Justin Langer breaks his silence on his exit as head coach

Former Australia head coach Justin Langer has finally broken his silence on his mercurial exit as head coach in February this year. Langer had quit as head coach after he was offered a six-month contract. It would have started next month and ended after the 20-20 World Cup later this year had he accepted it. However, the former Australia cricketer chose not to accept the contract.

After this, a host of former Australia players and Langer’s teammates lamented on Cricket Australia for the treatment of the 51-year-old. The left-hander recalled his conversation with interim Cricket Australia chairman Richard Freudenstein. He revealed that Freudenstein said to him that he must feel good about the fact that a lot of his former teammates are supporting him.

“The first thing he said to me was, ‘It must make you feel so good that all your mates are supporting you in the media,'” Langer told a Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA event in Perth.

The Perth-born player also revealed that he called his former teammates the fabric of Australian cricket and all-time greats of the national cricket. He further added that his last six months of coaching were much more enjoyable than the 12-years of coaching for different teams.