Justin Langer stepped down as the head coach of Australia, putting an end to the uncertainty around his future for the national side. Langer was given a six-month extension but declined the offer amidst the reports of players not fond of his headmaster-like attitude.
Taking the charge of the position after the infamous ball-tampering saga, Langer made Australia a likeable team within the cricketing circle. Australia won the T20 World Cup in 2021 and then laid their hands at the Ashes urn twice in his tenure.
While fans have been visibly expressing their anger at the decision, venting out on social media, legendary Aussie cricketer Matthew Hayden tore apart Cricket Australia (CA) and national players, citing their lack of support for the former head coach.
"If he was waiting for the current Australian cricket team to be presenting a face of care, I dare say they won't be and that's, to me, the real sadness around this," Hayden was quoted as saying to ABC Sport.
"This was not a healthy process. This was a bloke (Langer) that won the Ashes, stayed back basically in Melbourne for the entire time while this dragged on for a month. The whole thing just reeks of being orchestrated from basically the moment all of this garbage started coming out in the middle of last year," the former Aussie opener blamed players for Langer's resignation.
As former cricketers stood by Langer following his departure, the cricketing fraternity in Australia and around the globe also did not remain calm as they fired at CA for the poor handling of the situation, which led to the whole fiasco.
Here are some of the reactions: