Justin Langer Resigns As Australia's Head Coach; Interim Replacement Named

Australian men's cricket team's head coach, Justin Langer has resigned from his post. Cricket Australia has clarified the same through a press release on February 5th (Saturday). After a long meeting with the officials, Langer submitted his resignation which was accepted. 

Cricket Australia revealed that they had offered Langer to extend his tenure till the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, but Langer refused. It is noteworthy that CA's contract with Justin Langer is valid till June. After the ball-tampering incident in 2018, Justin Langer was made the head coach of the Australian team, replacing Darren Lehmann.

After accepting Langer's resignation, CA has named Andrew McDonald as the interim head coach. McDonald has impressed CA with his performance as a coach in the domestic circuit and has also been the coach of IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals. 

Cricket Australia has today accepted the resignation of men's team head coach Justin Langer. pic.twitter.com/BhjrN9kuF3

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) February 5, 2022

During Justin Langer's tenure, Australia managed to win its first T20 World Cup title, in 2021. They went on to thrash England 4-0 in the recently concluded Ashes test series in Australia. 

Justin Langer has resigned.
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.#Cricket #Australia #Ashes #AUSvPAK #JustinLanger pic.twitter.com/c2wTFADr1g

— CRICKETNMORE (@cricketnmore) February 5, 2022

With Langer as head coach, Australia played a total of 27 test matches, out of which they managed to win 15, lose 7 and 5 games ended in a draw. While in the ODIs, the Australian team played 47 matches under Justin Langer in which they managed 25 wins and 22 losses. In 51 T20Is, Australia won 26 and lost 25 matches.