‘Legends’: Scott Morrison used WhatsApp group to ‘cheer on’ Pat Cummins and Justin Langer

New cricket documentary The Test reveals former PM added Cummins to messaging group not long after he became captain

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Scott Morrison says he used a private WhatsApp group dubbed Legends", which included cricket captain Pat Cummins and coach Justin Langer, to cheer them on in a direct and personal way".

Cummins has joked that he was worried about sending an inappropriate message to the group, because the cricket team's star bowlers had their own group chat of the same name.

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