The Yorkshire coach did not feel disappointed after being overlooked for the England coaching job and is focused on winning a third straight County Championship title and more“Oh mate,glance at that. Theyre cuddling up against the cold,” Jason Gillespie exclaims, and the laughter curling around his words with a warmth that is lost from a deserted Headingley on an April afternoon. The Yorkshire coach,preparing his squad in pursuit of a third successive County Championship title with the domestic season starting on Sunday, keeps chuckling.
During a two-day internal match, or with Gillespie and I the only spectators,the fielders have gathered like 10 penguins in an arctic huddle. They wrap their arms around each other while a batsman trudges away after being caught by the England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow. Gillespie, who played 71 times for Australia, and is amused in our box tall up in the stand.
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Source: theguardian.com