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Nick Hockley refuses to commit on Justin Langer’s future as head coach

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Australia’s latest success however, head coach Justin Langer should wait till the top of the house season to know if his contract can be prolonged, in response to the chief govt of the nation’s apex cricket physique, Nick Hockley.
After a woeful run, together with dwelling Test sequence defeats to India, Australia turned issues round in dramatic vogue to win the T20 World Cup and are on the verge of claiming the Ashes sequence.
Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley, nonetheless, refused to expose a lot on Langer’s future but.
“I think JL, I think the whole square are doing a fantastic job,” Hockley instructed reporters on Sunday, the primary day of the Boxing Day Ashes Test towards England.
“We’ve seen that by way of the performances of the primary couple of Tests.
“We always said we’re going to be really focused on the two upcoming campaigns – the T20 World Cup and the T20 team did fabulously to bring that trophy home, and same for the Ashes – I know JL, I know the team, they are very, very focused on this series.” He added, “What we have said, before the summer, we’ll be sitting down at the end of the season to review where we go from there.”

Hockley additionally didn’t entertain questions on whether or not CA wish to ease the workload on Langer, who’s in control of all three codecs.
“As I said, that’s something we’re going to look at towards the end of the season,” he mentioned.
Hockley, nonetheless, did say that Langer would see out his contract, which expires in the course of subsequent yr.
“There’s no question Justin will see out his contract that goes through to the middle of next year,” Hockley mentioned.
“There’s a tour of Pakistan and there’s a lot of great cricket coming up, but as I said we’ll sit down and review where we are at the end of the Ashes.”