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Southerner wrote: Logic and commonsense says it must be Jason Gillespie - but it's the ACB involved here and I doubt either of those two attributes will even surface let alone be applied

He would have been my choice. Selecting Langer will do nothing to address the behavioural problems of the Australian cricket team

They said on 91.3 this arvo that CA have denied appointing JL.

Warner over stepped it in someone else's country. That was a disgarce that tour, the worst in our cricket history. All because they were having trouble getting De Kock and the opener out at Durban. We actually won that match, lads and lasses, which points to what disgrace the whole thing turnned into by the end.

If you want to know about the state of Australian through the ages, think about theis question:

When was the last time Australia won a series from behind?

Any advances on 1936-37, Bradman's lot?

We are simply a bunch of front-runners, whom since Border's era have liked to bully people.

Dont agree ark. It is not in an Aussie’s dna to cheat like just happened and not in our dna to dance around the sports field sayin “pip pip old chap, ripping shot, what”. Every cricketting nation sledges and tries to get an edge legally and sometimes illegally. Don’t want our boys breaking rules, but you have to push the parcel....ask Mr Jardine. Even the sth africans are saying nice guys come last.

Shark 58: Ian Chappell neve sledgged anybody and most of his teams won on the field. Even if they had of wnatted to sledge, the could not because they drank with the opposition after the day's play.

Doubt they would appoint langer, bit of a cheat himself. Still remember the time against Sri Lanka where between balls changing field from left hander to right hander he flicked a bail off. Confusion all round and bucknor had to send it up for video review, all the time langer just stood there. Ho ho trying to cheat is so funny.

STT: There was also one where he hit the cover off ball in a Test against Pakistan at Hobart. He and Gilchrist went on to win the test from memory.

I'm with you Ark, he is definitely part of the problem, not part of the solution.

Fast forward to around the 3:00 minute if you are in a hurry ...

Shinyduck: I have never seen that, thanks very much. I am glad I don't support Australia.

Does anyone remmember the incident where Henry Lawson tread on his wicket twice in a test match against the WI and survived on both occassions?