Darren Lehmann will leave his post as Australia’s head coach after the fourth Test against South Africa, which begins on Friday.
The former Yorkshire CCC player has told the press he made the decision after seeing Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith speak earlier.
The 48-year-old coach said their words moved him to tears.
He was initially set to leave when his contract ended next year but will instead step down at the end of the current series with South Africa.
Cricket Australia confirmed his departure, which had appeared unlikely when it was announced earlier in the week that he would remain in his post until the end of his contract.
That was due to run until the end of the 2019 Ashes series in England, but now Lehmann has joined the casualties of Australia’s Cape Town debacle.
Cricket Australia announced its chief executive James Sutherland would speak to media at 2.45pm BST in Johannesburg following Lehmann’s resignation.
