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Former Cricketer Justin Langer resigned as coach of the Australian men's cricket team on Saturday..The announcement was made in a statement from Langer's management company DSEG."The resignation follows a meeting with Cricket Australia Friday evening. The resignation is effective immediately." Cricket Australia said in a statement that Langer was offered a short-term extension to his current contract, which sadly he has opted not to accept. It also said assistant coach Andrew McDonald had been appointed interim head coach. Reports in Australian media over the past several months said Langer's intense coaching style had led to complaints from Australia's senior players to CA executives. Captain Pat Cummins had failed to endorse Langer during a radio interview on Friday, saying it was important to evaluate Langer's position.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said he was disappointed Cummins had not publicly backed Langer, but said he understood the captain was caught in the middle.Ponting also said it was a very small group of players and other support staff that had become upset with Langer's tough coaching style.McDonald and Michael Di Venuto, former England coach Trevor Bayliss and Ponting have been mentioned as potential replacements for Langer, although Ponting's critical comments of Cricket Australia on Saturday may remove him as one of the coaching candidates. A left-handed batter, Langer is best known for his partnership with Matthew Hayden as Australia's test opening batsmen during the early and mid-2000s. Langer played his last test against England in January 2007 having scored 7,696 runs in 105 tests with 23 centuries and 30 half-centuries.
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