Aaqib Javed replaces Jason Gillespie as interim Pakistan white-ball coach
Al Jazeera
Javed’s interim appointment runs until March 9, 2025, coinciding with the end of the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
Pakistan has again changed its coaching lineup, appointing former fast bowler Aaqib Javed as interim head coach for the white ball team.
In the past two years, Pakistan cricket has ploughed through five coaches, three board heads, three captains and numerous formats of the domestic competition, while suffering a string of humiliating defeats.
Javed will replace Jason Gillespie who steered the national side to a recent 2-1 ODI away series victory over world champions Australia, before slumping to a 3-0 T20 series defeat against the Aussies.
Gillespie, Pakistan’s red-ball head coach, had replaced former South African Gary Kirsten who resigned over differences with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) last month.
“Aaqib Javed, a former international fast bowler, is appointed as the interim head coach of the Pakistan men’s cricket team until the ICC Champions Trophy 2025,” said a PCB release on Monday.
