Malibongwe Maketa

Maketa, 42, will take over from Mark Boucher, who announced recently that he was stepping down from the head coach position after the current T20 World Cup.

Former batsman Neil McKenzie has been roped in as South Africa's high performance batting lead coach, the country's cricket board (CSA) announced on Thursday.

Struggling South Africa are likely to rope in Shukri Conrad and Rob Walter in a split coaching set up in a bid to revive their fortunes in International cricket.

On Thursday, TOI learnt that the former India and Mumbai offspinner Ramesh Powar had been roped in by Cricket Australia (CA) to coach its young spinners.

Former captain Graeme Smith was on Friday appointed Cricket South Africa's permanent Director of Cricket for a two-year term, a post which he held on an interim basis since December last year.

Archie Vaughan, son of former England captain Michael Vaughan, will lead England's U19 team on their tour of South Africa. The squad will play three 50-over and two red-ball games. Archie, who had a notable season with Somerset, is excited about the challenge. South Africa's U19 team will be captained by Bennie Hansen.