Australia cricket might have clinched the Ashes Test series and showcased a dominating performance by defeating England team 4-0 but everything within Australian cricket is not well. The situation got worse after Justin Langer decided to refuse to a short-term extension and subsequently stepped down as the head coach of the Australia cricket team.
"Justin was offered a short-term extension to his current contract, which sadly he has opted not to accept," read an official Cricket Australia release.
Johnson's attack
In a situation like this, former Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson has attacked Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins after Langer’s resignation. According to Johnson, the Test skipper “might have delivered with the ball during the Ashes series” but he “has failed his first big test as captain pretty miserably.”
"Pat Cummins has been lauded as some type of cricketing saint since his elevation to the top job this summer. Cummins might have delivered with the ball during the Ashes series, but he has failed his first big test as captain pretty miserably," Johnson wrote in a column for The West Australian, as reported by Fox Sports.
"He had plenty of public opportunities to endorse an extension for Langer. So when he let it through to the keeper every time, it became pretty obvious he didn't want it to happen. Cummins holds a lot of power and must have been central to what's happened. He's clearly had an agenda to get in a coach he wants. His recent interviews have been gutless by not respecting his coach when he could have been upfront from the start," the 40-year-old former pacer added.
Second attack
But Johnson did not stop there, as he went on to talk about the prestigious baggy green. He feels that the baggy green now stands for “selfishness.”
"The baggy green is hyped as the most revered symbol in Australian sport. But what does it stand for now? In the wake of the disgraceful white-anting of Langer as a coach, which led to his resignation on Saturday, it stands for selfishness," said Johnson.
Justin Langer, the former left-handed batsman was appointed as the head coach of the Australia cricket team in 2018 after the infamous Sandpaper Gate incident had jolted Australian cricket.
