Jason Gillespie labels Pakistan cricket coach Aaqib Javed ‘a clown’

Jason Gillespie, the former Pakistan Test cricket coach, accused Aaqib Javed of undermining him and former white ball coach Gary Kirsten in an effort to lead the nation’s team in all formats and compared him to his successor as a “clown.”

A few days after hosts Pakistan had crashed out of the ICC Champions Trophy without a victory, Gillespie responded to a social media post with quotes from Aaqib.

Any team would struggle under such circumstances, according to Aaqib, who told reporters on Tuesday. Pakistan changed 16 coaches and 26 selectors in less than two years.

Australian Gillespie declared on social media, “This is hilarious.

“Gary and I were clearly undermining each other behind the scenes as we campaigned for the coach in all capacities.”

He is a clown, they say.

Gillespie left as red-ball coach in December amid media reports of a board-to-coach relationship breaking up. He had already signed a two-year contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in April. Aaqib took his place.

Gillespie replaced Kirsten in an overs-tour of Australia in October, with Gillespie taking the place of him.

Javed was then appointed Pakistan’s interim white ball coach until the Champions Trophy, and his contract has now been extended to their five-twenty-one-day international tour of New Zealand, which will begin on March 16.

Before transitioning into coaching, Gillespie, a former Australian fast bowler, played 71 Test matches and 97 one-day internationals between 1996 and 2006.

The Champions Trophy returned after an eight-year break, but Pakistan hosted its first major ICC event of its kind, with a humiliating defeat to the defending champions in two group games and one washed out.

Salman Ali Agha was appointed as the T20 captain and Babar Azam, the white ball player, Mohammad Rizwan, the star batter, and Pakistan’s T20 squad were soon removed from the country.

Aaqib, who also serves as Pakistan’s national selector, acknowledged that the national team’s chopping and changing has been unsuccessful.

He announced the most recent revisions to Pakistan’s limited-overs squads at a press conference, “We have changed nearly 16 coaches and 26 selectors in the last two years or so.” Any team in the world will likely follow that formula, in my opinion, if you apply it to them.

Your team won’t advance until you find consistency from the top to the bottom, from the chairman to the chairman.

Starting on March 16, Pakistan will play three ODI matches and five T20 matches in New Zealand.