Russell Domingo Non-Committal About His Future As South Africa’s Head Coach
Mar 30, 2017 at 2:49 PM
Russell Domingo, South Africa’s head coach, has confirmed that he is yet to commit his future with Cricket South Africa. The 42-year-old has renewed three contracts with the Proteas ever since being appointed for the first time in mid–2013 and his current term is set to expire after the culmination of the upcoming tour of England in August.
As per the terms, CSA states that Domingo can reapply for the job but confusion between the board and the head coach has arisen in recent times as formal discussion about the extension of another term is yet to take place.
The news surrounding Domingo surfaced after it was revealed that Cricket South Africa will be advertising for the post and open applications in May, with the aim to appoint a coach before the Bangladesh series in September.
While Domingo admits lack of clarity between both the parties, he also confirms that he isn’t worried about it too much and his focus at the moment is on his fishing vacation and the upcoming England tour.
“I don’t know what the process is. I’m still waiting to find out what I need to do, or if I need to do anything. Once we’ve got clarity on that I’ll make some decisions,” Domingo said, after South Africa’s Test series win over New Zealand. “At the moment I’m going fishing for a couple of weeks. So it’s the last of my worries at the moment.
“It’s out of my control – what happens, happens. When I get back home I’ll select a squad for England, prepare the side well for when we get to England, play in England, and take it from there and see what happens.”
“I don’t know. I suppose everybody wants to coach the national side,” Domingo said. “That’s where you want to coach, I suppose. I’ve loved my four years but if my four years are up, so be it. I’ve had some wonderful results, I’ve had some disappointments. But that’s part of international sport. I haven’t looked that far ahead. All my focus is on England and the Champions Trophy. What happens after that is not in my control.”
Domingo’s time as coach has been mostly good. Under him, the Proteas climbed back up to the no. 2 position in the Test ranking after losing the top spot following defeats at the hands of England at home and in the away series against India.
However, the couple of series defeats were followed by four successive series wins with the most recent ones coming against New Zealand and Australia on their home soil. In all, Domingo has been at the helm of the team in 159 matches games across all formats and maintains a record of 91 wins, 55 losses and 10 draws along with 3 no results.