‘Absolute disgrace’: Warne blasts CA after Justin Langer's exit

Former Australia spinner Shane Warne has slammed Cricket Australia and labelled Justin Langer's ousting as a coach an "absolute disgrace." Cricket Australia on Saturday accepted men's team head coach Justin Langer's resignation. "Justin was offered a short-term extension to his current contract, which sadly he has opted not to accept," stated an official Cricket Australia release. "To treat the head coach the way they have, it's an absolute disgrace what they've done. All of us who have played with Justin, we are not coming out because he's our friend or a great cricketer or a Hall of Famer. We are coming out because it's the treatment of the coach," Warne said on the Follow-On podcast, as reported by Fox Sports.

"Forget it's Justin Langer. It's just the treatment of Cricket Australia and the way they have handled the coach of the Australian cricket team. It's been pathetic. We were finally starting to see the integrity coming back to the Australian cricket," he added. Langer was appointed as the men's team coach in 2018 after the Sandpaper Gate which saw David Warner, Steve Smith serving out one-year bans. Under Langer, Australia managed to win the T20 World Cup 2021 and then the Ashes.