Ottis Gibson exits as South Africa adopt football-style management structure

[Abdullah719]

DU PLESSIS AND VAN NIEKERK HONOURED WITH CSA’S TOP AWARDS

Saturday, 03 August 2019

FAF DU PLESSIS and Dane van Niekerk were recognised in the company of the country’s cricketing elite when they were named South African Cricketer of the Year in their respective categories at a glittering Cricket South Africa (CSA) awards function in Pretoria on Saturday evening.

It was a first for the Standard Bank Proteas captain and a remarkable display of consistency at the top level by Van Niekerk who has won the award for three of the last four years. She was also honoured by her peers in being named SA Women’s Players’ Player of the Year.

The other 10 players to have received CSA’s most prestigious men’s award are Jacques Kallis (2004 and 2011), Makhaya Ntini (2005 and 2006), Hashim Amla (2010 and 2013), AB de Villiers (2014 and 2015) and Kagiso Rabada (2016 and 2018) who have all won the award twice with the other previous winners being Shaun Pollock (2007), Dale Steyn (2008), Graeme Smith (2009), Vernon Philander (2012) and Quinton de Kock (2017).

Du Plessis was the leading award winner on the night, also being named Standard Bank ODI Cricketer of the Year as well as being honoured by his peers in being named SA Players’ Player of the Year.

The other men’s awards were shared around. De Kock was named Standard Bank Test Cricketer of the Year and David Miller as Standard Bank T20 International Cricketer of the Year while Rabada was honoured by the fans on being named SA Fans Player of the Year. The CSA Delivery of the Yearwent to Vernon Philander for his dismissal of Azhar Ali of Pakistan in the 3rd Castle Lager Test match.

Dale Steyn was honoured with the KFC Streetwise Award for his achievement in becoming South Africa’s leading Test match wicket-taker and one of the top 10 on the all-time list.

The International Newcomer of the Year award went to Rassie van der Dussen who had the outstanding average of 73 and strike rate of 81 in ODIs and a strike rate of 133 in T20 Internationals in his debut season. These figures included an average of 62 and a strike rate of 90 in his maiden appearance at the ICC Cricket World Cup.

The other top awards in the women’s category went to Marizanne Kapp who was named ODI Player of the Year and Shabnim Ismail who was named T20 International Player of the Year. Tumi Sekhukhune was named International Women’s Newcomer of the Year.

“Faf and Dane have both had very good years, both as contributors in their specific disciplines and also in the leadership qualities they bring to our two senior national sides,” commented CSA Chief Executive, Thabang Moroe.

“Both our Standard Bank Proteas and our Women’s Proteas are well ranked both as teams and individuals across the various formats. I must particularly highlight the Proteas first ever away ODI bilateral series win in Australia. It is quite remarkable that over the past few years Faf has led the Proteas to home and away ODI Series wins over Australia as well as our first ever home Test series win against the same opponents.

“Just how much Dane means to our women’s team became evident when she was ruled out of action for a considerable period of time through injury.

“It is also a very special moment for the CSA Family to honour our leading Test wicket-taker of all time, Dale Steyn, with the KFC Streetwise award. He has been a wonderful brand ambassador for both CSA and the Proteas for well over a decade and he has not only been a great leader of the Proteas attack but has also played a key role as mentor of the next generation.

“Our domestic cricket remains blessed with great talents and congratulations to all the winners in those categories as well.

“I warmly congratulate all our winners, both at international and domestic level, and I also wish to take this opportunity to acknowledge our umpires, grounds staff and scorers, too.”

Dane Piedt of the World Sports Betting Cape Cobras and Bjorn Fortuin of the bizhub Highveld Lions were the big winners in the Professional Awards: Domestic category, both bagging two awards. Piedt was named Four-day Franchise Series Cricketer of the Year and also won the SACA Most Valuable Player award. Fortuin was named CSA T20 Challenge Player of the Year as well as Domestic Players’ Player of the season. The Lions had further success with Enoch Nkwe being named Pitchvision Coach of the Season.

Junior Dala of the Multiply Titans was named Momentum One-day Cup Cricketer of the Season while Sinethemba Qeshile of the Warriors was named Domestic Newcomer of the Year.

The inaugural Mzansi Super League awards went to Van der Dussen of the Jozi Stars as Mzansi Super League Impact Player of the Year and to Lutho Sipamla of the Tshwane Spartans as Mzansi Super League Young Player of the Year.

