Gillespie's coaching role for Pakistan reduced to 'matchday strategist'

Jason Gillespie, Pakistan's red-ball coach, has described his role as "matchday strategist", acknowledging his reduced remit since a reorganisation one game into the series against England stripped him of his influence over team selection.

- Simon Burnton

Defeat by an innings and 47 runs prompted the Pakistan Cricket Board to change their approach to the Test side. They abandoned a brief dalliance with focusing on and creating conditions that reward seam bowling - even though that seemed to be a key factor behind the appointment of Gillespie less than six months ago - and transformed the way they go about selection, dropping their two best fast bowlers and filling the team with spinners. They then decided to play the second Test on a used pitch as dry and worn as possible to help them succeed, and won by 152 runs.