The Proteas will have a new-look technical team when they take on Zimbabwe in the once-off four-day Test on Boxing Day in Port Elizabeth. Coach Ottis Gibson confirmed on Monday that he had submitted his wish list to Cricket SA and that he would double up as the bowling coach‚ taking over from Charl Langeveldt. Assistant coach Adrian Birrell‚ specialist spin bowling coach Claude Henderson and batting consultant Neil McKenzie are also going to be jobless as Gibson makes changes. "There are likely to be new faces‚" Gibson said‚ indicating that some of the people that he wants to work with are from overseas. "I am going to do the fast bowling myself and I have spoken to Charl Langeveldt and Cricket SA about that. "I have given Cricket SA my wish list‚ if you like‚ of people who I feel could come in and add value to the Proteas. "Over the past five weeks, while we were playing‚ I was talking to various other people around the country to get opinions. "There are names of people from overs...
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