Ex-Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie returns to English county cricket with Kent

The former Australia seamer, who oversaw Yorkshire's back-to-back titles in 2014 and 2015, will join the staff at Canterbury in time for the start of the 2017 campaign on April 7.

The 41-year-old will cover for former South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald, who was appointed assistant coach two months ago but is still awaiting a visa to work in the UK.

Gillespie, who will assist head coach Matt Walker, said: "I am really looking forward to joining Kent.

"Obviously I moved back to Adelaide for family reasons last year, but the opportunity to assist Kent on a short-term basis was one that I couldn't resist and works well with my current situation.

"I look forward to helping Matt Walker and [captain] Sam Northeast over the next couple of months until I hand over the reins to Allan Donald."

Explaining the reasons for his departure from Yorkshire back in August, Gillespie said: “The initial plan was for my family to go back and spend a bit of time in Australia and then, after the Big Bash, we would all come back for another season at Yorkshire.

“I still had these thoughts that I could still work here and I could try and maybe get back home a couple of times during the summer for a few days. But the more I thought about it - from a family point of view - the more it became clear that that wasn’t going to be practical.

“At the end of the day, family comes first.”