The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have actually shot down a report claiming that Jason Gillespie is readied to be axed as the head coach of their Test side.
The last year have actually been turbulent for Pakistan off the area, with modifications in management functions virtually coming to be regular.
Earlier today (Sunday, November 17), ESPNcricinfo reported that even more adjustment was in the murder, with Gillespie readied to be eliminated from his duty as head coach which he would certainly be changed by Aaqib Javed, that presently rests on the option panel.
Gillespie has actually been head coach of the Test side because earlier in 2024, supervising a home collection loss to Bangladesh yet additionally a collection triumph versusEngland After Gary Kirsten’s separation as white-ball head coach, Gillespie additionally thought obligations as Pakistan’s acting minimal overs coach. He commanded Pakistan’s current ODI collection sway Australia in Ausralia.
The ESPNcricinfo report specifies that Gillespie was supplied the opportunity to coach throughout layouts yet on an agreement worth the like his first Test- just obligations, a deal that Gillespie was readied to turn down. With the PCB currently eager to have one head coach throughout layouts, this triggered them to begin looking somewhere else, according to the report.
However, the PCB openly shot down the cases made in the report, requiring to X (previously Twitter) to claim: “PCB highly shoots down the tale. As introduced formerly, Jason Gillespie will certainly remain to coach the Pakistan side for both red-ball suits versus South Africa.”
That declaration is barely an unfaltering recommendation of the incumbent head coach, however. It declines to validate that Gillespie will certainly stay as the head coach past the upcoming excursion of South Africa regardless of his agreement going through to 2026.
Pakistan have 4 suits staying in their World Test Championship project; 2 away to South Africa and afterwards 2 in the house versusWest Indies Alongside England, Bangladesh and West Indies, they are just one of the 4 sides currently out of World Test Championship opinion.
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