CRICKET: Langer may miss second test against Pakistan
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Australia may go into the second test against Pakistan in Melbourne starting on Boxing Day without in-form opener Justin Langer. Langer is the leading scorer in test cricket this year with 1,426 runs but is struggling with a bulging disc in his back.
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Aussie opener Justin Langer sets Pakistan a first innings target of 381 on the second day of the first Test.
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Justin Langer showed his fighting qualities to score an unbeaten 144 against New Zealand on Friday though it was Matthew Hayden&#39;s refusal to walk that
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JUSTIN LANGER is nervous about what Australia may strike in next year&#39;s Ashes series given the vast improvement of England, who are now rated the second strongest Test nation.
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Justin Langer fell agonisingly short of his second century in three days as Australia strengthened their grip on the first test against Pakistan in Perth on Saturday.
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Adelaide, November 27: Justin Langer made 215 of Australiaâs 575 for eight declared before New Zealand stumbled to 56 for two at the close of the second dayâs play in the second Test on Saturday.
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JUSTIN LANGER is fast mounting a case to be considered Australia&#39;s most valuable cricketer following a brave and defiant century which laid the foundation for a rescue mission on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan in Perth yesterday.
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PAKISTAN&#39;s strike bowler Shoaib Akhtar may miss the second Test against Sri Lanka starting tomorrow after sustaining a shoulder injury during training, captain Inzamam-ul Haq said.
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Justin Langer scored an unbeaten 181 on his home ground at Perth to help Australia recover to 357-8 at the close of day one of the first cricket Test against Pakistan, which earlier reduced the home team to 78-5.
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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says Pakistan should find the MCG pitch more to their liking when the second test gets under way at the MCG today.
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Australian opener Justin Langer is congratulated on his innings of 191 by teammate Glenn McGrath while returning to the pavilion on day two of the First Test between Australia and Pakistan played at the WACA in Perth, Australia on Friday.
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A Justin Langer innings rarely lodges in the memory as one from a Tendulkar, a Lara, or even a Vaughan might, but there is no more effective batsman in Test cricket right now.
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THE way Justin Langer is batting, you can&#39;t rule out the possibility he will break Steve Waugh&#39;s record of most Test centuries for Australia.
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Sachin Tendulkar is likely to also miss the second cricket Test against Australia, beginning in Chennai on Thursday. India&#39;s coach John Wright said the batting maestro has not recovered fully from his elbow
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Bernhard Langer, Europe&#39;s latest &#39;Captain Fantastic&#39;, is not totally ruling out staying in charge for Ireland&#39;s first-ever staging of the Ryder Cup in two years&#39; time.
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AUSTRALIAN opener Justin Langer continued his climb into cricket&#39;s elite with a celebrated century on day one of the first Test against Pakistan at the WACA Ground.
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Justin Langer has defended his Australian opening batting partner Matthew Hayden&#39;s decision not to walk after hitting a catch back to New Zealand bowler Paul Wiseman on day one of the second Test in Adelaide yesterday.