Gillespie set to become England Coach

   

Jason Neil Gillespie is an Australian cricketer who formerly represented Australia at international level, in both Tests and One Day Internationals, and South Australia, Yorkshire and Glamorgan at first-class level.He is reportedly poised to accept the vacant post of England coach after the saching of Peter Moores.Reports in England and Australia suggest to takeover the job on tuesday .He met strauss on thrusday,which fuelled the rumors.If he tooks the job,he would become the 1st Australian to coach England in the national men's team 138 year history.

CARRER of Gillespie

Full name	Jason Neil Gillespie
Born	19 April 1975 (age 40) Sydney, Australia
Nickname	Dizzy, The Walking Forward Defence
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut(cap 370)	29 November 1996 v West Indies
Last Test	16 April 2006 v Bangladesh
ODI debut(cap 127)	30 August 1996 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	12 July 2005 v England
ODI shirt no.	4
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1994-2008	South Australia
2006-2007	Yorkshire
2008	Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC LA Matches 71 97 189 192 Runs scored 1,218 201 3,742 640 Batting average 18.73 12.56 19.59 14.22 100s/50s 1/2 0/0 3/10 0/0 Top score 201* 44* 201* 44* Balls bowled 14,234 5,144 35,372 10,048 Wickets 259 142 613 255 Bowling average 26.13 25.42 26.98 27.40 5 wickets in innings 8 3 22 3 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 2 n/a Best bowling 7/37 5/22 8/50 5/22 Catches/stumpings 27/– 10/– 68/– 31/–