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NEWS Senior Aussies may have to postpone retirement: Langer 12th Dec 2006  15.32 IST By Agencies   Australian batsman Justin Lee Langer has said Damien Richard Martyn 's sudden exit may cause other senior players to put their retirement plans on hold to avoid the repetition of 1980's joint exodus which had hit the team hard. The Greg Chappell-Dennis Lillee-Rod Marsh retirement had highlighted the need to limit the damage when the senior players started to depart. "It's come into reality now that Damien's retired. What we have to be very careful of in Australian cricket now is that we don't have a mass exodus all at the one time. That's crucial," Langer said. "You've got to have a nice progression of players coming through. You don't want to see all the senior players going out at once," he was quoted as saying by 'The Age'. Langer said, after the retirement of 35-year-old Martyn he re-evaluated his plans and it should have been the same for all senior players. "If you'd asked me 12 months ago, I'd have thought, 'Yep - end of the Ashes, Sydney, that might be a good time to do it'. But now, when someone like Marto retires it brings into stark reality what the situation is," he said. Many of the current Australian players, including Langer, Shane Keith Warne , Glenn Donald McGrath , Matthew Lawrence Hayden , are on the verge of calling it a day. Also View Team Page: Australia Team Page: England

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