'It was a bit of a kick in the face'- David Warner on Justin Langer's unceremonious exit as head coach

Justin Langer (Image source: Twitter)

David Warner has been one of Australia’s greatest players ever- his stats speak for themselves. There is no other batter who plays all three formats as well as Warner at the moment.

Despite his heroics on the field, however, Warner has been marred in controversy as well. The 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal also known as the ‘sandpaper gate’ threatened to derail Warner’s cricket career. He however made a strong comeback into the team and got back to where he belonged.

Last year brought another controversy to Australian cricket when the long-time coach and former player Justin Langer resigned from the head coach position. The build-up and the fallout of Langer’s exit as coach last year is the focus of the second season of the Amazon Prime documentary The Test.

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

Regardless, David Warner also laid bare the situation within the squad. "He lost a fair few players, and probably the wrong players," he said.

We needed him in those initial years- Warner

"The Ashes, it all came to a head because his contract came up," Cummins told viewers. "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."

"The team had changed a lot over a four-year period," quick Josh Hazlewood said.  "We were probably in need of a different support staff and different coach, as opposed to four years ago when JL started."