Steve Waugh accuses Cricket Australia of lacking clarity with stance on Justin Langer following resignation

Steve Waugh says Cricket Australia (CA) provided «no clarity» in its explanation of why it only offered Justin Langer a short-term contract extension as men's head coach.

Waugh's comments followed CA chief executive Nick Hockley's media conference on Saturday, in which he defended the decision to offer Langer a six-month contract extension, saying he did not meet the team's «needs going forward».

Langer announced his resignation on Saturday morning, having rejected CA's offer.

Hockley said his organisation made the offer of a short-term extension as part of what it described as a period of «transition», a term he regularly used throughout his media conference.

Waugh took to Instagram and poste a photo of a handwritten note containing words such as «transition» and «evolve».

The former Test captain wrote in his post he did not understand the reasons CA cited as to why Langer was not in its long-term plans. 

«Plenty of Buzz words but no clarity as to why Justin Langer is no longer deemed worthy of the coaching role,» Waugh wrote.

«Not sure how the team evolves and transitions form being loved by the public and being ranked number one is test cricket and the World Champions in T20.»

John Buchanan, who coached Langer as a player in the national team, said Hockley had sent out mixed signals when explaining CA's decision-making.

«Nick Hockley basically outlined everything Justin did well, and then basically said he is unable to help the team evolve,» he said.

«There seemed to be a heck of a lot of bureaucratic gobbledegook in that.»

CA had already been strongly criticised by former Australian Test players such as Ricky Ponting, Mathew Hayden and Mitchell Johnson, who highlighted the success the national team had enjoyed under Langer