South Africa on Friday introduced the appointment of Shukri Conrad as their all format coach after the previous participant guided them to the 2025 World Take a look at Championship last, scheduled to happen at June 11-15 at Lords in opposition to Australia. Conrad will take cost of the Proteas white ball groups till the 2027 ICC 50-over World Cup, Cricket South Africa said.
The 58-year-old succeeds Rob Walter, who resigned in April after the Champions Trophy together with his first white-ball task set to be a T20I sequence in opposition to Zimbabwe and New Zealand in July. Below Walter, South Africa made historical past by reaching their first ever ICC Males’s T20 World Cup last in 2024 the place they completed as runners as much as India in Barbados. He additionally guided the Proteas to the semifinals of the ODI World Cup 2023 and the Champions Trophy 2025.
“Shukri’s observe file with the red-ball workforce speaks for itself. He has laid a stable basis and instilled a powerful id throughout the Take a look at surroundings. I’m excited to see him deliver the profile and construction to the white-ball house,” CSA Director of Nationwide Groups and Excessive Efficiency, Enoch Nkwe.
“I’m actually honoured to be entrusted with the accountability of main the nationwide workforce throughout all three codecs. I’m genuinely excited in regards to the prospects that lie forward. South African cricket has unbelievable white-ball expertise. There’s a powerful basis to construct on, and I imagine we have now what it takes to realize one thing particular,” stated Conrad.
If all goes as per plans Conrad will oversee two main white ball occasions — T20 World Cup 2026 in India and the 50-over World Cup 2027 on dwelling soil.
“Throughout this era, planning shall be key for us as we glance to handle our participant base to make sure that the strongest groups may be fielded in each format. We wish to clearly be the most effective on the planet in all three types of the sport and that’s little question my primary goal and purpose for the Proteas,” he added.