Dale Benkenstein‚ Malibongwe Maketa and Justin Ontong have been sounded out as assistants to Proteas coach Ottis Gibson. Maketa‚ the Warriors head coach‚ is expected to become Gibson’s assistant, while Benkenstein and Ontong are expected to be named as batting and fielding coaches. The former West Indian international all-rounder and England bowling coach said in October, he would be seeking to have his own coaching staff‚ which meant the crew consisting of Adrian Birrell‚ Claude Henderson‚ Neil McKenzie and Charl Langeveldt was going to be rendered redundant. Gibson kept the group for the Bangladesh tour in October, where the national team won all the matches. With bowling being his area of expertise‚ Gibson had said he would be taking care of the bowling part of the coaching set-up‚ leaving the other vacancies to be filled by others. Benkenstein‚ who is the first team cricket coach at Hilton College in KwaZulu-Natal‚ is expected to take up the batting coach position. Having had a ...
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