Matthew Hayden slams players, Cricket Australia after Justin Langer's resignation as head coach

An emotional Matthew Hayden has taken aim at the national men's cricket team, saying the players showed a lack of support for Justin Langer during the late stages of his coaching tenure.

Hayden shed tears as he spoke to ABC Sport following this morning's confirmation that Langer had resigned as national men's head coach.

Langer, who was appointed to the role in the wake of 2018's ball-tampering scandal, had met with CA officials on Friday night.

This followed CA's marathon board meeting earlier in the day in which Langer's future as coach was discussed at length.

In a statement, CA said it offered Langer a short-term extension to his current contract, which he «sadly» opted not to accept.

CA said Langer decided to resign with «immediate effect». The move follows Australia's recent 4-0 Ashes series win and its victory in the T20 World Cup last November.

Justin Langer has resigned as head coach of Australia's men's cricket team less than a month after a thumping Ashes series win.

Andrew McDonald has been appointed as interim head coach.

Hayden said Langer had been let down by the players for much of the past 12 months as rumours circulated they were dissatisfied with his coaching style.

«If he was waiting for the current Australian cricket team to be presenting a face of care, I dare say they won't be and that's, to me, the real sadness around this,» he told ABC Sport.

Pat Cummins, who was appointed men's Test captain ahead of the Ashes after Tim Paine's resignation, was one of the players who met with CA last year to raise concerns about Langer's coaching style.

In his media appearances this week, Cummins failed to endorse Langer as coach and said it was CA's responsibility to handle the «evaluation process» of his role.

Hayden, who