Mark Boucher appointed as new head coach of South Africa
Cricket | December 14, 2019 18:34 ISTEnoch Nkwe will be the assistant coach while Faf Du Plessis will remain the Test captain.
Enoch Nkwe will be the assistant coach while Faf Du Plessis will remain the Test captain.
Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith will remain in the role till the Indian Premier League (IPL) next year.
The dark clouds are all over CSA at present, but the suspension of chief executive Thabang Moroe also has a silver lining as this could mean the speeding up of former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith's appointment as Director of Cricket.
Board's President Chris Nenzani said that he had spoken to Smith about his appointment on Saturday morning.
The crisis within Cricket South Africa continues as its chief executive Thabang Moroe has been suspended.
There's an ongoing legal battle between Cricket South Africa and the South African Cricketers Association (SACA) because of which three senior officials were suspended last week.
According to reports, interim director of cricket Corrie van Zyl, chief operating officer Naasei Appiah and commercial manager Clive Eksteen have been suspended.
Since 2004, South Africa has had the maximum number of Kolpak players but two which hurt them in recent times were pacers Kyle Abbott in 2017 and Duanne Oliver in 2019.
Steyn took to Twitter to show his frustration and while replying to a tweet, he said that the CSA selectors may have missed his number despite the pacer making himself available for selection.
Enoch Nkwe, who has served as the head coach of bizhub Highveld Lions, had an impressive record of bringing the winning culture back to the Johannesburg-based outfit.
Ending his Test career as the most successful bowler in South African cricket history, Steyn picked 439 wickets in 93 Test matches.
A CSA official has said that there was a significant debate on the release of the players for the IPL, but the board was left helpless by players' keenness to play in the league.
AB de Villiers made himself available for selection just ahead of the 2019 World Cup team was picked but the Cricket South Africa (CSA) selection panel didn't accept his proposal.
Zondi said that ABD wasn't keen on playing the home series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan to be considered for selection in the team for the showpiece event and instead wanted to play in T20 leagues.
Nortje fractured his right thumb while practising in the nets, and it has now been confirmed that he would need six to eight weeks rest to recover fully.
While DC rested Rabada for the game against Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday, his scan reports have been sent to CSA to decide on the future course of action.
Markram was recalled into the team as South Africa aimed to put final touches on their squad for the upcoming Cricket World Cup 2019.
Morkel said that the timing of the decision was not great as Olivier had really started settling himself in the Test cricket.
Previously, the two players were deprived of full contracts but the same was upgraded after reaching the necessary threshold during the course of the current season.
Duanne said that he decided to join the county cricket club after being dropped from the South African Test team post their Bangladesh tour.
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