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A documentary offers insights into Australia's new, improved cricket team

The documentary makes for interesting viewing and, incidentally, does a good damage control job too

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Langer is the mainstay of the film, perfectly essaying the role of the archetypal nice-guy coach who is also capable of giving it off to his players if and when the situation demands

Dhruv Munjal
Welcome then. Say hello to the nice guys, the easily lovable and eminently honourable type. Only movies can make Buddhist monks out of Aussie cricketers, and The Test: A New Era for Australia’s Team (now streaming on Amazon Prime Video), does a fine job of it. If there were ever a PR exercise to fix the seemingly irreparable image of Australian cricket in the aftermath of the most notorious on-field scandal in recent memory, then this is it. A warm, slightly mawkish documentary film with no villains, and heroes galore — a bit like watching an Aussie side made up