Lance Klusener Withdraws Application To Be South Africa's Coach; To Focus On T20 Franchise Roles

Former South Africa National Cricket Team all-rounder Lance Klusener has decided to withdraw his application to become the new head coach of the Proteas in T20 Internationals (T20Is) and One Day Internationals (ODIs), according to a report published in ESPNcricinfo.

The 51-year-old Klusener played for the South Africa National Cricket Team between 1996-2004 and he was a vital member of the squad during that period. He had a successful international career as he scored 1906 runs and bagged 80 wickets in 49 Tests. In 171 ODIs, he scored 3576 runs while picking up 192 wickets.

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Klusener was the head coach of the Afghanistan National Cricket Team from 2019 to 2021 and he also worked with the Zimbabwe National Cricket Team as a batting coach. In domestic cricket, he worked with the Dolphins in a coaching capacity.

Currently, he is the coach of the Durban Super Giants in the SA20 2023, which is the inaugural edition of Cricket South Africa’s T20 league. The inaugural edition of SA20 is scheduled to commence on Tuesday.

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Lance Klusener Wants To Focus On T20 Franchise Roles

Lance Klusener was one of the six candidates interviewed by Cricket South Africa (CSA) three weeks ago. However, he has decided to pull out of the process to concentrate on T20 franchise roles, as per the same report.

Currently, there are five candidates in contention to become the white-ball and red-ball coach of the South Africa National Cricket Team; current interim coach Malibongwe Maketa, former national assistant coach Adrian Birrell, experienced franchise and under-19 coach Shukri Conrad, former Titans coach Rob Walter and former West Indies director of cricket Richard Pybus.

Notably, the South Africa National Cricket Team are set to adopt a spilt-coaching system this time around with the red-ball coach focusing on the Test team and first-class cricket while the white-ball coach focusing on the ODIs and T20Is. Klusener had applied for the limited-overs post.

Cricket South Africa will likely announce the new coaching setup by the middle of January and the white-ball coach will start his assignment with the series against England.

The England tour of South Africa 2023 consists of three ODIs. The matches will be played on January 27, 29 and February 1. The fixtures will make up the series taking place in Bloemfontein at the Mangaung Oval and in Kimberley at The Kimberley Oval.

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