The former South Africa cricket coach Mickey Arthur has been named the new head coach of Australia, just hours after Australia completed a tense two-wicket victory over his old team in Johannesburg.
The 43-year-old was in charge of the Proteas from 2005 until 2010 and had most recently has been coaching Western Australia.
His contract runs until after the 2015 World Cup, to be jointly held by Australia and New Zealand.
Arthur headed off former New Zealand coach and former Australian wicketkeeper Steve Rixon for the job.
The former coach Tim Nielsen resigned after the Australian tour of Sri Lanka in September.
Arthur's first series in charge will be a two-Test series against New Zealand starting next month, before Australia host India for a four-Test series starting on Boxing Day followed by a triangular one-day series against India and Sri Lanka in February.
