Cricket by Andrew McMurtry 1st Feb 2021 5:00 AM The Brisbane Heat have knocked out the Sydney Thunder in a seven-wicket win at Manuka Oval in Canberra, setting up a Challenger match up with the Perth Scorchers despite the luck not going their way throughout the match. In a season filled with controversial decisions, the Heat looked to have copped one of the more difficult ones when Marnus Labuschagne was run out for 32 off 30 balls.
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Some senior players are frustrated at the atmosphere in the team being brought down by Justin Langer s shifting emotions and what they see as too much micro-management.
During India’s tour of Australia two years ago Justin Langer was confronted by Usman Khawaja in a team meeting and told that players were intimidated by the coach and “walking on eggshells around him”. The tense exchange was captured on the Cricket Australia-commissioned Amazon documentary The Test, which provided a fascinating peek behind the scenes of the national team. Two years later, the cameras are no longer following the players’ every move but the situation following another home test series defeat to India appears much the same.