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Wandile Gwavu recently took over the fielding duties during South Africa’s limited overs tour against the West Indies and the Netherlands in the recent home summer.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Friday announced that Wandile Gwavu has been appointed fielding coach for the Proteas men’s white-ball setup. The 36-year-old Gwavu recently took over the fielding duties during South Africa’s limited-overs tours against the West Indies and the Netherlands in the recent home summer.
He has now joined Rob Walter’s team on a full-time basis along with batting coach JP Duminy, especially for the ODI World Cup to be held in India in October-November this year.
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“We are delighted to confirm Vandeille as the fielding coach of the Proteas men’s limited overs team. He has the highest level of experience in South African cricket with a coaching career which says a lot.”
“With good margins and ever-increasing stakes in 50-over and T20 cricket, fielding has become a vital part of any successful team and we strongly believe that Wandile’s expertise will complement South Africa’s strong tradition of fielding excellence in both formats will help to maintain. ,
“Vandile will also join the team on a permanent basis at this exciting time as the team enters a crucial preparation phase ahead of the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India later this year,” CSA Director of Cricket Enoch Nquay said in a statement. Still working.” ,
Hailing from Cape Town with Langa, Gwavu played age-group cricket for Eastern Province and was part of their academy before taking up coaching. As head coach of the DP World Lions since 2019, Gwavu was named domestic coach of the season in his first year in charge.
He has since led the Highveld team to five titles in four seasons – the most by any Lions coach. He was also assistant coach with both the Jozi Stars (Mzansi Super League) and the Jo’burg Super Kings (SA20) and enjoyed national coaching spells with the SAU19s and the SA ‘A’ side.
Earlier this week, South Africa sealed the eighth and final automatic qualification spot for the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup after the first match of the series between Bangladesh and Ireland was abandoned following incessant rain at Chelmsford.
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