Prospects for light at the end of the tunnel that has become naming SA’s next coach receded on Thursday when‚ instead of taking a decision‚ Cricket SA passed the buck to a committee to help them. The contract of current coach Russell Domingo expires after SA’s tour to England‚ which is scheduled to end on August 8. Domingo said on Saturday he had not been informed of the process for filling the position. He was asked on Tuesday‚ at a media conference before the squad’s departure for England‚ whether SA’s performance in the Champions Trophy, which forms part of the tour, would affect his chances of keeping his job. He advised reporters to ask Cricket SA’s board. A Cricket SA release on Thursday said a panel consisting of their lead independent director‚ Norman Arendse‚ cricket administrators Rihan Richards and Oupa Nkagisang‚ and former SA coaches Gary Kirsten and Eric Simons had been nominated to find a replacement. They will "serve on the selection panel to screen and recommend a s...
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