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Jason Gillespie is the new Rhinos coach

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:26 am
by brmtaylor.com admin
Just announced on Fox Sports News, there was quite a lengthy interview with him. Basically he said he jumped at the opportunity to coach a franchise, he had talked to Streak about living in the country with his family, and was excited to help Zimbabwe cricket regain their Test status - footage of Taylor in the 2007 win over Australia was rolling in the background too and Gillespie briefly commented on that and how Zimbabwe was moving forward as a team.

Edit: I've uploaded the interview to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPATyT8NaZA

Re: Jason Gillespie is the new Rhinos coach

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:52 am
by CrimsonAvenger
Great news!

I fely bad when BCCI and IPL steamrolled ICL with all its might. But probably Gillespie getting in touch with Streak can be attributed as a good thing coming out of ICL. They played for the same team, Ahmedabad Rockets, and certainly would have got to know each other and cricket in their respective countries better there.

Re: Jason Gillespie is the new Rhinos coach

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:21 am
by shumbat
This is good news for Zim cricket, it just puts us back on the map and raises the standard with world class players and coaches coming in. Where does that leave Bhundu Waller then, but then again our Zim coaches are double jobbing due to shortages of world class coaches.

Re: Jason Gillespie is the new Rhinos coach

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:00 am
by brmtaylor.com admin
For anyone interested in seeing the interview, I've uploaded it to YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPATyT8NaZA - "Jason Gillespie announced as Mid West Rhinos cricket coach"

Re: Jason Gillespie is the new Rhinos coach

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:24 am
by bayhaus
Good on yer mate and once you been in Zim for a month you will tell all these paranoid NZ and Aus that Zim is safe to play cricket and even live in...

Re: Jason Gillespie is the new Rhinos coach

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:27 am
by aydee
shumbat wrote:Where does that leave Bhundu Waller then, but then again our Zim coaches are double jobbing due to shortages of world class coaches.
That was my first thought as well.

Interesting news regardless though.

Re: Jason Gillespie is the new Rhinos coach

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:37 am
by maehara
aydee wrote:
shumbat wrote:Where does that leave Bhundu Waller then, but then again our Zim coaches are double jobbing due to shortages of world class coaches.
That was my first thought as well.
Assistant coach of Zimbabwe 'A' / Zimbabwe XI, apparently...

Re: Jason Gillespie is the new Rhinos coach

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:10 pm
by Mike
Good news :). He'll help with the bowling and the batting! haha. Remember when he hit 201 :mrgreen:

Re: Jason Gillespie is the new Rhinos coach

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:16 pm
by Mike
Wheres his hair gone :mrgreen: :o :( :lol:

Re: Jason Gillespie is the new Rhinos coach

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:59 pm
by sloandog
Mike wrote:Good news :). He'll help with the bowling and the batting! haha. Remember when he hit 201 :mrgreen:
What ?! :shock: 201 ?! When ?!