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Struggling South Africa are likely to rope in Shukri Conrad and Rob Walter in a split coaching set up in a bid to revive their fortunes in International cricket. Conrad recently was at the helm of South Africa's Under-19 side, while Walter was the head coach of Central Districts in New Zealand. The duo are expected to be unveiled as South Africa's new coaches on Monday, reported ESPNCricinfo. Lance Klusener was the "frontrunner" to coach the white ball side but following his withdrawal on Monday, the duo would be "preferred" to current interim coach Malibongwe Maketa, former West Indies director of cricket Richard Pybus and former national assistant coach Adi Birrel (who applied for the red-ball job only). One of the two will be put in charge of the white-ball format as he will have to take charge immediately ahead of South Africa's three World Cup Super League matches against England from January 27 to February 1. South Africa had crashed out of the T20 World Cup after shocking
Former Australia captain Tim Paine has accused South Africa of ball tampering in the Johannesburg Test just a few days after the infamous sandpaper-gate scandal in Cape Town that rocked world cricket in 2018. The fallout of the Cape Town Test, the third of the four-match series, had been huge. Then captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner were slapped with a one-year international ban while Cameron Bancroft was suspended for nine months by Cricket Australia for their role in the scandal. It also prompted a cultural review into Australian cricket. However, Paine claimed in his new book that the Proteas indulged in ball tampering in the fourth Test at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. "I saw it happen in the fourth Test of that series, Paine wrote in his new autobiography 'The Paid Price.' Think about that. After everything that had happened in Cape Town, after all the headlines and bans and carry on. I was standing at the bowlers' end in the next Test when a shot came up