Justin Langer on Saturday has stepped down as the head coach of Australia. After weeks of speculations and rumours, his management company ‘DSEG’ made a formal announcement that the 51-year old has parted ways with Cricket Australia with immediate effect.
Notable that Langer had a 7-hour meeting with Cricket Australia on Friday but both parties didn’t end on the same page as he was offered a short-term extension.
DSEG confirms that our
client Justin Langer has this morning tendered his resignation as coach of the Australian mens cricket team.
The resignation follows a meeting with Cricket Australia last evening. The resignation is effective immediately.— DSEG (@DSEGWorldwide) February 5, 2022
Justin Langer’s contract was set to expire in June
“DSEG confirms that our client Justin Langer has this morning tendered his resignation as coach of the Australian men’s cricket team. The resignation follows a meeting with Cricket Australia last evening. The resignation is effective immediately,” Langer’s management company DSEG tweeted.
Andrew McDonald, who was working as an assistant coach, has been appointed as the new head coach on an interim basis.
Langer took over the role in 2018 from Darren Lehmann after the famous Sandpaper Gate. Since then Australia achieved newer heights during his tenure. Retaining the Ashes in England would be the topmost among all as it was Australia’s first Ashes win in England after 18 years. Also, Australia claimed their maiden T20 World Cup title last year in UAE last year. And to finish it off, he wrapped it up with a thumping 4-0 Ashes win at home.
“Cricket Australia has accepted men’s team head coach Justin Langer’s resignation, which was received today, Justin was offered a short-term extension to his current contract, which sadly he has opted not to accept,” Cricket Australia released a statement.
“The contract extension offered to Justin was the result of a thorough review process that evaluated many factors including future requirements of the team and the upcoming extensive schedule of fixtures.
“The extension was approved by the CA Board and was put to Justin last night. It included the opportunity to defend the T20 World Cup title in Australia at the end of this year. Justin informed CA this morning he was not accepting the offer and would resign with immediate effect.” the release added.
His contract was set to expire in June. Australia will travel to Pakistan for a series of 3 Tests, 3 ODIs, and one T20I. Meanwhile, England also sacked their head coach Chris Silverwood after the Ashes debacle and there are speculations that ECB might approach Justin Langer for the job.
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