Shaun George was named CSA Umpire of the Year for the third year in a row and the CSA Umpires’ Umpire of the Year went to Bongani Jele.

The Africa Cup T20 Player of the tournament went to Marco Marais of Border.

AWARD WINNERS

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: NATIONAL

SA Men’s Cricketer of the Year: Faf du Plessis
SA Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Dane van Niekerk
Standard Bank Test Cricketer of the Year: Quinton de Kock
Standard Bank ODI Cricketer of the Year: Faf du Plessis
Standard Bank T20 International Cricketer of the Year: David Miller
SA Players’ Player of the Year: Faf du Plessis
SA Fans’ Player of the Year: Kagiso Rabada
KFC Streetwise Award: Dale Steyn (SA’s leading Test wicket-taker of all-time)
CSA Delivery of the Year: Vernon Philander (dismissal of Azhar Ali, first innings, 3rd Test)
International Men’s Newcomer of the Year: Rassie van der Dussen
International Women’s Newcomer of the Year: Tumi Sekhukhune
SA Women’s Players’ Player of the Year: Dane van Niekerk
Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Marizanne Kapp
Women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year Shabnim Ismail


PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: DOMESTIC

Four-day franchise Series Cricketer of the Season: Dane Piedt (World Sports Betting Cape Cobras)
Momentum One-Day Cup Cricketer of the Season: Junior Dala (Multiply Titans)
CSA T20 Challenge Player of the Season: Bjorn Fortuin (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Mzansi Super League Impact Player of the Year: Rassie van der Dussen (Jozi Stars)
Mzansi Super League Young Player of the Year: Lutho Sipamla (Tshwane Spartans)
Pitchvision Coach of the Season: Enoch Nkwe (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Domestic Players’ Player of the Season: Bjorn Fortuin (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Domestic Newcomer of the Season: Sinethemba Qeshile (Warriors)
Africa T20 Cup Player of the Tournament: Marco Marais (Border)
SACA Most Valuable Player Award: Dane Piedt (World Sports Betting Cape Cobras)

 

[sweep_shot]

He did pretty well as a player but his captaincy didn't produce great results. South Africa lost to SL in Test and did horribly in the World Cup (under his captaincy).

 

[Abdullah719]

CSA ANNOUNCES DYNAMIC NEW STRUCTURE

Sunday, 04 August 2019

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) today announced a dynamic new structure that will not only see the appointment of a team manager who will take overall charge of all aspects of the team, but also ensure an effective manner of cricket governance and greater accountability to South Africans.

The team manager will appoint his coaching staff as well as the captain(s) of the Proteas; the coaches, the medical staff and the administrative staff will all report directly to him.

The Board of Directors of CSA approved the new structure at its meeting last week which includes the appointment of the position of Director of Cricket. CSA Manager: Cricket Pathways, Corrie van Zyl, will assume the position of Acting Director of Cricket until the position is filled. This effectively means that all cricketing decisions within the system will be managed by the Acting Director of Cricket.

In terms of the new structure the team manager, similar to football-style structures, will report to the (Acting) Director of Cricket who will in turn report to the Chief Executive.

Dr. Mohammed Moosajee, whose tenure comes to an end in September 2019, expressed to the Board his wish not be considered for another term as joint Team Manager and Team Doctor, which the Board accepted. Members of team management, including the various assistant cricket coaches, will not be retained as part of the forthcoming plan.

In relation to the imminent tour of India, the Chief Executive and the Acting Director of Cricket will appoint an interim management team, selection panel and captain for this assignment.

In the meantime, CSA will advertise the positions of Director of Cricket, Team Manager and convenor of selectors.

“This change will herald an exciting new era for the SA cricket and will bring us into line with best practice in professional sport,” commented CSA Chief Executive Thabang Moroe.
“I must stress that the new structure was not a rash decision. It was taken after much deliberation by the Board, taking all the factors into consideration about the current state of our cricket and also the plan that we need to get to within the timelines we have set.
“I would like to thank Ottis Gibson, other members of the team’s current senior management, and our long-serving team manager, Dr. Moosajee, for their national service to South African cricket.”

 

[MenInG]

South Africa will radically overhaul their management team, including saying goodbye to coach Ottis Gibson, as they instead move to a football-style new structure.

West Indian Gibson will not have his contract renewed after a disappointing World Cup in England, where the Proteas won only three of their nine matches and were never in the hunt for the semifinals.

