South Africa set to name Shukri Conrad, Rob Walter as head coaches

South Africa are set to put their faith in Shukri Conrad and Rob Walter to get their men’s team out of the doldrums. According to Cricbuzz CSA is set to unveil the pair as coaches of the red-ball and white-ball sides on Monday.

If that happens, Conrad and Walter will have beaten out a shortlist that also featured Lance Klusener – who withdrew from the process – Malibongwe Maketa, Adrian Birrell and Richard Pybus. They will succeed Mark Boucher, who left the then sole position at the end of the T20 World Cup in Australia in November despite having a year left on his contract, to become Mumbai Indians’ head coach.

Conrad is expected to take over the Test team with Walter put in control of the white-ball sides, although which of them will go where could not be confirmed. Neither has been at the helm of a senior international side before, save for Conrad’s stint with Uganda from October 2010 to January 2011.