Langer scoffs off comeback rumours by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	JL Langer
Event:	Australia in British Isles 2009

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DateLine: 26th July 2009

 

Former Australian opener Justin Langer said his words about being available for Ashes for free has been taken too seriously.

 

"One of the boys in the Somerset changing room asked me, 'If they asked you to play tomorrow, how much would it take?' and I said I would play the third Test for Australia next week for nothing," Langer said on Cricket Australia's official website.

 

"I'm certainly not interested in making a Test comeback," he added.

 

Langer revealed that former England opener Marcus Trescothick asked him that question.

 

"There was a bit of a tongue-in-cheek conversation between myself and Marcus Trescothick in the change rooms about what it would take for him to play next week with (Kevin) Pietersen injured...the point I was making was, as a kid in the backyard all you want to do is play in an Ashes Test.

 

"I mean, who wouldn't? It's the greatest thing in the world. But that was it, it was just a tongue-in-cheek comment," he recalled.