Even as India are looking at a knock out clash with Australia in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 quarterfinals, it appears one Australian will be on trial - their batting coach, Justin Langer, as India seek the successor to Gary Kirsten as the next Indian cricket team coach.
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Justin Langer, the former Australian opener, did not have a lot to gloat about Australia lost to Pakistan in the final Group A match in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. As the batting coach, it would have pained him immensely to watch the Australian cricket team collapse during their batting innings.
However, there are reports doing the rounds that despite Australia's hiccups, Langer may stand a good chance as candidate as the next coach of the Indian cricket team. Gary Kirsten's tenure as India's coach will end at the conclusion of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 and he has reportedly already conveyed that despite the success with the Indian cricket team, Kirsten will not want to continue further.
Even as South African cricket authorities are quietly confident about finding a replacement to Corrie van Zyl, the present South African coach, even hinting at Kirsten, Kirsten has also expressed the desire to be closer to home keeping his family in mind.
Langer has been at Somerset with the England cricket county team and now with the Australian cricket team as batting coach in a desperate bid to turn around Australia's presently bleak fortunes. While in India, it is now being suggested that Langer is interested although there are also reports circulating that Langer was neither approached nor has he expressed interest in the job.
It will certainly be an interesting choice if Langer were indeed one of the candidates. During his time with Somerset as captain, Langer apparently prepared a dossier on the England cricketers for the Australian coach, Tim Nielson, ahead of the Ashes 2009 in England, the leaking of the information leading to major embarrassment for the Australian opener. That dossier, however, failed to prevent Australia from losing the Ashes urn for the second time in two decades.
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