Justin Langer in heated confrontation with CA staffer over Bangladesh video: report

According
to
‘The
Sydney
Morning
Herald’,
Langer
and
Australia
team
manager
Gavin
Dovey
“became
animated”
in
relation
to
a
video
added
to
the
cricket.com.au
website,
after
the
third
match,
which
Bangladesh
won,
taking
a
3-0
lead
in
the
recently
concluded
five-match
Twenty20
series.

The
hosts
won
the
five-match
T20I
series
4-1.

The
matter
was
initially
raised
by
Dovey
with
the
Cricket
Australia
digital
staffer
but
when
the
latter
stood
his
ground,
the
matter
escalated
and
Langer
subsequently
confronted
the
staff
member
shortly
afterwards.

“Dovey
had
argued
that
it
was
inappropriate
for
the
Bangladesh
team
song
to
be
posted
on
a
CA-operated
website,”
the
report
said.

“…the
incidents
were
witnessed
by
at
least
a
dozen
people
and
left
some
players
taken
aback
and
with
a
sense
of
unease
about
what
had
transpired,”
it
added.

While
Langer
refrained
from
commenting
on
the
issue,
Dovey
said:
“A
healthy
team
environment
includes
the
ability
to
have
honest
and
frank
discussions,
whether
it
be
between
players,
support
staff
or
others
within
the
team
environment,
which
was
the
case
here.”

“There
was
a
difference
of
opinion,
and
we
agreed
to
disagree
on
a
particular
matter.
In
hindsight,
it
was
one
of
those
instances
which
should
have
taken
place
in
private.
I
take
full
ownership
of
that,”
he
added.

CA
had
two
digital
media
operators
in
Bangladesh,
the
only
travelling
journalists
with
the
team
on
their
two-legged
tour
of
the
West
Indies
and
Bangladesh.

In
the
fifth
and
final
Test
Australia
were
dismissed
for
their
lowest
ever
Twenty20
international
total,
capping
another
forgettable
campaign
with
a
60-run
loss
to
Bangladesh.

Australia
had
also
lost
the
T20I
series
against
West
Indies
1-4
last
month.
Australia
have
now
lost
five
successive
T20I
series,
winning
just
six
of
21
matches.