Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Monday appointed two different coaches for their red-ball and white-ball teams. The board have named Shukri Conrad as the top coach of their Test crew, whereas Rob Walter might be accountable for the ODI and T20I teams.
The everlasting teaching position was vacant in South Africa after Mark Boucher resigned from his job following Proteas’ surprising exit on the T20 World Cup final 12 months.
Both Conrad and Walker have labored extensively in South Africa’s home circuit.
Conrad has beforehand coached South Africa Under-19s and was the senior crew’s Strength and Conditioning coach between 2009 and 2013. On the opposite hand, Walker additionally has an IPL expertise with Chennai Super Kings, Pune Warriors India and Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals).
CSA has even decreased their crew’s variety of fixtures to be able to accommodate its new T20 league, SA20, which began earlier this month and to concentrate on Test cricket.
“We haven’t relegated Test cricket to the margins,” mentioned CSA chief govt Pholetsi Moseki in his assertion. “We want to invest to get Test cricket back to the standard we expect.”
The Proteas will play a two-match Test collection in opposition to West Indies in February however won’t characteristic in one other Test till they host India in December.