Melbourne, Feb 5: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting on Saturday termed Justin Langer’s resignation as a “sad day” for Australian cricket. Langer has resigned as head coach of Australia men’s cricket team after declining the offer of a short-term extension to his contract.
“It is a really sad day as far as Australian cricket is concerned and if you look back it has been a really poor six months on the whole in the way that Cricket Australia has handled some of the better people in the Australian cricket… I think it’s been almost embarrassing the way they have handled those two cases,” Ponting told ABC Radio.
“He mustn’t have had the full backing of the board. Me knowing Justin the way that I do, he was very keen to continue in the role, as he should have been after what’s been the best coaching period of his international career having just won the T20 World Cup and then the 4-0 result in the Ashes. “Justin is a great mate of mine and I know how passionate he is about the Australian coaching job and that he wanted to continue on and be the best coach and have the best cricket team in the world,” Ponting said.
