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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued an official advertisement for the red-ball and white-ball coaching positions, inviting interested candidates to apply by April 15. As per the sources close to the PCB, the former Australian cricketer Jason Gillespie and the South African Gary Kirsten are in line to get appointed for the respective coaching positions.
As per the report from the Times of India, the applicants for the Pakistan cricket team coaching role should have a minimum of five years of coaching experience, at the domestic, franchise, or international level, coupled with a minimum of level two coaching credentials. The selection process from the PCB will give preference to candidates with higher coaching qualifications.
Despite the issuance of the official advertisement for the Pakistan cricket team coaching positions, the PCB sources disclosed that they already discussed it with Jason Gillespie and Gary Kirsten. It is noted that the Pakistan Cricket Board is looking forward to these two former cricketers applying for the coaching positions, to bring them to the fold for a long time.
Kirsten, who coached India to the ODI World Cup 2011 triumph, is expected to take over the reins of the limited overs teams for Pakistan, while Gillespie will be bringing his experience of coaching all over the world to their Test team.
PCB reappoints Babar Azam as Pakistan captain in LOIs
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reappointed Babar Azam as the captain of Pakistan in white-ball formats after the selection committee recommended his name to Chairman Mohsin Naqvi. With that, the short stint of Shaheen Afridi as the T20I captain of Pakistan, who had replaced Babar Azam in the role in November last year, came to an end.
