Former Proteas assistant coach Malibongwe Maketa has been appointed interim head coach of South Africa A.

Maketa’s appointment comes after outgoing South Africa A coach Russell Domingo was named Bangladesh’s new head coach.

Cape Cobras head coach Ashwell Prince will replace Domingo as chief overseer for this month’s spin-bowling camp in India. Prince was initially recruited as a batting consultant.

Domingo coached the Proteas from 2013-17 and has been hired on a two-year contract by Bangladesh.

‘Congratulations to Russell on this exciting new challenge in his career,’ said Cricket South Africa acting director of cricket Corrie van Zyl.

‘Russell has kept us in the loop throughout this process and, although we are sorry to lose his services, we wish him well and know that he will be yet another one of the coaches who have come successfully through our development system to coach at provincial or franchise level and end up at the very top.

‘We appreciate the services Russell has given to South African cricket over an extended period of time, including being our head coach at one stage.’

Domingo added: ‘I am really looking forward to the new challenge of being head coach to Bangladesh. I feel that the time is right for me to move on and coach again at senior international level. At the same time I have every confidence that I leave South African cricket in good hands.’

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