‘Everyone has a dossier on each other’
In the final days of his first-class career, Justin Langer reflects on his time with Somerset, the leaked e-mail dossier to Tim Nielsen during the Ashes which got him negative publicity, his views on county cricket and more
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
In the final days of his first-class career, Justin Langer reflects on his time with Somerset, the leaked e-mail dossier to Tim Nielsen during the Ashes which got him negative publicity, his views on county cricket and more. Simon Wilde of the Sunday Times caught up with him.
While he talks, England’s latest disaster in the one-day series unfolds on television. Is he surprised at how one-sided it has been? “A year ago, the England one-day team [which beat South Africa 4-0] was a good-looking side. It shows what happens if you take out Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen. I don’t know why but you chop and change a lot here, too.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo