(Reuters) – Former Australia captain Adam Gilchrist criticised Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday for his or her remedy of Justin Langer, saying the previous head coach had been painted as a “monster”.
Langer resigned on Saturday, simply weeks after main Australia to a 4-0 Ashes collection win over England, with Cricket Australia saying he had rejected a quick-time period extension of his contract.
Australia additionally received final 12 months’s Twenty20 World Cup for the primary time beneath Langer however there have been reviews of participant discontent over his teaching type.
“He’s been painted by some explicit individuals as a monster, that’s not Justin Langer,” Gilchrist informed https://www.sen.com.au/information/2022/02/06/painted-as-a-monster-gilchrists-vehement-defence-of-langer Australian SEN Radio.
“He’ll be the primary to confess he has his frailties, he has his areas of weak spot, however he’ll sit and look you within the eye and work it out with you.
“So, to be painted as a monster, what kind of impact would which have on you personally and what is the movement-on impact to your loved ones … significantly by way of a time period while you’re not practically understanding what’s going on, the constant innuendo and hearsay.”
Cricket Australia didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
In a LinkedIn put up https://www.linkedin.com/feed/replace/urn:li:exercise:6896043102797213696 on Sunday, Langer mentioned Cricket Australia provided him a quick-time period contract to steer the group’s defence of the T20 World Cup title on dwelling soil later this 12 months however he opted to not settle for it.
“If media reviews are right, a number of senior gamers and a couple of help workers do not help me transferring ahead, and it’s now obvious the CA board and CEO, Nick Hockley, are additionally eager to see the group transfer in one other route,” Langer mentioned.
“I respect that call,” he mentioned.
“My life has been constructed on values of honesty, respect, belief, reality, and efficiency and if that comes throughout as ‘too intense’ at instances, I apologise.”
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Robert Birsel)
