Cricket
Van Zyl at the helm for CWC
2010-02-19 15:57
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Cape Town - Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Friday that Corrie van Zyl will remain interim coach of the Proteas until April 2011.
Van Zyl was appointed interim coach after the abrupt resignation of the former coach, Mickey Arthur, last month.
CSA also announced after its Board meeting that Graeme Smith would continue to captain the Proteas until the end of the World Cup in the West Indies next year and veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis would serve as his vice captain in all forms of the game, also until the end of the World Cup.
The Board endorsed a new structure to provide the Proteas with a strong management team that supports excellence, innovation and international best practice, as proposed by CSA chief executive Gerald Majola. The Board tasked the CEO with compiling a process of appointing the new structure, which will commence after the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
The Board also accepted a recommendation from the Cricket Committee to appoint a four-member national selection panel comprising the National Convenor of Selectors, a High Performance Representative, the National Coach and the National Captain.
The process to establish this new selection committee will begin immediately. In the meantime, the interim selection panel comprising Majola, Van Zyl and Proteas batting consultant, Kepler Wessels, will continue to operate.
"These decisions were made with the goal of streamlining the selection and management processes around the Proteas as one of the main objectives of getting the squad back on top of the world logs and staying there," said CSA President Dr Mtutuzeli Nyoka.
"The Proteas deserve the very best support and CSA wants to take time to formalize a management structure that supports excellence and innovation. At this time, we are of the opinion that Corrie van Zyl be kept on as interim coach, until the end of the 2010/2011 season, to take us through an incredibly busy period for the Proteas."
The Board also announced that it had added six new players to the list of contracted players for the 2010/2011 season.
The new players are Loots Bosman, Alviro Petersen, Charl Langeveldt, Ryan McLaren, Roelof van der Merwe and Rusty Theron.
Proteas contracted players 2010/2011 season : Graeme Smith (captain), Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, Lungile (Loots) Bosman, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, Jean Paul Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Paul Harris, Charl Langeveldt , Ryan Mclaren, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Wayne Parnell, Alviro Petersen, Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Roelof van der Merwe