If Only England Had A Langer

Due to its timing, this whole episode caused quite a storm. I imagine that was media intended - that they waited on publishing the dossier until England either lost - thus proving Langer's points - or regained the Ashes - thus dismissing them.

There are three important points to be made:

• There is absolutely no problem with what Langer did, and I hope an Englishman in the same position would do the same.
• Many of his points are valid.
• Wouldn't it be great if England had ex-players with similar amounts of Ashes and Australian domestic cricket experience. Having played copious quantities of county cricket, not to mention more than a decade at the top of the international game, there is no one better qualified than him to pass judgement on our game. We don't have an equivalent - the closest I can think of being Graham Thorpe, his credentials being 16 Ashes Tests and a stint as a coach at New South Wales.