Cricket SA (CSA) has announced the appointment of Ottis Gibson as head coach of the Proteas across all three formats.Gibson is currently the bowling coach of the England Test team and has previously served as head coach of the West Indies.His SA contract will run from mid-September, when he starts preparing the squad for the home series against Bangladesh, until the conclusion of the ICC World Cup in mid-2019.CSA also announced the appointment of Russell Domingo as head coach of the South African "A" side while the current incumbent‚ Shukri Conrad‚ will return to his previous full-time position as head coach of the National Academy."As a player‚ Gibson‚ 48‚ had a distinguished playing career for the West Indies‚ representing them in two Test matches — the second of which was the New Year Test at Newlands in 1999 — and 15 one-day internationals as an all-rounder between 1995 and 1999."In addition‚ he played more than 400 matches‚ principally for his native Barbados‚ across the three ...
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