The Pakistan Cricket Board has issued a robust denial to media stories that former Pakistan quick bowler Aaqib Javed is more likely to change present Pakistan cricket workforce coach Jason Gillespie in all codecs after the continued T20I sequence in Australia, which the Pakistan cricket workforce has already misplaced 0-2.
Pakistan will play the third T20I on Monday towards Australia. Media stories had instructed that Gillespie’s reign was to finish after that.
“PCB strongly refutes the story. As introduced beforehand, Jason Gillespie will proceed to educate the Pakistan aspect for the 2 red-ball matches towards South Africa,” the Pakistan Cricket Board tweeted late on Sunday.
The 2-match Check sequence towards South Africa is ready to be performed in December.
It’s notable that that PCB has disregarded the three T20Is that the Pakistan cricket workforce will play towards the South African cricket workforce on the identical tour.
In response to a report in ESPNCricinfo, the transfer to interchange Gillespie with Aaqib Javed got here after the Australian had reportedly refused to totally take over the duty of white-ball groups with no pay rise. When he conveyed the message, the PCB determined to strip him off pink ball duties too.
Pakistan workforce has been in a state of turmoil lately. Proper earlier than the sequence towards Australia, coach Gary Kirsten parted methods with the workforce. This had led the PCB to enlist the companies of Gillespie as an interim white-ball coach for the three ODIs and three T20Is.
Below Gillespie, the Pakistan cricket workforce had misplaced a sequence at residence to Bangladesh, which is the primary time this has occurred in historical past. Pakistan did bounce again from that by beating England of their first Check sequence at residence in three-and-a-half years. They then received their first ODI sequence in Australia in 22 years, however misplaced the T20I sequence.
