Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie have been appointed as head coaches for different formats of the Pakistan cricket team.
ODI World Cup-winning coach Kirsten will oversee the white-ball teams, while Gillespie will manage the Test side on a two-year contract. This is the first time Pakistan has employed separate coaches for different formats.
Kirsten played 101 Tests and 185 ODIs for South Africa between 1993 and 2004 before coaching India to ODI World Cup glory in 2011 and the No. 1 ranked Test ranking.
The 56-year-old is currently coaching the Gujarat Titans in the IPL.
He will be joining the team on the England tour next month, where Pakistan will play four T20Is.
Gillespie (49) played 71 Tests and 97 ODIs in a distinguished career for Australia. He subsequently coached Yorkshire to win the English County Championship in 2013-14 and 2015-16. Azhar Mahmood, a former Pakistan all-rounder, will serve as assistant coach to both Kirsten and Gillespie.
Mahmood was appointed as the interim head coach of Pakistan for the New Zealand T20I series, which concluded on Saturday in Lahore with a 2-2 draw. Gillespie will join the team when Pakistan hosts Bangladesh and England later this year. These arrangements are part of Naqvi’s reorganisation of cricket since taking over at the PCB in February, which has seen the selection committee restructured.
Babar Azam was reappointed white-ball captain last month, replacing Shaheen Shah Afridi. Players have been training at an army base to improve their fitness.
Pakistan will also play three T20Is in Ireland before facing England and then heading to the USA for the T20 World Cup.