Justin Langer's Vision: Make Australians Proud With Players' Behaviour

Australian cricket chief coach Justin Langer said on Saturday that his coaching philosophy was based on three words, 'Making Australians Proud', and that every time he interacted with his play

Langer said that his vision for the team was that they needed to be respectful.

"That was the vision I sold to the (Cricket Australia) board, to the CEO, and most importantly, to the players and support staff. By saying "Make Australians Proud", I mean make your grandparents, your mum and dad, your mates, and the broader public proud of you." Langer said that Australia was a proud cricketing country and players couldn't take respect for granted.

"If we think about 'I don't want to see you losing all the time or winning all the time', that's one part of it, but I don't want to see you acting like a complete nob on the cricket field; I don't want to see you abusive to the opposition, I don't want to show disrespect to the public. And, that I think is a really strong vision."

Talking about the team's goals, he said, "Our next mission is the T20 World Cup, then the Ashes. Making Australians proud is a really important vision and the goals underneath that are equally important."