Pakistan Cricket Board appointed Gary Kirsten as their head coach for ODis and Twenty20 Internationals whereas former Australian quick bowler Jason Gillespie will take over the position in Test cricket.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on April 28 appointed World Cup-winning Gary Kirsten as their head coach for ODIs and T20Is, whereas former Australian pacer Jason Gillespie will take over that position in Test cricket.
Along with them, former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood was appointed as the assistant coach of the crew throughout the codecs.
“The appointment of (Gary) Kirsten and (Jason) Gillispie who are high-profile coaches shows how much value is given to the Pakistan cricket team and how much potential foreign coaches see in our players,” PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi stated throughout a media convention.
“We want to give the team the best facilities and that is why we have gone for Kirsten and Gillispie,” he added.
Kirsten is anticipated to take over from Pakistan’s tour of England from May 22 which can function 4 T20Is and from there the crew will journey for the T20 World Cup in June.
Pakistan have been on the seek for a full-time head coach for the reason that finish of the 50-over World Cup final yr the place they did not enter the knockout phases.
After their shambolic effort in the marquee occasion held in India, Pakistan had sacked all the set of teaching workers – head coach Grant Bradburn, crew director Mickey Arthur, bowling coach Morne Morkel and batting coach Andrew Puttick.
Premier batter Babar Azam was additionally faraway from captaincy submit the ICC showpiece with Pakistan opting to nominate pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi as their white-ball chief and Shan Masood doing that obligation in Tests.
Along with that, Pakistan had additionally turned to former cricket Muhammad Hafeez for the guiding position throughout their tour to Australia.
But Hafeez misplaced the job after Pakistan misplaced 0-3 in the Test collection and 1-4 in the T20Is.
While Masood was retained as captain, Afridi was relieved from management and Babar was reinstated in the final week of March.
However, Pakistan couldn’t discover a full-time head coach regardless of them approaching some high names such Matthew Hayden and Shane Watson.
Eventually, they’ve been zeroed in on Kirsten, who had led India to World Cup triumph in 2011, and Gillespie, who comes with bagful of teaching expertise with English county facet Sussex.
Naqvi defined the rationale behind selecting overseas names for teaching position.
“We have maintained a balance for this. There’s a lot of talent in our country. But we’re not that far ahead in medical sciences which is why there are some fitness issues in our team.
“So, closing our choices to get the perfect choices from outdoors our nation might not get us the perfect outcomes for us,” stated Naqvi.
