Cornelius Johannes Petrus Gerthardus van Zyl (born 1 October 1961 in

Bloemfontein Bloemfontein, ( ; , "fountain of flowers") also known as Bloem, is one of South Africa's three capital cities and the capital of the Free State province. It serves as the country's judicial capital, along with legislative capital Cape ...

, Free State) is a former

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

n cricketer who played two

One Day International A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World Cup ...

s in 1992. As of 2018 he was employed by

Cricket South Africa Cricket South Africa (CSA) is the governing body for both professional and amateur cricket in South Africa. In 1991, the separate South African Cricket Union and the South African Cricket Board merged to form the United Cricket Board of South Afr ...

as general manager of cricket. Van Zyl previously coached the Gestetner Diamond Eagles and in 2010 he was appointed coach of the South Africa National cricket team, following the resignation of

Mickey Arthur John Michael Arthur (born 17 May 1968) is a South African-Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer, who played in South African domestic cricket from 1986 to 2001. He has served as the head coach of the Derbyshire County Crick ...

. He held the post until the end of the 2011 World Cup. In October 2019, van Zyl was suspended from his position as interim director of

along with the chief operating officer Naasei Appiah, and commercial manager

Clive Eksteen Clive Edward Eksteen (born 2 December 1966) played seven Test matches and six One Day Internationals for South Africa. In sixteen seasons at Transvaal (later Gauteng) he took 398 wickets at 30.05, also captaining the team for three seasons. ...

for allegedly negligence of duty over the non-payment of commercial rights fees during 2018's Mzansi Super League.

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* 1961 births Living people South African cricketers South Africa One Day International cricketers Free State cricketers Glamorgan cricketers Cricketers from Bloemfontein Coaches of the South Africa national cricket team 20th-century South African people 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1960s-stub