Pakistan officers rejected a report that Jason Gillespie was set to be axed from his Check teaching function, however then made their first transfer in opposition to the previous Australian fast by saying he would get replaced as white-ball head coach.
Making the event notably weird was the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) introduced Gillespie had been dumped as white-ball head coach throughout Pakistan’s T20 in opposition to Australia in Hobart on Monday.
Pakistan officers had made it clear they needed one man to be an all-format head coach by providing Gillespie the white-ball function on a full-time foundation.
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The 49-year-old had taken on white-ball duties on an interim foundation following the resignation of Gary Kirsten late final month, however he turned down the supply of teaching the limited-overs sides full-time as a result of Pakistan didn’t supply to extend his remuneration for the additional tasks.
The PCB introduced throughout Monday’s T20, which Australia received by seven wickets, that former Pakistan fast Aqib Javed was the brand new white-ball head coach, albeit on an interim foundation.
Aussie cricket nice and now Pakistan coach Jason Gillespie. Getty
It due to this fact seems more and more doubtless that Gillespie’s days as Check head coach are numbered and that the PCB is on the verge of discovering an all-format head coach.
Gillespie is contracted as Check coach till the top of 2026, however in an announcement posted to X on Monday (AEDT), the PCB solely assured his future as Check coach for the two-match sequence in opposition to South Africa, happening in South Africa throughout December and January.
In response to an ESPNCricinfo report posted to X on Monday (AEDT), the official PCB X account wrote: “PCB strongly refutes the story. As introduced beforehand, Jason Gillespie will proceed to educate the Pakistan aspect for the 2 red-ball matches in opposition to South Africa”.
Gillespie coached Pakistan to a 2-1 sequence victory over Australia on this month’s one-day sequence Down Below.
Previous to Pakistan’s tour of Australia, Gillespie’s Check aspect had defeated England 2-1 in Pakistan.
