SPORT NEWS - The head coach of the Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers, Piet Botha, will join the Proteas as a bowling coach after the end of the season. Botha will be part of the coaching team for the Test (Red ball) squad with Shukri Conrad as head coach.
The experienced Botha joined the Badgers in July last year and under his helm, the Badgers has won their first trophy in the professional structure.
The Oudtshoorn-based team was victorious in the Cricket South Africa Division 2 One Day competition after a thrilling final against the Tuskers in Pietermaritzburg.
Botha expressed his thanks and appreciation towards the Board of Directors, staff and players of SWD cricket for granting him the opportunity to coach at the union for the past few months. "I thoroughly enjoyed my time here and it was indeed an honour to win the Limited over Competition with the team".
"It was a privilege to work in a professional environment and I am looking forward to the future success stories for SWD Cricket", he concluded.
The president of SWD Cricket, Rudy Claassen, has congratulated Botha on his appointment. "Although we are very disappointed about his premature departure we are grateful for him with this new exciting opportunity". He thanked Botha for his services to the Badgers and wish him all the best for his next journey.
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