When Mother Cricket calls, Justin Langer answers.
With Australian cricket in crisis, imploding amid the ‘sandpaper scandal’, Langer was offered a leadership role many considered a poisoned chalice, but the lure of rebuilding the sport he loved was too strong.
His tough-love leadership style doesn’t always win him friends, but the former batsman is determined to see his vision through.
Still, nothing quite prepares you for the pressure of a leadership role under this much scrutiny... and the next curveball would be a health scare of a huge magnitude.
Langer credits mindset, meditation and a trusted network of mates and mentors with giving him the tenacity to turn things around.
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