Australian T20 World Cup and multiple Ashes winning coach Justin Langer has declined a handsome bonus from his cricket board because he felt it was “morally inappropriate” to accept it at a time when the organization witnessed massive job losses due to COVID-19 . “Australian cricket coach Justin Langer has secretly knocked back a six-figure sum in bonuses because he felt it would be morally inappropriate amid job cuts from Covid,” leading cricket writers Robert Craddock and Peter Lalor reported for the Australian newspaper. The Daily Telegraph’.
“Clearly Langer privately informed his bosses that he could not, in good faith, accept bonus payments while other staff members were fired. Neither side has made the matter public,” the report said.
Cricket Australia had provided 40 staff members with pink receipts and revised the salaries of their executives, saving them around AUD 40 million.
According to the report, Langer’s four-year deal, believed to be in the range of $900,000 a year and signed in the pre-COVID era in 2018, contains components including performance bonuses, “which he declined to activate after concerned about the loss of staff”.
Langer’s chances of landing a new contract, however, will depend on Cricket Australia’s meeting, where the top bosses are expected to call.
Despite his stellar track record as a coach, Langer has been rumored for some time now that the team is not doing too well due to his supposedly unstable mood.
Langer’s future is at stake at a Cricket Australia board meeting on Friday where performance boss Ben Oliver will make a recommendation on whether or not to offer a new deal, the report said.
Langer’s thoughtful gesture of resisting the temptation to squeeze out his contract for all it’s worth adds to the complex story of his future,” the statement read.
While former teammates such as Matthew Hayden, Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist have spoken out in favor of Langer’s contract extension, it is widely believed that there is a certain sense of resentment among the current players, although no one has openly criticized the coach.
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The report said that even if Langer gets a new contract, it will be a short-term contract.
“If Langer is reappointed, it is likely to be a short-term deal and the white and red ball roles are unlikely to be split if the contract is two years or less.”
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