'He wanted to keep coaching. It was a bit of a...' - David Warner slams Cricket Australia for 'unprofessional' exit of Justin Langer

The veteran Australian opener David Warner has come up with some shocking statements with context to the exit of former head coach Justin Langer. Subsequently, the 36-year-old went on to confess that the Langer lost a few key cricketers in the team. Notably, the Australian cricketing corridors were filled up with a lot of controversies at the time of Langer’s departure from the coaching position.

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For the unversed, the second season of The Test documentary is set to be released on Prime Video on Friday. This season of the documentary is based on the background of both the rise and downfall of Justin Langer as a coach of the national side. After the end of a four-year deal with Langer, Cricket Australia offered a six-month contract to him without any further extension.

"He wanted to keep coaching. It was a bit of a kick in the face to offer him a six-month contract," said Warner in an episode of the recently released documentary.

He lost fair few players, and probably the wrong players - David Warner on Justin Langer

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"He lost fair few players, and probably the wrong players," he added later while explaining the environment of the dressing room during that phase.

Meanwhile, it's not only Warner who has come up with a revelation on the exit of the former Aussie southpaw from the coaching position. Former skipper Tim Paine also mentioned the same instance in his autobiography. Paine termed this short contract from CA as ‘embarrassing’, ‘unprofessional’, and ‘disgrace’ for and that too with a man of Justin Langer’s stature.

"The Ashes, it all came to a head because his contract came up, there was nothing out of the blue. We had spoken about a lot of these things over the previous 18 months to two years He was brilliant when we needed him in those initial years,” said current Test and ODI skipper of Australia, Pat Cummins.