Former South Africa coach Rob Walter was on Firday appointed as New Zealand’s new head coach throughout all codecs. The 49-year-old Walter who will step into his position later this month forward of the tour to Zimbabwe, replaces Gary Stead as the brand new man answerable for the Black Caps unit.
Walter was a frontrunner for the place after resigning from his position with the South African limited-overs sides in April.
“The Black Caps have been a profitable and highly-regarded staff on the world scene for a while now and it’s an actual privilege to be given the prospect so as to add to that,” Walter mentioned in an announcement.
“It’s a tremendous alternative to work with such a proficient group of gamers and help employees by a time period wherein so many world occasions, in addition to huge bilateral sequence, will probably be contested.”
Walter’s contract consists of main the Kiwis up till the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, with three main ICC tournaments in between, together with the 2027 World Cup.
NZ Cricket chief govt Scott Weenink heaped reward on Walter’s teaching credentials. “His success in New Zealand’s home recreation, mixed together with his current achievements on the worldwide stage with South Africa, makes him the perfect candidate to steer the Black Caps.”
Walter beforehand was on the helm of the Otago Volts in New Zealand’s home competitions between 2016 and 2021, earlier than transferring to Hawke’s Bay and briefly teaching the Central Stags.
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In his time with the Proteas since 2023, Walter led the facet to their first T20 World Cup ultimate in 2024 and the semi-finals of the 50-over World Cup and Champions Trophy in 2023 and 2025 respectively.
Earlier this week, Stead’s departure from the position was introduced by New Zealand after a profitable stint because the facet’s most profitable coach throughout codecs. Whereas he had hoped to increase his position with the Check facet, New Zealand Cricket’s selection to keep up a single coach meant the tip to a seven-year tenure throughout which Stead received the inaugural ICC World Check Championship finals and reached three white-ball finals.