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Former Pakistan men’s Test head coach Jason Gillespie slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for lack of communication on Monday, December 16. He said that he stepped down from the role after being frustrated by the cricketing board with the board’s handling of position. He expressed frustration over being “completely and utterly blindside” by the PCB's decision to not have a high-performance coach which led to the departure of Tim Nielsen.
He told ABC Sport, “There were certainly challenges. I went into the job eyes wide open, I want to make that really clear. I knew that, you know, Pakistan had cycled through a number of coaches in a pretty short space of time. The straw that broke the camel’s back, I suppose, was, as a head coach, you like to have clear communication with your employer.” Gillespie added, “I was completely and utterly blindsided by a decision to not have a high-performance coach.”
Tim Nielsen was told that his services were no longer required: Jason Gillespie makes shocking revelation
The former Aussie pacer said that the board did not review Tim Nielsen’s contract after he was brought on as high-performance coach. Not only this, but he also added that the board didn’t communicate with him about their decision to end Nielsen’s contract. The 49-year-old revealed. “Tim Nielsen was told that his services were no longer required and I had absolutely zero communication from anyone about that.”
He added, “And I just thought after a number of other things that had gone on in the previous few months, that was probably the moment where I thought, ‘Well, I’m not really sure if they actually want me to do this job or not.” The former pacer also revealed that he developed a close relationship with Shan Masood and felt that they were going in the right direction. He said, “I developed a really close relationship with the Test captain, Shan Masood, and felt we were certainly going in the right direction and things were going really well.”
