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Gordon is new head coach of Impala Cricket

The Limpopo Impala Cricket Club has named Gordon Parsons as the new head coach of the senior men’s team.

The right-arm medium-fast bowler and handy left-handed batsman became a professional cricketer at the age of 16. He played 689 first-class and list-A matches in his career between England, South Africa, and Sri Lanka. He ended his playing career with 1165 first class and list A wickets and scored 8704 runs during these matches. His coaching career began in 1983 when he coached Paul Roos High School until 1986.

With over 30 years of coaching experience at both first-class and international levels, some of his coaching jobs include Pakistan U19 bowling coach; head coach for Al Masafi Amo Sharks in Afghanistan, and bowling consultative and marketing of overseas sports teams for Northwest University among other positions.

Gordon Parsons.

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“I believe I do well in talent scouting and nurturing raw talent. I have produced more international bowlers than any other coach, including, but not limited to the likes of Kagiso Rabada, Christopher Morris, Marco Jansen, and Wiaan Mulder, he said. He told the Herald that he is excited about the new appointment and is looking forward to a great journey with the team. He commenced his duties with the Limpopo team on July 1.

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Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.

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