Former South Africa tempo bowler Morne Morkel is to affix the New Zealand ladies’s teaching employees for the Twenty20 World Cup going down in his homeland subsequent month.
The 38-year-old, who performed 86 Tests, 117 one-day internationals and 44 T20s for South Africa between 2006 and 2018, claiming 544 wickets, takes on the position after being a part of Namibia’s teaching crew on the current males’s T20 World Cup in Australia.
Morkel – additionally bowling coach for the Durban Super Giants within the new SA20 League – stated in a press release from New Zealand Cricket: “The opportunity to join the White Ferns group and get involved in the women’s game was a no-brainer for me.
“The ladies’s recreation is rising so quickly world wide, and this an excellent alternative for me to construct expertise within the ladies’s recreation and share my data of worldwide cricket to assist this crew get higher.”
New Zealand head coach Ben Sawyer stated: “We’re actually excited to have Morne be a part of the group for the World Cup.
“Morne had an outstanding international record as a player, and his first-hand experience in major international tournaments, coupled with his knowledge of the conditions in South Africa, will make him a huge asset.”
