Cricket South Africa (CSA) this week introduced the resignation of the Proteas males’s white-ball head coach, Rob Walter, efficient 30 April 2025.
Walter has attributed his resignation to non-public causes, which CSA has accepted.
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With the position now vacant, South Africa-born England star Kevin Pietersen has given CSA his suggestion as Walter’s alternative.
Taking to his X account, Pietersen posted: “Cricket South Africa ought to rent Jonathan Trott instantly as their white ball coach!”
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Like Pietersen, Trott was born in South Africa.
Trott performed 52 Exams, 68 ODIs and 7 T20Is for England.
He’s the present Afghanistan coach.
‘Proteas made historical past’
Walter, who has held the place since March 2023, has performed an instrumental position in South Africa’s current successes on the worldwide stage.
Beneath his management, the Proteas made historical past by reaching their first-ever ICC Males’s T20 World Cup ultimate in 2024, the place they completed as runners as much as India in Barbados. A document run of eight consecutive wins underpinned the marketing campaign.
His tenure additionally noticed the 50-over facet attain the semi-finals of the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India.
In his time on the helm, Walter oversaw the nationwide facet in 36 One-Day Internationals and 31 T20 Internationals, with sequence wins towards Netherlands, Australia, Eire and Pakistan.
His ultimate project was the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the place he led the Proteas to a different semi-final look, this time towards New Zealand in Lahore in March.
“Teaching the Proteas has been an unbelievable honour, and I’m immensely happy with what we have now achieved collectively,” stated Walter.
“The gamers, assist employees, and the South African cricketing neighborhood have been incredible all through this journey. Whereas it’s time for me to step away, I’ve little question that the workforce will proceed to develop and attain even larger heights.”
‘Immense job’
Director of Nationwide Groups and Excessive Efficiency Enoch Nkwe stated: “Rob has performed an immense job for South African cricket over the previous two years.
“It’s also vital to recognise Rob’s dedication to increasing the expertise pool throughout each codecs. Whereas in cost, he ensured that rising gamers had the chance to develop and make their mark on the highest degree, which will probably be crucial for the way forward for the Proteas.
“We now have a busy interval of white-ball cricket over the subsequent two years as we construct in the direction of the Cricket World Cup on house soil. His successor will proceed to work in the direction of that 50-over World Cup marketing campaign, together with subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup.”
CSA Chief Government Officer Pholetsi Moseki added: “Rob performed a big position within the rebuilding of the Proteas model on the worldwide stage. Throughout his two years in cost, we have now witnessed a big enhance in religion in South African cricket, largely as a result of workforce’s efficiency. His professionalism and work ethic have been exemplary, and he’ll undoubtedly be missed. On behalf of Cricket South Africa, we want him all of the success sooner or later.”
A successor will probably be introduced sooner or later.
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