Mitchell McClenaghan, Kruger van Wyk join MI Cape Town coaching staff for SA20 2025

MI Cape Town made some changes to their coaching lineup for the upcoming edition of the Cricket South Africa (CSA) SA20 season. On Saturday, MI Cape Town roped in former cricketers Mitchell McClenaghan and Kruger van Wyk to their coaching staff as bowling coach and fielding coach, respectively.

MI Cape Town ended the SA20 season at the bottom of the standings for the second consecutive year, securing only three wins from their 10 matches. Notably, the Cape Town franchise has international players such as Ben Stokes, Trent Boult, and Rashid Khan, as well as local talent such as Kagiso Rabada.

MI Cape Town Welcomes Mitchell McClenaghan, Kruger van Wyk to Coaching Staff

MI Cape Town has released a statement confirming the appointment of Mitchell McClenaghan as the team’s Bowling Coach and Kruger van Wyk as the Fielding Coach for the 2025 SA20 season.

"MI Cape Town welcomes Mitchell McClenaghan as the Bowling Coach for the upcoming 2025 season of the SA20. He’s all set to be joined by Kruger van Wyk as the Fielding Coach," read the statement from MI Cape Town.

Mitchell McClenaghan Won Four IPL Titles With Mumbai Indians

The franchise will have McClenaghan, who had a successful stint with MI Emirates as the Bowling Coach during their title-winning ILT20 2024 campaign. He will be a valuable addition for the upcoming season. Van Wyk, who is the Fielding Coach for the South African men's team, brings his expertise.

"McClenaghan, a true-blue MI #OneFamily legend, having won four IPL titles with the Mumbai Indians as a player in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020, and part of the Wankhede folklore, makes the move from MI Emirates, where he was part of the title-winning ILT20 2024 campaign as the Bowling Coach. He’s going to love it at Newlands, with a bunch of exciting fast bowlers to work with!," the statement added.

"Van Wyk, a former New Zealand Test cricketer and a veteran with 80 T20s under his belt, is a South Africa-born, feisty wicket-keeper batter. He’s also the Fielding Coach for the South Africa men’s team."

Mitchell McClenaghan joined Mumbai Indians in 2015 and played a key role in the team for five seasons. He was retained for the IPL 2020 but didn’t feature in the XI as Trent Boult was also signed that season. McClenaghan took 71 wickets in 56 matches for Mumbai, with his best figures being 4/21.

MI Cape Town Bids Goodbye to Lasith Malinga and James Pamment

MI Cape Town has confirmed that Mitchell McClenaghan and Kruger van Wyk will work alongside Robin Peterson, who continues as Head Coach, and Hashim Amla, the Batting Coach. They also bid farewell to Lasith Malinga and James Pamment, thanking them for their contributions and wishing them well.

"The two are set to join forces with Robin Peterson and Hashim Amla, who continue as the Head Coach and Batting Coach respectively. We bid goodbye to Lasith Malinga and James Pamment, two loyal soldiers of the Mumbai Indians over the years, and wish them all the best. Thank you for all the memories in the Rainbow Nation!"

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