Tuesday 15 January 2019 16:00, UK
Cricket Scotland has named Shane Burger as the new head coach of the men's national team.
Burger takes over in March from Grant Bradburn, who left the role late last year to take up an assistant coaching position with Pakistan.
Burger moves to Scotland from South African first-class provincial side KwaZulu-Natal Inland where he has been head coach since 2015, leading the team to three trophies in that period.
"I am both delighted and honoured to be awarded this position as head coach of Scotland," said Burger.
"The opportunity to work with players who have already shown that they can compete with the best in the business is an exciting challenge.
"Grant did a fantastic job and it will be my goal to move Scottish cricket to new heights on and off the field."
Burger was named Cricket South Africa coach of the year in both the 2015/16 and 2017/18 seasons and additional coaching roles have included assistant coach to South Africa A in 2016 and assistant coach at the CSA National Academy in 2017 and 2018.
Malcolm Cannon, Cricket Scotland chief executive, said: "Shane impressed the selection panel not only with his skills and experience but also his passion for the role, his leadership capabilities and people management skills so we very much look forward to welcoming him on board.
"The appointment follows an extensive recruitment process and the selection panel was impressed by the number and quality of applicants from seven different countries.
"We are looking to build on notable successes against four different full members in the last 18 months, including the historic first ODI win against England last June.
"We believe that Shane has the skills, energy and ambition to continue that momentum and enable further progress to be made towards our strategic goal of achieving ICC full member status."
