Lance Klusener To Be Named South Africa's Interim ODI Coach: Reports

Lance Klusener, a former all-rounder for the Proteas, will be appointed as South Africa’s next interim ODI coach. On Friday, 4 November, unnamed sources confirmed the information to The South African website. 

Following the conclusion of the present T20 World Cup, Mark Boucher decided to step down from his position as national coach, creating the opening for the Proteas ODI coach. 

Lance Klusener To Replace Mark Boucher As ODI Coach of Proteas

Shortly after he made the decision to resign from his position as South Africa’s coach, Boucher was chosen as the new coach of the Mumbai Indians of the Indian Premier League (IPL). 

Just two weeks before the commencement of Zimbabwe’s T20 World Cup campaign in Australia, Lance Klusener resigned from his position as the country’s batting coach, as previously reported by The South African website. 

After working as their batting coach from 2016 to 2018, Lance Klusener rejoined Zimbabwe’s coaching staff in March of this year. Klusener, now 51, represented South Africa in 171 ODIs and 49 Tests during the course of his career. 

Malibongwe Maketa Named Temporary South Africa Test Coach

The Proteas’ temporary Test coach, Malibongwe Maketa, was named by Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Thursday. 

For their three-Test series against Australia in December 2022 and January 2023, Maketa, who is currently South Africa ‘A’ coach and National Academy Lead, will be in control of the team. 

For the Australia series, Charl Langeveldt, Justin Sammons, and Justin Ontong will remain as part of the support team as bowling, batting, and fielding coaches. Maketa has previously collaborated with each of them. It is also known that Maketa plans to submit an application for the permanent position once CSA posts it in the upcoming weeks.

There has been no indication as of the time of publication of who might succeed as T20 coach. For all three of the game’s forms, Boucher served as the national coach. 

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