Netherlands name Ryan van Niekerk interim head coach

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Netherlands have named Western Province Cricket Club’s Ryan van Niekerk interim head coach.

Van Niekerk will fill the role in the absence of head coach Ryan Cook for this and next month’s ODI series against Zimbabwe and South Africa. Cook will be working in the Indian Premier League at the time.

Former Proteas head coach Russell Domingo and former Test batsman Heino Kuhn have also joined the Netherlands coaching staff.

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“In addition to interim coach Ryan van Niekerk, top coach at the Gary Kirsten Cricket Academy in Cape Town, Heino Kuhn and Russell Domingo are also part of the coaching staff,” read a statement from the Netherlands.

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