny things that happened in 2018 to try and broaden it out a
Continue readingThe only definition of ‘elite honesty’ that makes any sort of sense whatsoever
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Continue readingAustralia redefine “the line” (again)
< 1 minute readWe always do our best to keep you updated on the exact whereabouts of “the line,” according to its official custodians, the Australia cricket team. In news that will be hugely reassuring to everyone, Australia’s new captain and coach say that they are well aware of the location of the
Continue readingDid Justin Langer say it was “humbling” to be appointed Australia coach?
3 minute readOf course he did. This is not a bet anyone would have taken. Justin Langer is exactly the kind of guy who would say something like “humbling” when given a new job. He did however come up with an even better quote – and by “even better” we of course
Continue readingJustin Langer’s three golden rules
2 minute readJustin Langer has a philosophy. It’s changed the culture of the Western Australia cricket team and made them successful. Central to his philosophy are the following three rules: Use common sense Keep things simple No mobile phones at training This revelation comes from within an almost transcendentally nauseating interview. Other
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