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PCB on Monday announced the appointment of Aaqib Javed as interim head coach.
Former fast bowler Aaqib Javed has been made the interim coach of Pakistan’s white ball cricket team till Champions Trophy-2025. PCB announced the appointment of Javed as coach on Monday. The board issued a statement saying that Javed will also continue to work as a selector. In such a situation, he will have to handle double responsibility.
52-year-old former fast bowler Javed will replace Australia’s Gary Kirsten. After Kirsten’s resignation, the post of white ball coach was vacant. Javed is working as a convener of the team’s selection committee.
Through this post, PCB announced the appointment of Aaqib Javed as interim head coach.
Gillespie will be the coach of the Test team in South Africa tour PCB said that Red Ball head coach Jason Gillespie had coached the team during the recent Australia tour. He will now join the team for the upcoming two-Test series in Africa.
A day earlier, reports had claimed that the Pakistan Cricket Board was going to remove Gillespie, although the board did not deny the reports.
Pakistan will host tri series before Champions Trophy Pakistan team is to play a series of 3 ODI and 3 T20 matches in Zimbabwe this month. This series will run from 24 November to 5 December. Then the team will play 3 ODIs and 3 T20s in South Africa between 10-22 December. Not only this, Pakistan will also host an ODI tri-series with New Zealand and South Africa from 8-14 February before the Champions Trophy 2025.
Aaqib Javed, sitting at the water cooler, has previously coached UAE, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Gary Kirsten left coaching after 6 months
A few days ago, the Pakistan Cricket Board has taken away the right to select its captains and head coaches. Because of this, Gary Kirsten left the post after six months.
Convener of Javed Selection Committee
Javed was recently included among the five national selectors of PCB. After which the Pakistan cricket team performed well on the home ground and the Pakistan team won the home test series after three years and eight months. According to the report, Javed had insisted on making spin-friendly pitches instead of flat pitches. It is believed that Gillespie was the coach, but Javed was taking the decisions.
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