S Africa wait on selection convenor to make Test captain choice

CAPE TOWN, Sept 21 (Reuters): South Africa are waiting for the appointment of a new convenor of selectors before naming their test captain but head coach Mark Boucher has confirmed it will not be limited-overs skipper Quinton de Kock.

Boucher has revealed they will follow the model used by Australia and England, who have different captains for test and limited-overs games, a change from when former skipper Faf du Plessis led South Africa in all three formats.

"We've had a lot of conversations and a lot of time to think about what we want to do," Boucher said in a Cricket South Africa statement on Monday.

"We'll look to select someone else for the Test role. One of the things that we've learned from England is a guy like Eoin Morgan comes in and he's got a lot of time to plan because he's not involved in the Test team.

"So that's the positive, you get a captain who can sit down and really plan what he wants and how to drive that vision to the players. It gives you some freshness when there's a short turnaround between formats."

Boucher revealed De Kock is not keen to lead the side in tests.

"The last conversation I had with Quinny around this topic was in India (in March) where he felt the workload was going to be a little high for him.

"Whoever is the (Test) captain will probably use Quinny's brain to good effect because as a keeper you see things from probably the best angle."