Smith and Warner must be carefully reintegrated into a "dysfunctional family" – Langer

Smith and Warner recently clashed in a cricket match in Sydney. © Getty

Australia's head coach, Justin Langer, acknowledged the need to carefully organize a "reintegration process". Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft currently banned. Cricket Australia recently upheld his 12-month jail term for his involvement in the Newlands ball tampering scandal, which means that at least the senior pair of Smith and Warner may begin to be considered for the selection of the national team only after four months.

Langer, who took over Darren Lehmann during the turmoil that followed Newlands, initiated the above process by speaking separately to Smith and Warner. Smith had lunch with the coach and also faced Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins in the nets in Sydney before the third T20I against India on Sunday. We spoke separately to Warner before the UAE's Australian tour last month and again later Monday afternoon, November 26th.

"There's going to be a process for the boys to come back and it's really important that we start working on that process from now on," said Langer. "We can not come to the point and just say" they are back. "It's not fair to them, it's not just for the team, it's not neat. is not right for everyone.

"It's nice to have Davey in and Steve had a shot yesterday, I had lunch with him on Monday morning and I caught up Davey for two hours this afternoon as well. I did not deliberately catch them separately. I met Davey in Brisbane before going to the UAE because I wanted to see him face to face. It's one thing to exchange text messages and emails, you have to talk face to face. We had a good catch up.

"It was the first time I saw Steven the other day, I wanted it to be between us because there is a lot to say, and with time we will bring brotherhood C & # I was talking a little bit about Cameron Bancroft, they went through a tough 12 months, they were penalized for making a very big mistake, no doubt about it, but we have to integrate them into the group and every opportunity we get is positive. "

Langer draws parallels between the current upheaval of Australian cricket and that of Western Australia at the beginning of the decade. Langer took up the post in Western Australia in 2012 and brought together a whimsical team and a state-run organization constantly struggling to create the unit that was enjoying increasing success.

"I think we all have to get together," said Langer. "When I took control of Western Australian cricket for the first time, it was like a dysfunctional family." The media then hated the team, the team hated them, the club's cricket hated WACA, WACA hated them, old players hated WACA, WACA hated them.

"There was a lot of anguish. I probably have the feeling that Australian Cricket is a bit scary and arouses a lot of concern among Australian cricket enthusiasts and that the coach, I like the harmony well. I love the family A lot of things have happened, do not fear it, the closer we can bring family, you would say a dysfunctional family, I know it's a big headline for you, but it's a good thing. I felt at the time.

"If you think about the ACA and the CA, the public and the team, the media and the team, it's a bit disjointed for the moment, the more we can bring it back, the more the harmony is gained, the more you get a happier environment. "