South African head coach Mark Boucher faces charges which could result in his dismissal, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Friday.
CSA said in a statement a senior counsel, Advo-cate Terry Motau, had been appointed to chair a disciplinary hearing into allegations of misconduct against the coach.
The charges come while Boucher’s side are in-volved in a high-profile series of matches against India.
South Africa completed a Test series win last week and won the first of three one-day internation-als on Wednesday in Paarl. The allegations against the 45-year-old former South Africa international wicket-keeper follow hearings last year into discrimination in cricket.
Boucher was accused by former team-mate Paul Adams of leading a song which had racially deroga-tory wording in meetings after matches.
“CSA confirms that a charge sheet, containing both the disciplinary charges against Mr Boucher, as well as his rights, was provided to him on Jan 17,” CSA said.
“The upcoming inquiry will also consider con-cerns and allegations that arose following the resig-nation of former assistant coach, Enoch Nkwe.”
Nkwe was appointed interim team director — effectively the head coach — in August 2019 and took the team to India for a Test series.
But Boucher was appointed head coach, with Nkwe as his assistant, by director of cricket Graeme Smith in December of the same year.
The Social Justice and Nation Building (SJN) hearings at which Adams made his accusations against Boucher also heard that Nkwe was “devas-tated” when he was effectively demoted.—AFP
