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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