Shukri Conrad

Shukri Conrad (born 2 April 1967) is a former South African cricketer who is the current head coach at Cricket South Africa's National Academy. Conrad's playing career included first-class appearances for Western Province teams both before and after the end of racial segregation in cricket, which occurred before the 1991–92 season. He first coached at first-class level during the 2002–03 season, when he was in charge of Gauteng. Following the introduction of franchise cricket during the 2004–05 season, Conrad was the inaugural coach of the Highveld Lions. He switched to the Cape Cobras the following season, and the team went on to win several titles during his five seasons in charge. After being dismissed from the Cobras in 2010, Conrad was briefly coach of the Ugandan national team. He was appointed to his current position in April 2014.

The son of Dickie Conrad, also a first-class cricketer, Conrad was born in Lansdowne, a suburb of Cape Town. He made his debut for Western Province in December 1985, aged 18, during the 1985–86 Howa Bowl season. South African cricket was still racially segregated at that time, and matches in the non-white Howa Bowl were consequently not classed as first-class, with that status being assigned only retrospectively. Conrad played irregularly for Western Province throughout the final years of Howa Bowl's existence, including two matches in the 1990–91 season, the last before integration. A right-handed all-rounder, his best bowling figures, 4/35 from 14 overs, came in his final match in the competition, against Eastern Province in December 1990. In Western Province's second innings in the same match, he scored 63 after being promoted to third in the batting order, which was to be his highest first-class score (and one of only three half-centuries).