Gillespie to leave Yorkshire

Yorkshire head coach Jason Gillespie will leave the English county to return to Australia at the end of the season.

Gillespie has led Yorkshire to promotion to the First Division and successive County Championship titles during a successful five-year spell at Headingley.

The 41-year-old’s achievements in England saw him linked with a coaching job in the Australian national team, but he decided to stay with Yorkshire. However, Sydneyborn Gillespie, who has suffered just five defeats in 76 Championship matches, will shortly return home to be with his family in Australia. “Yorkshire County Cricket Club can confirm that Jason Gillespie will leave his position as 1st XI coach at the end of the 2016 season,” a Yorkshire statement said yesterday. “Jason feels the close season is an appropriate time to part company.