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While speaking to Wisden, Jason Gillespie said that the experience had left him tired, and even if Australia asked him to be the coach, he would say no right now.
Jason Gillespie resigned as Pakistan’s coach in December (Picture credit: AP)
Former Australia cricketer Jason Gillespie, who briefly coached Pakistan last year, has said that the experience with the team has made him not like coaching any more and he is not sure if he would like to do it again on a full-time basis.
Gillespie had taken over as the Test side coach in April last year, but he resigned months later in December after being blindsided by some of the decisions the management kept on making behind his back.
While speaking to Wisden, Gillespie said that the experience had left him tired, and even if Australia asked him to be the coach, he would say no right now.
“Right now, I’m not sure I’m interested in coaching full time. [Even if Australia come calling] No, I’m not interested,” Gillespie said.
Gillespie, who was appointed the interim white-ball coach of Pakistan after Gary Kirsten’s resignation in 2024, resigned soon after guiding the side to a historic ODI series victory over Australia.
Gillespie criticised Aqib Javed, who took over as the interim head coach after his departure in March, calling him a clown and for undermining him during his coaching tenure.
“The Pakistan experience has soured my love for coaching, I’ll be honest. I’ll get it back, I’m sure I will, but that was a blow. It disappointed me how that all ended. It’s had me question whether I want to coach full time again,” Gillespie said.
The former Australia cricketer, whose contract was all set to expire next year, resigned in December and he expressed his frustration over the lack of communication, which led him to feel that PCB no longer wanted him in the role.
“There were certainly challenges. I went into the job eyes wide open, I want to make that clear. I knew that, you know, Pakistan had cycled through several coaches in a pretty short space of time,” Gillespie had earlier said while speaking to ABC Sport.
“The straw that broke the camel’s back, I suppose, was, as a head coach, you like to have clear communication with your employer. I was completely and utterly blindsided by a decision to not have a high-performance coach,” Gillespie added.
