Australian cricket team were recently knocked out of the T20 World Cup 2022 at home after England beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets in the Super 12 stage. Aussies didn’t have enough Net Run Rate in their kitty.
Moreover, it was also obvious that the top two teams with better Net Run Rate would make it to the semis. New Zealand and England from the Group 1 table qualified for the semis.
In the end, England beat Pakistan in the final to win their second T20 World Cup title. After that, England were asked to stay back to play three ODIs against the Aussies that saw the Men in Yellow inflicting a 3-0 series whitewash on England.
Mike Hussey hits out at Justin Langer for coward remark
Meanwhile, former Australian cricketer Michael Hussey launched a scathing attack on Justin Langer for the latter’s recent remarks, where he termed the Australian cricketers as “coward”.
The former Australian head coach spoke in length about his fallout with Cricket Australia, after which he had stepped down as the coach of the national team. He made such bold and straightforward comments during a recent interaction with the BackChat podcast.
Meanwhile, Langer had clarified his comments and dismissed the alleged rift with some of the current cricketers of the Australian national cricket team.
Langer further clarified his remarks by stating that his relationship with Australian cricketers is totally good despite calling it quits as the head coach earlier this year.
Langer stepped down after Australia won the showpiece event under Aaron Finch’s captaincy last year. Besides that, Australia also won the iconic Ashes under the tutelage of Justin Langer.
Despite boasting a pretty good record as a head coach, winning the T20 World Cup and Ashes, he made a shocking revelation adding that he got sacked.
Reports were rife that the current players of the Australian cricket team were having an issue with Justin Langer’s coaching style and thus he resigned as the head coach.
Mike Hussey highlighted that the timing of it is not perfect and added that he is upset about the process transpired. Last but not least, he said that things could have been handled properly by Cricket Australia in the first place.
