Former Australia cricketer Jason Gillespie who was Pakistan's red-ball coach has decided to resign from his position as he was not consulted on the selection of the national squad for the upcoming two-Test series in South Africa.
As per PTI, some Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials created a difficult environment for the former Australia cricketer. He was also disappointed after PCB didn't renew the contract of their
"Circumstances were created to make the former Australian player feel alienated in major decisions about the team," the source said.
"First despite his request the board didn't renew the contract of high performance coach Tim Nielsen and then the Test squad for the SA series was announced without consulting him," he added.
The source said that while Gillespie was aware that the board had stripped him of say in the selection matters, he expected as head coach, he would be consulted by the selectors in the selection of any series.
"Gillespie was also not happy that while refusing to renew the contract of Nielsen whom he had recommended the board preferred to bring in Shahid Aslam from the National Cricket Academy as a coach into the support staff on the recommendation of interim white ball head coach and senior selector Aaqib Javed,” the source added.
Authority issues in PCB led to several big resignations in the past?
The PTI report also added that some of the PCB officials hate those foreign coached who try to assert their authority as before Gillespie, Gary Kirsten has also resigned as the white ball coach over the same issues.
"The sad part is that some senior players also have a role to play in deciding with which coach (es) they are comfortable with and have the backing of some officials."
Pakistan are scheduled to play two Test matches against South Africa which will start from December 26.
