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Maketa, Benkenstein, Ontong in SA's new coaching

 
djdrastic 2017-11-16 15:41:08 

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Warriors' coach Malibongwe Maketa has been appointed Ottis Gibson's assistant, pipping Lions' coach Geoffrey Toyana to the post in a shake-up of South Africa's support staff. Former Natal and Durham batsman Dale Benkenstein will take over as batting coach from Neil McKenzie while Justin Ontong, the Cobras' senior statesman, has been appointed fielding coach.

Gibson, who was appointed in September, worked with Domingo's support staff for his first assignment, a home series against Bangladesh. On its successful completion, Gibson said he had spoken to CSA about his choices for a backroom staff and had given them a list of name, "some from overseas, some local," and would wait on the board to make the appointments. Who he had nominated from abroad is not known but only local candidates have made the cut, in what appears to be an exercise in cost-cutting.