It is Horrible At the Moment: Michael Clarke Believes the Speculation on Justin Langer’s Future Should Stop

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke wants an end to the speculation over Justin Langer's future as Australia's coach.

New Delhi: Former Australia captain Michael Clarke didn’t shy away from showing his disappointment with the way Justin Langer’s appointment as coach of the Australia cricket team is being handled at the moment and hopes it ends quickly for the good for Australia cricket and Langer in particular.

“What JL has done since taking over the coaching role after the sandpaper saga and really trying to find a way to bring Australia back to the cricket team that we were, even in regards to earning that respect from fans and other teams, he has done such a good job. Hopefully, whatever is going to go down, it goes down ASAP,” said Clarke on Sky Sports Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast show on Wednesday.

“If Lang (Langer) is gonna resign, do it ASAP. If Cricket Australia are going to make him reapply for his job and he doesn’t want to do that and he quits, do it ASAP. If they are going to offer him a contract, let’s get this done because it is horrible at the moment. We’ve just had an awesome summer — we won the T20 World Cup, we just beat England 4-zip, and now we’re reading this on the back of the papers,” added Clarke, the 2015 Men’s Cricket World Cup-winning captain.

Talking about the ongoing saga, Clarke said, “I have been continuing to read about this saga going on about Justin Langer — my god, I was on the phone all night last night talking to a bunch of different people, and just waking up this morning I can’t put my phone down.”

“I can’t believe all this information can get out from a meeting. I know when I was playing and I was captain, I used to question how certain things got out and there’s no doubt that individual players have individual managers, so you can push your own agenda — I get all of that,” he added.

Questioning the recent developments and how certain information got leaked in the media, Clarke said, “This is splashed over the media and there’s inside gossip — you’ve got pretty much exactly what happened in the meeting with Cricket Australia for everyone to read. How does that happen? How can that not stay private?”

“It’s out of control. I don’t know what side it’s come from home or how it’s got out — I’ve got a fair idea — but either way, this is not helping. It’s not great for Lang and it’s certainly not great for Cricket Australia,” he concluded.