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Australian head coach Justin Langer took sharp dig at two former England gamers for questioning Steve Smith’s integrity after the Oz batting star was recorded scuffing off the batting guard of Rishabh Pant through the lately drawn third Test in Sydney.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan got here down closely on Smith for the incident saying that the previous Oz skipper has let his crew down once more after the ball tampering scandal in South Africa again in 2018.
However, coach Langer wasn’t pleases with the criticism made by Vaughan as he discovered them out of line.
Let’s be trustworthy the captain of Australia since sandpaper gate has led this crew with nice distinction,perspective & by no means as soon as has he crossed the road of negativity in my eyes,however right this moment his language behind the stumps & sledging right this moment was again to the outdated days !! Very very poor !!— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 11, 2021
“I spoke to Michael Vaughan as well, I thought he was out of line actually. You get it from (some of the critics), but I don’t expect it from (someone like Vaughan). I know he makes a living out of making those sorts of comments, but I thought he was out of line,” Langer stated on SEN radio station on Wednesday morning.
He additional added that the allegation made on him about scuffing off Pant’s guard is ludicrous.
“Everything [said] about Steve Smith is totally ludicrous, we have now fun that he is a bit quirky and a bit completely different, he shadow bats within the bathe, all he thinks about is batting. He actually consciously wasn’t making an attempt to do something mistaken.
“He was simply standing there fascinated with batting.
“He is 100 per cent harmless on this. He did not do something on the pitch. If you realize something about cricket the wicket was like concrete, he would’ve wanted 15-inch spikes to make an indent, to do what folks had been accusing him of doing and making an attempt to mess up Pant’s guard.
“Give me a break. I’ve never heard so much rubbish in my life.”
