Jason Gillespie, the red-ball head coach of Pakistan, is set to depart for Australia after the conclusion of the second and final Test against Bangladesh, according to sources.
Gillespie, along with the team’s high-performance coach Tim Nielsen, is scheduled to leave Pakistan on Wednesday (tomorrow).
The second Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh is currently underway in Rawalpindi, where the hosts are on the cusp of a historic clean sweep.
Prior to this series, Bangladesh had never defeated Pakistan in a Test match.
Meanwhile, Jason Gillespie and Tim Nielsen will return to Pakistan ahead of the pre-series training camp for the series against England.
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England will tour Pakistan for a three-match Test series, scheduled to run from October 7 to 24 with matches scheduled in Multan, Karachi and Rawalpindi respectively.
Meanwhile, the training camp is likely to start on October 1, as revealed by the sources.
It’s worth noting that team physio Cliff Deacon and strength and conditioning coach Dreks Simon will stay in Pakistan.
Deacon and Simon will conduct fitness tests of the national team’s players ahead of the upcoming Champions One-Day Cup.
The Champions One-Day Cup is scheduled to be played from 12-29 September at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.
The Champions One-Day Cup will feature the country’s 150 best of the best cricketers. This will be a 50-over tournament that will be played in a single-league format.
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