PCB appoints Gary Kirsten, Jason Gillespie as white-ball, red-ball coaches

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi Sunday announced the board's decision to appoint South Africa's Gary Kirsten and Australia's Jason Gillespie as the coaches for the men's national side

Addressing a press conference in Lahore, the PCB chairman said that Kirsten is being appointed as the national side's white-ball coach while Gillespie is being given the role of the team's red-ball coach.

The development comes after the said posts were left vacant after Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn and Andrew Puttick were transferred to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore after a change in their portfolios in November 2023 following a change in PCB setup.

The trio left their respective positions in January this year.

Commenting on the timeline when the new coaches will join the team, the PCB chairman revealed that Kirsten would join the Green Shirts on the England tour, whereas Gillespie will join the team in the Bangladesh series.

Responding to a question as to why the board doesn't prefer local coaches due to the language barrier, Naqvi said that if a player did not know English, he would learn it and that purpose of bringing foreign coaches is to improve the team.