Former batsman Neil McKenzie named South Africa's high performance batting coach

CAPE TOWN: Former batsman Neil McKenzie has been roped in as South Africa's high performance batting lead coach, the country's cricket board (CSA) announced on Thursday.

The 44-year-old McKenzie, who had stepped down from his position as Bangladesh's batting coach last month, is one of the seven appointees announced by Cricket South Africa as part of its High-Performance management team which will work in alignment with the national men's and women's coaching staff. Vincent Barnes has been roped in as high performance manager and bowling lead coach‚ while former assistant coach Malibongwe Maketa was appointed as the South Africa A and National Academy lead coach.

Shukri Conrad was appointed as South Africa Under-19 team coach and Edward Khoza was named the acting head of cricket pathways. Agencies 

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