21-05-2025
Jonty Rhodes to lend fielding expertise to Lions next season
The Central Gauteng Lions have taken advantage of their sponsor Mahindra to land Jonty Rhodes as fielding coach for the next 12 months.
Rhodes will start working with the Lions this off-season but his role will stretch much further than working with the Lions' senior men's team.
'He'll be involved with our development pipe, have workshops with clubs and schools and our women's team and the junior sides. We want him to have a holistic approach,' said Lions CEO Jono Leaf-Wright.
Rhodes, 55, has been a brand ambassador for the Indian car manufacturer which has had a commercial partnership with the union. Rhodes, who played 52 Tests, joins an already star-studded coaching line-up headed by Russell Domingo and including Hashim Amla, Allan Donald and Garnett Kruger, while former Proteas wicketkeeper Trisha Chetty is also attached to the union's women's team.
Rhodes will work with the union until the end of next season, but Leaf-Wright said it wouldn't necessarily include accompanying the men's team to every match.
'We want our players to be exposed to the best expertise, not only to help them grow as cricketers but also as people, and appointing someone such as Jonty is part of that process.'