"Members of (the current) team management, including the various assistant cricket coaches, will not be retained as part of the forthcoming plan," Cricket South Africa (CSA) said in a media release on Sunday.

CSA will instead appoint a team manager, who will select his own coaching staff and captains in the three formats of the game.

The medical staff and administrative staff will also report to him.

The team manager will report to CSA Acting Director of Cricket, Corrie van Zyl, who will in turn report to the Chief Executive.

The structure will be similar to that at top European football clubs where a technical director takes charge of the coaching staff and players.

While CSA advertise the positions of Director of Cricket, team manager and convener of selectors, Van Zyl will appoint an interim management team, selection panel and captain for the three-test tour of India in September and October.

"This change will herald an exciting new era for the SA cricket and will bring us into line with best practice in professional sport,” CSA Chief Executive Thabang Moroe said.

"I must stress that the new structure was not a rash decision. It was taken after much deliberation by the Board, taking all the factors into consideration about the current state of our cricket and also the plan that we need to get to within the timelines we have set.

"I would like to thank Ottis Gibson, other members of the team’s current senior management, and our long-serving team manager, Dr. (Mohammed) Moosajee, for their national service to South African cricket."

https://www.supersport.com/cricket/...rica_adopt_footballstyle_management_structure

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

This is incredible stuff from SA.

Woohoo.

I love it.
[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] will be so happy.

If only we bring this kind of thing to our setup which is filled with low IQ idiots.

It will happen. Just takes time.

 

[Major]

5 years ago i would had made fun of this, but now i will like to see how this will play out

Reason being is England Cricket. I remember few years agohow England bought in a baseball coach to learn hitting, and i thought it was the biggest joke. 4 years onward they not only became a team known for their power hitting but ended up actually winning the world cup.

But i will point out that cricket and Football are very different. Football is fast paced, thus you need a captain(the manager)seated outside making decisions, as he could see the whole play.

While in Cricket, you need the manager(the captain) in the field, as its a slow sport and decision doesn't to have a person to be making decisions from the outside.
I think teams should give more power to the captain. Squad selection, coaches should all be made on his reccomendation.

 

[MMHS]

This is incredible stuff from SA.

Woohoo.

I love it.

[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] will be so happy.

If only we bring this kind of thing to our setup which is filled with low IQ idiots.

It will happen. Just takes time.

Just the beginning - in few years time every or most teams will transform into this structure. Cricket can’t run with a 200 years old obsolete British management style that makes the fortune of national cricket a mercy of luck - that’s if you are lucky to have a Captain like Imran, MS, Arjuna or even Mashrafee... your team can perform otherwise too many useless positions interrupting the national team affairs starting from the most useless one - Chief Selector.

Ideally, that director of cricket is the CTO/COO (chief technical/operating officer) of a cricket board - ideally the only technical guy (with extensive cricket experience and technical knowledge) in the leadership board, rest of the board (CEO, CFO, CCO, CAO .....) should be pure business guys - even with zero cricket background. This CTO/COO guy will be the touch point of anything that touches countries cricket - from U13 school cricket venues to national team and every technical people around the cricket establishment across country, including the academies and regional teams.

The Cricket Manager will be the guy to look after (more precisely, accountable for results of) the National team (s) - ideally 3 teams like club soccer structure - National team, A team (or U23 team) and U19 team. Many be he’ll have couple of assistants to manage those teams (A team manager & U19/16 Manager). Then, he’ll have technicals coaches (specialists for batting, bowling, fielding, keeping ....), support staffs (trainer, physio, dieticians, psychologist, media manager, analyst....), and a robust scouting network that covers entire county for every age level. Managers like Jo Mou, Klopp, Pep or Ancellotti carries a whole brigade of people who travels club to club with the manager). These support staffs are appointed by the Manager & Director of Cricket.

SAF was the pioneer of integrating technology in a traditional, obsolete game like cricket - no wonder, they are first to bring a change in management style to break the century long traditional practice.

 

[Hasan123]

Interesting to see how this works.

Surely South Africa are going to appoint a coach with experience and technical knowledge. No way could you give a inexperienced coach this much responsibility.

But good move from South Africa. Now it’s time to ditch the deadwood.

 

[Titan24]

Its an interesting idea but manager will be given a lot of responsibility and thus board will have to make sure they hire someone good enough for that much responsibility as a poor manager with so much power can cause a lot of damage as well.

In football there are a lot of professional managers available all around while in cricket it will be a new role so CSA will have to find someone who they think can do the job.