Cape Town, Dec 6
Following a mutual agreement with Cricket South Africa (CSA), JP Duminy has resigned from his position as the Proteas Men’s white-ball batting coach for personal reasons. The 40-year-old had been associated with South Africa’s ODI and T20I teams since last year.CSA confirmed the resignation in a statement on Friday and confirmed that a lookout for Duminy’s replacement is currently underway.Duminy had been part of the Proteas dressing room during their 2023 Men’s Cricket World Cup and 2024 T20 World Cup campaigns that ended with a semifinal and final finish respectively, an ICC report said.Having featured in over 326 games for South Africa across formats between 2004 and 2019, Duminy amassed over 8000 runs. Following his retirement, Duminy had also been the head coach of the SA20 side Paarl Royals and South Africa’s domestic cricket side, Boland. South Africa are currently in the middle of a two-Test series at home against Sri Lanka, which will be followed by an all-format series against Pakistan that includes three T20Is, as many ODIs, and two Tests.
The Proteas sit second in the ICC World Test Championship points table, and are among the favourites to make the cut for next year’s WTC Final at Lord’s.
