Proteas seek 2 head coaches to replace outgoing Boucher: 'We have to move forward'

Cricket South Africa (CSA) Director of Cricket Enoch Nkwe has confirmed that they're looking to split the head coach role into two after Mark Boucher's tenure ends at this month's T20 World Cup in Australia.

Boucher will step away from his post after nearly three years to take charge of Indian Premier League (IPL) giants Mumbai Indians at the close of the T20 World Cup, which ends 13 November.

Under the former Proteas wicketkeeper's guidance since his appointment in 2019, South Africa have won 11 in 20 Tests, 12 out of 25 ODIs and 23 out of 44 T20Is.

Nkwe says it was difficult to accept Boucher's resignation, but he understands the IPL opportunity.

He then pointed to the possibility of two head coach positions - one for the Test side and the other for white-ball cricket.

This isn't a foreign concept as it's a decision that has seen World Cup champions England become a force over the last few years with the split-coaching role, which sees Brendon McCullum coaching the Test side and Matthew Mott as white-ball coach.

"We have to move forward and we have the idea of splitting the roles to have a bit more focus on red-ball and white-ball cricket," Nkwe told News24 Sport on Monday at the T20 Women's World Cup launch at Newlands.

"We have to look at the reality of where world cricket is going. We still want to play Test cricket and want to revive it so we want to put a bit more investment in that.

"There's a lot of white-ball cricket in the next eight years. If you look at the FTP, there's an ICC event every year so you're looking at that and still want focus on Test cricket.

"So we're looking at splitting that role and once it's approved, we can move onto the next thing and that is who are the two to help lead our team moving forward."