Aaqib Javed and Saqlain Mushtaq contenders to succeed Gary Kirsten as Pakistan’s white-ball coach | Cricket News – Times of India
Gary Kirsten. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) Current senior selector Aaqib Javed and former spinner Saqlain Mushtaq are in fray to replace Gary Kirsten as Pakistan's new white ball coach after the former Proteas batter stepped down due to his differences with country's cricket board. The PCB, on Monday, officially confirmed that Kirsten had resigned and as an interim arrangement it has asked the red ball coach, Jason Gillispie to manage the team for the white ball series in Australia from November 4. But Gillespie has intimated that he would look at it as a one-off arrangement. "The problem is both Kirsten and Gillispie were not happy with their sudden demotion in powers with the selectors given powers to call all the shots," a source said. He said since Gillispie was in the midd...