There’s lots of work to be done, says Graeme Smith
Graeme Smith has held extensive talks with Proteas captain Faf du Plessis over the composition of the Proteas’ coaching staff and the kind of preparation the team will need ahead of the four-match Test series with England.
There is major uncertainty over the make up of the coaching staff and it is likely Smith will recommend someone other than Enoch Nkwe, who was interim Team Director for the national team’s tour to India, to coach the team for the England series.
Smith signed a three-month contract with Cricket South Africa yesterday to become the Director of Cricket, a period that includes the four Tests, three ODIs and three T20 internationals against England and three ODIs and three T20s against Australia in February and March next year.
Thereafter Smith will head to India to take up a commentating gig in the IPL, a deal he signed after withdrawing from the process to be Director of Cricket last month, just days after he was interviewed for the post. Smith cited a long and frustrating process, and the fact that no one could provide clarity about the exact nature of the role as reasons for his withdrawal.
He reconsidered that stance after talks with CSA president Chris Nenzani, during which he also stated that he couldn’t work alongside the now suspended chief executive Thabang Moroe.
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