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Justin Langer and his journey in cricket
A look at the new Australian coach Justin Langer’s achievements in first-class and international cricket.
May 3, 2018
CRICKET CAREER OF NEW AUSTRALIAN COACH JUSTIN LANGER
PLAYER
* Left-handed opening batsman
* Played 105 Tests and scored more than 7696 runs, including 23 centuries, at an average of 45.27
* Made Test debut v West Indies at Adelaide Oval, January 1993, scoring 20 and 54
* Final Test v England at Sydney Cricket Ground, January 2007, scoring 26 and 20 not out
* Highest Test score, 250 v England at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 2002
* Represented in eight ODIs
* Played 360 first-class matches and scored 28,382 first-class runs – the most by an Australian batsman – at an average of 50.23 runs, including 86 centuries
COACH
* Head coach of Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers since November 2012
* Coached the Scorchers to three Big Bash League championships in 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2016-17
* Coached the Western Warriors to two domestic one-day cup titles in 2014-15 and 2017-18
* Australia’s head coach on an interim basis for an ODI tri-series in the West Indies in 2016 and in a T20 series against Sri Lanka in 2017
* Assistant coach to the Australian men’s team for three years from November 2009
* Replaces Darren Lehmann as Australian men’s cricket coachfor all formats from May 22