Seven challenges that await Justin Langer
[ad_1] Not even the upheaval wrought by the Newlands Test stopped Justin Langer from his inexorable path towards the task of coaching Australia, and in many ways it makes the challenge all the more enticing. It also somewhat mirrors the dysfunction into which he entered as Western Australia's coach back in 2012, after three years as an assistant to the national team. Following Langer's formal appointment, ESPNcricinfo breaks down the various challenges he faces, and his initial thoughts on tackling them. Culture One of Justin Langer's oft-quoted phrases is "culture is behaviour", a saying he has personally followed with monastic thoroughness since his earliest days as a fiercely aspirational young batsman. Lacking some of the more outsize batting talents of his contemporaries, Langer worked assiduously at mental and technical improvement, becoming the hardest man to dismiss in domestic cricket while slipping in and out of the national team. When he finally gaine...
