In latest setback for Pakistan team, Test coach Gillespie resigns ahead of South Africa Tests
FirstpostWIth former Australian pacer Jason Gillespie putting in his papers two weeks before the start of the Test series against South Africa, ex-Pakistan speedstser Aaqib Javed takes over as head coach across formats. Jason Gillespie resigned as the men’s red-ball coach ahead of a two-Test series in South Africa after weeks of uncertainty due to differences with the PCB, with former Pakistan speedster Aaqib Javed set to take over the role across formats. Read | ‘Frustrated’ Jason Gillespie exposes internal dynamics of PCB: ‘It wasn’t what I signed up for’ Gillespie and former South Africa opener Gary Kirsten had been appointed Pakistan head coach for the red-ball and white-ball formats respectively in April. Differences between 49-year-old and the board began to deepen after he was removed from the Test selection committee and later sidelining him over major decisions including not renewing Nielsen’s contract as well as picking the Pakistan squad for the Test series against South Africa, which gets underway on 26 December in Centurion.