{"id":54055,"date":"2024-10-28T11:35:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T06:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=54055"},"modified":"2024-10-28T12:52:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T07:52:16","slug":"gary-kirsten-resigns-as-pakistans-white-ball-head-coach-gillespie-appointed-for-australia-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/featured\/gary-kirsten-resigns-as-pakistans-white-ball-head-coach-gillespie-appointed-for-australia-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Kirsten resigns as Pakistan&#8217;s white-ball head coach, Gillespie appointed for Australia tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pcb-sends-show-cause-notice-to-fakhar-zaman-over-babar-azam-tweet\/\">Gary Kirsten<\/a> has tendered his resignation as Pakistan&#8217;s white-ball head coach, barely six months in the role, on Monday day after PCB announced the squad for the Australia and Zimbabwe tour.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-container cf\">\n<div class=\"post-content-right\">\n<div class=\"post-content description\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNoSpacing\">The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has accepted Gary Kirsten&#8217;s resignation and appointed Jason Gillespie \u2014 Green Shirts&#8217; red-ball head coach \u2014 as the team&#8217;s head coach for next month\u2019s white-ball tour of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten, who was appointed by the PCB on a two-year contract in April 2024, resigned as the head coach of the ODI and T20I sides with immediate effect a week before the ODI series begins in Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gillespie will now fill Kirsten&#8217;s place role in the upcoming series against the Kangaroos, featuring three ODIs set to commence on November 4, followed by a three-match T20I series.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced Jason Gillespie will coach the Pakistan men\u2019s cricket team on next month\u2019s white-ball tour of Australia after Gary Kirsten submitted his resignation, which was accepted.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1850791846324113768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Just six months ago, Kirsten and Jason Gillespie were appointed as the men&#8217;s team&#8217;s white-ball and red-ball head coaches, respectively, in a major coaching overhaul by the PCB.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sources, the resignation came after the rift between the newly-appointed Kirsten and the PCB developed over various matters.<\/p>\n<p><em>ESPNcricinfo<\/em> learned that Kirsten and Gillespie were not happy after the board, headed by chairman Mohsin Naqvi, decided to strip them of selection powers, with that authority exclusively the preserve of a selection committee they would no longer be a part of.<\/p>\n<p>The panel, which previously included the head coaches, was revamped which saw coaches and captain being removed from the committee which now comprises five members namely Aqib Javed Aleem Dar, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, and Hassan Cheema.<\/p>\n<p>Gillespie had made little effort to conceal his surprise at the events in the build-up to the third Test in Rawalpindi against England, saying he was now just a &#8220;match-day analyst&#8221;, and that &#8220;it wasn&#8217;t what I signed up for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sources said that Kirsten insisted on having his input taken into consideration for the white-ball team and the categories in the central contracts.<\/p>\n<p>When the new captain Mohammad Rizwan and the squad were announced at a press conference in Lahore on Sunday, Kirsten was not even in the country at the time. Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi was flanked only by Aaqib Javed, Azhar Ali, members of the new selection committee, and the new captain and vice-captain Salman Agha.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-area\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/571281-pcb-appoints-gillespie-as-white-ball-head-coach-for-australia-tour-after-kirsten-resigns\">\n<h2>Upcoming white-ball series<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>November 4 \u2014 ODI (Melbourne)<\/p>\n<p>November 8 \u2014 ODI (Adelaide)<\/p>\n<p>November 10 \u2014 ODI (Perth)<\/p>\n<p>November 14 \u2014 T20I (Brisbane)<\/p>\n<p>November 16 \u2014 T20I (Sydney)<\/p>\n<p>November 18 \u2014 T20I (Hobart)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zimbabwe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>November 24 \u2014 ODI<\/p>\n<p>November 26 \u2014 ODI<\/p>\n<p>November 28 \u2014 ODI<\/p>\n<p>December 1 \u2014 T20I<\/p>\n<p>December 3 \u2014 T20I<\/p>\n<p>December 5 \u2014 T20I<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Bulawayo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Gary Kirsten has tendered his resignation as Pakistan&#8217;s white-ball head coach, barely six months in the role, on Monday day after PCB announced the squad for the Australia and Zimbabwe tour. 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