Justin Langer: Former Australian batter and coach to steer London Spirit males in The Hundred in 2025 | Cricket Information

Former Australian fly-half Justin Langer has been named the brand new head coach of the London Spirit males’s group in The Hundred.

Langer’s appointment comes a month after former England coach Trevor Bayliss left the submit.

Bayliss has managed simply three wins within the final two seasons, leaving the Lord-based group seventh in 2023 and final in 2024.

Langer performed 105 Assessments for Australia, scoring over 7,500 runs, and was head coach of his house nation from 2018 to 2022, profitable the Ashes and likewise lifting the T20 World Cup within the United Arab Emirates in 2021.

The 54-year-old has beforehand coached Perth Scorchers within the Large Bash League and is head coach of Lucknow Tremendous Giants within the Indian Premier League.

Langer performed for Middlesex as an abroad participant between 1998 and 2000 and is happy to return to Lord’s with Spirit as he goals to show across the group’s fortunes.

“I’m excited to find The Hundred,” Langer mentioned. “I look ahead to taking part within the match later this yr and dealing with such a proficient group of gamers and coaches.”

The London Spirit ladies’s group received The Hundred in 2024, beating Welsh Hearth within the ultimate.

Langer’s fellow Australians, Lisa Keightley and Michael Klinger, will take cost of The Hundred’s ladies’s outfits in 2025, with the previous named at Northern Superchargers and the latter at Manchester Originals.

The schedule for the 2025 version of The Hundred has not but been introduced however the competitors will happen in August.