Melbourne. Justin Langer on Saturday resigned as the coach of the Australian cricket team. Langer had a meeting with Cricket Australia (CA) on Friday. After that he gave this information. The resignation was informed by Langer’s managing company DSEG. The company said that we can confirm that our client Justin Langer has resigned as coach of the Australian men’s cricket team. The resignation came after a meeting with Cricket Australia last evening. The resignation comes into force with immediate effect.
Langer’s leadership style as coach has been questioned several times and his relationship with some players has come to the fore. However, the team was successful in winning the T20 World Cup last year under his coaching. After this, England also defeated 4-0 in the Ashes. On Monday, Australian media reported a heated argument broke out with Langer and Cricket Australia officials, where he was asked to reapply for the head coach position.
However, Cricket Australia denied all these reports. Langer was named coach of the team in 2018 after Sandpaper Gate, which saw David Warner, Steve Smith being banned for a year and coach Darren Lehmann sacked. Let us tell you that Australia has to play a five-match T20 series from Sri Lanka. This series will be held in Australia only. After this the team will go on a tour of Pakistan. After a long time she will go on this tour. Kangaroo team will tour Pakistan after 24 years. It will start with a three-match Test series from March 4.
Senior assistant Andrew McDonald has been named interim coach. Macdonald was already set to coach for the T20I series against Sri Lanka, when Langer was about to be on leave. He will now play the role during Australia’s tour of Pakistan and another assistant will be added to the team for a short period of time.
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