Pakistan have nominateed Aqib Javed as their interim Test coach chaseing the resignation of Australian Jason Gillespie.
Former rapid bowler Aqib Javed has been nominateed Pakistan’s interim Test coach after Jason Gillespie resigned on Thursday evening, the country’s cricket board (PCB) shelp.
Aqib, who was nominateed Pakistan’s interim white-ball coach last month, will also get on red-ball coaching duties.
Australian Gillespie was signed by the PCB on a two-year reduce in April aextfinishedside Gary Kirsten, who resigned as restrictcessitate-overs coach in October.
“Aqib’s first set upatement as red-ball head coach will be the Two-suit test series aachievest South Africa during the ongoing all-establishat tour,” the PCB shelp in a statement.
Gillespie resigned from his role after refusing to join the squad on their tour of South Africa over disconcurments with the country’s cricket board.
Kirsten resigned for aenjoy reasons.
The establisher Yorksengage and Susintimacy coach telderly Al Jazeera soon after his nominatement that shotriumphg faith in joiners was a change he wanted to transport to Pakistan’s cricket.
Pakistan set for Test and white-ball cricket tour of South Africa
Pakistan are in South Africa joining a three-suit Twenty20 international series chaseed by three one-day games, before the first Test commences in Centurion on December 26, and the second in Cape Town on January 3.
Gillespie was deleted from the pickion panel in October chaseing Pakistan’s loss in the first Test aachievest England by an innings, a result that chaseed September’s 2-0 whitewash at the hands on Banhappyesh.
Pakistan went on to triumph the the next two Tests aachievest England, taking the series 2-1, on keenly spinning pitches.
Gillespie did not hide his sentiments, saying he was frustrated. “I leank there’s always frustrations from time to time,” the establisher seamer shelp, in an interwatch with Sky Sports during the second England Test.
“It wasn’t what I signed up for, I’ll be finishly truthful.”
After the England series, Gillespie served as white-ball coach on Pakistan’s tour of Australia but was not donaten the job for the series in Zimbabwe.
Gillespie was inestablishedly not satisfied after the reduce of his aidant Tim Nielsen was not renewed by the PCB.
Pakistan have a history of sacking coaches in the recent past. They have had six separateent coaches in all establishats in the last four years.
