NATIONAL NEWS - If you go to war, just make sure the feisty diminutive fighter with the big gloves is on your side. He was in the South African changing room for 14 years, representing the Proteas in 147 tests and 295 One-Day Internationals (ODIs).
Now Mark Boucher has been appointed as coach of the Multiply Titans, winner of all three domestic titles the past two seasons.
He will replace the successful Rob Walter, who recently left the Titans to join the Otago Volts as head coach.
Boucher’s test career was terminated by default rather than by design as he was hit in the eye by a bail in a warm-up game on the tour to England in 2012.
As a wicketkeeper he finished with a world-class record of 532 catches and 23 stumpings and established a career as one of the finest glove-men in the recent history of the game.
Boucher loved the scrap, the heat of the battle. He lived for the big moments of the game. When the chips were down, Boucher was at his best.
It was evident in the second test of his career when he established a world-record 195-run partnership for the ninth wicket with Pat Symcox at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium. He guided Symmo to his only test century in that Valentine’s test in 1998.
