Security cracks down on inflammatory Langer sign

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Optus Stadium information guards confiscated a provocative banner from young fans connected time 3 of the archetypal Test against the West Indies successful Perth.

The protestation sign work "Justice for JL" - referencing erstwhile men's caput manager Justin Langer and his messy departure successful February.

Security sources confirmed the sign, which was hanging connected the bound obstruction astatine the bottommost of the Justin Langer Stand, was controversial.

The build-up to the summer's opening Test was marred by Langer, who past week voiced his grievances with the nationalist squad connected a podcast, claiming leaks from "cowards" led to his downfall.

Langer clarified he was not referring to immoderate of the existent players erstwhile helium utilized the word "cowards".

The radical of section teenagers began chanting their enactment for the Perth-born Langer after information removed the banner.

The behaviour did not interruption Cricket Australia's presumption and conditions of entry, which specifies: "I volition not deterioration oregon different show commercial, political, spiritual oregon violative signage oregon logos".

Optus Stadium said the banner was removed due to the fact that it was overlapping commercialized signage, not due to the fact that the connection was offensive.

The banner was stored astatine the crushed and is disposable to beryllium picked up astatine the extremity of play.

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