Cricket coach was not fired

By Nomava Nobumba
27 January 2010


Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola says Mickey Arthur resigned and was not fired as Proteas coach.

At a media briefing in East London, Arthur said he had resigned because the CSA board disagreed with his vision for the national team and the structures he had put in place over the last five years.

Majola also confirmed that the selection panel convenor Mike Procter, Craig Matthews, Winky Ximiya and Mustapha Khan had been fired.

Majola takes over as convenor of selectors.

Interim coach Corrie van Zyl and former Proteas captain Kepler Wessels will complete the three-man selection panel.

Proteas captain Graeme Smith dismissed suggestions that a rift between himself and Arthur had led to the coach’s resignation, days before the team leaves for a tour to India.

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