Shukri Conrad was born on 2 April 1967 and is a South African cricket coach and former player who was appointed Test coach of the South Africa national cricket team in 2023.
11 Facts About Shukri Conrad
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Shukri Conrad was later a long-serving coach of Cape Cobras and coached Gauteng and Highveld Lions.
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Shukri Conrad was briefly coach of the Uganda national cricket team from 2010 to 2011 before joining the Cricket South Africa National Academy as head coach in 2014.
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The son of Dickie Shukri Conrad, a first-class cricketer, Shukri Conrad was born in Lansdowne, a suburb of Cape Town.
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Shukri Conrad finished the season fourth in his side's batting aggregates, in what was his last season at first-class level.
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Shukri Conrad finished his first-class playing career with a batting average of 24.95 and a bowling average of 23.00, having played a total of thirteen matches.
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In October 2010, Shukri Conrad was hired as Uganda's new national coach, with the Uganda Cricket Association using funds received from its inclusion in the ICC's High Performance Programme.
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Shukri Conrad replaced another ex-Western Province player, Barney Mohamed, and had had previous experience in Uganda, spending a week in the country in June 2005 to help the national side prepare for the 2005 ICC Trophy.
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Shukri Conrad nonetheless agreed to stay on as a member of the technical team for the 2011 World Cricket League tournament, under his replacement as head coach, Martin Suji.
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In July 2012, Shukri Conrad was a candidate for the vacant Dolphins coaching position, but lost out to Lance Klusener.
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In January 2023, Shukri Conrad was appointed as the head coach of South Africa in Test cricket.