Woooo!!
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There has most definitely been a shift in the way he is playing the game now and it seems to be working for him. Itās been a gloomy month for the game in this country but this guy is something to be excited about.
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Very doubtful. I hear that FS are heavily into trying to get Warne with 7 chasing them to try and get him first.
I was working off the reported disagreements between Warne and Gilly.
Getting dropped from the national side might have been just the foot up the ā ā ā ā he needed.
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Warnie is a very good and knowledgable commentator when he is not surrounded by aussies. They all speak so highly of him when he commentates in the English summer, but put him here with Taylor and Clarke and he turns into a moronic bogan.
Keep him focused on the cricket and he will be good to listen to
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Langer names the new coach. How good are his assistantsā¦ ?
Cricket Australia has confirmed Western Australia coach and former Test batsman Justin Langer as the new man in charge of the Australian menās team, replacing Darren Lehmann.
Lehmann left the team after the ball-tampering scandal which overshadowed the end of Australiaās tour of South Africa and led to the banning of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
Speculation about his replacement has centred around Langer, and Cricket Australia made it official with a release this morning.
āWe are thrilled to appoint Justin as head coach of the Australian menās cricket team,ā Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said in the statement.
"Whilst Darren Lehmann was not due to complete his term until next year, we have had a succession plan in place for this role for some time.
"In addition to professional development opportunities, this plan has included several coaches stepping into the head role to relieve Darren at times, and to also provide support roles, including Justin, and forms part of our long running succession planning process.
"The plan has allowed us to consider several worthy candidates, but Justin was the clear standout, particularly based on his recent coaching and player development achievements.
āWe firmly believe Justin is the right person to lead this team and have huge confidence in what he will bring to the role.ā
Langer has been the coach of the Western Warriors and the Perth Scorchers Big Bash League sides since 2012.
His successes include three Big Bash titles with the Scorchers, and two domestic one-day titles with the Warriors.
The Western Australian native has been involved with the Australian national team previously in a coaching capacity, spending three years as an assistant coach and stepping in as an interim head coach twice ā for an ODI series in the West Indies in 2016, and for a T20 series against Sri Lanka last year.
Langer played 105 Tests and eight one-day internationals for Australia, scoring more than 7,500 runs as a Test opener.
what degree does James Sutherland have?
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Can David Saker cook?
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Well there will be no dropping of the Marshes any time soon, he loves those blokes.
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Two horrible collapses by WA this shield seasonā¦well under 100 when the other team batted well. Iām blaming Langer directly for them.
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Iām predicting weāll look back at this appointment and view it as a horrible mistake.
Personally, I was hopping for Dizzy to get the nod.
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It could have been worse. They could have chosen someone who has been out of the game for years, and only had one major victory by the narrowest of margins over a decade ago.
And to extend the analogy further, at the time he presided over a team with people who had blatantly committed the same offence that the person he is replacing was charged with.
And both West Australians. 
BCCI now own CA.
Adelaide test is a day test after India refused to play a pink ball test.
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Thatās a real shame for the SA cricket public who have made that D/N Test a popular fixture on the cricket calendar in such a short time. I guess the BCCI donāt believe in progress.
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No way the bcci were ever going to approve it ca are fools for even asking
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So weāre already up 1-0?
So Nic Maddinson has been called in for the T20ās, despite having been completely dumped by NSW and no other state picking him up as yet.
Bizarre world is Aussie cricket.
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My understanding is that CA were offering a sweetener of a 5 test series when we tour India next