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Former Australian Test captain Michael Clarke has urged Cricket Australia to reach a decision on Justin Langers future ASAP.

The batting great was dismayed at the leaks stemming from Langers meeting with Nick Hockley and Ben Oliver last Friday, as reported by foxsports.com.au.

He encouraged the governing body to consider legal action for defamation, despite agreeing the story was pretty much exactly what happened.

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Clarke, a former teammate of Langers, said the saga should not drag out any longer.

He has done such a good job, Clarke said of Langer on Sky Sports Radios Big Sports Breakfast on Wednesday.

This is splashed all over the media and there is inside gossip. You pretty much have exactly what happened in the meeting with Cricket Australia. Its there for everyone to read. How does that happen? How can that not stay private? It is out of control. I dont know what side its come from, how its got out or why its got out I have a fair idea either way, this is not helping anyone.

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Clarke added: Its not great for Lang and certainly not great for Cricket Australia. So hopefully whatever is going to go down, goes down ASAP.

If Lang is going to resign, do it ASAP. If Cricket Australia is going to make him reapply for his job and he doesnt want to do that so he quits, do that ASAP. If they are going to offer him a contract, lets get this done. Its horrible at the moment.

Weve just had an awesome summer, the T20 World Cup And now we are reading this.

Clarke also offered a vote of confidence in Langer, just as many of the openers former teammates have done across recent weeks.

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I cannot believe that you can have someone in a role that certainly of late has been so successful, he said.

What JL has done since taking over the coaching role after the sandpaper saga and trying to bring Australia back to the cricket team that we were.

My God. I was on the phone last night to a number of different of people. I cant put my phone down.

I cant believe how this information can get out from a meeting. When I played and was captain I used to question how certain things got out. Individual players have individual managers. You can push your own agenda but this is unbelievable.

Cricket Australias board will discuss Langers future at a board meeting on Friday.

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