The Ashes: Justin Langer’s old news
There’s a “big” story unfolding at the Telegraph about a leaked dossier, apparantly from “Justin Langer who captains Somerset”, giving the Aussies the inside track on how to beat England. According to the accompanying report, it will shock English cricket followers.
Really? How? There is no suprise that such notes exist, you would expect nothing less of a well prepared Test match side. And the “revelations” within about the general attitude of English cricketers are the same things that people have been going on about for 15 years or more.
Take this extract as an example:
Because they play so much cricket, as soon as it gets a bit hard you just have to watch their body language and see how flat and lazy they get.
This is not news – ex-England players have been saying it for years. The only reason they have to keep saying it is because all of the power and decision making within English cricket lies with the counties rather than the ECB. The counties voting for less cricket would be like the turkey, as well as voting for Christmas, agreeing to have lipo to make more room for stuffing.
Michael Vaughan is just one such ex-player who agrees with Langer’s thoughts. Join the queue Michael, join the queue. But don’t expect anything other than a blank expression when you reach the counter.
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