Aqib Javed Replaces Jason Gillespie as Pak Test Coach: There is turmoil in Pakistan cricket at the moment. Pakistan cricket team is on South Africa tour. Where apart from T20 and ODI series, Test series is also to be played between the two countries. Currently, a three-match T20 series is being played between Pakistan and South Africa. After this a 3-match ODI series will be played. Then a 2-match test series is to be played between Pakistan and South Africa. Even before this, everything is not going well in the Pakistan cricket team.
Gillespie resigns from red ball coaching
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former fast bowler Aaqib Javed as the interim head coach of the Test team. This step has been taken after the sudden resignation of Jason Gillespie. An information came out in the report of Geo News that Gillespie resigned from his post expressing disagreement with the PCB’s decision of not extending the contract of assistant coach Tim Nielsen. Just before this resignation, the PCB had decided to remove Tim Nielsen from his post without any discussion.
First test in South Africa series
Aaqib Javed will now lead the team in the Test series against South Africa, which starts from December 26 in Centurion. Before this series, Pakistan team is playing a three-match T20 and ODI series in South Africa. It will be interesting to see how Aaqib Javed leads the team in this challenging tour. Before South Africa, Pakistan was successful in winning the three-match Test series 2-1 on the England tour.
tussle between gillespie and pcb
Differences between Jason Gillespie and PCB are nothing new. In October, when the PCB included Aaqib Javed in the team management, Gillespie was also removed from the post of selector. Gillespie had expressed his disagreement with this decision of PCB. Apart from this, in October, white ball coach Gary Kirsten also resigned from his post due to “differences of views” with the PCB.
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