Jason Gillespie Slaps Shock Resignation To PCB, Board Names 52-12 months-Previous Named New Pink-Ball Coach

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named Aqib Javed because the interim crimson ball coach following the resignation of Jason Gillespie. Speculations of Gillespie’s resignation have been rife for the reason that PCB didn’t renew assistant coach Tim Neilsen’s contract. Gillespie was offended he wasn’t consulted, and even instructed earlier than that call was taken. Gillespie was set to board the flight to South Africa from Adelaide on Friday, however he knowledgeable the PCB that he was not prepared to proceed the position. Aaqib’s first project as red-ball head coach shall be Pakistan’s two-match Check sequence in opposition to South Africa.

“The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named Aqib Javed as interim red-ball head coach of the Pakistan males’s cricket workforce following the resignation of red-ball head-coach Jason Gillespie,” learn an announcement from the PCB.

The event comes a month after white-ball coach Gary Kirsten resigned as white-ball coach following which Gillespie was requested to educate the workforce on white-ball sequence to Australia. Underneath Gillespie, Pakistan pulled off an enormous upset within the three-match ODI sequence however suffered a 3-0 defeat within the T20Is. It was reported that the PCB needed Gillespie to proceed as white-ball coach until the ICC Champions Trophy however with none change within the present contract, nonetheless, the board later named Aqib Javed because the interim white-ball coach.

The primary Check is scheduled on the SuperSport Park in Centurion from 26 to 30 December. The second Check shall be performed on the Newlands Cricket Floor in Cape City from 3 to 7 January.

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