Enoch Nkwe, Graeme Smith and Mark Boucher address the media in Cape Town on December 14 | Getty

South Africa’s new head coach Mark Boucher might try to convince AB de Villiers to come out of international retirement.

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CSA’s director of cricket Graeme Smith on Saturday (December 14) confirmed the appointment of former wicketkeeper-batsman Boucher to "bring the toughness to turn a young and inexperienced Proteas squad into a battle-ready outfit". And Boucher didn’t rule out turning to Kolpak players and recent retirees bearing in mind the next year’s T20 World Cup down under.

"When you go to a World Cup, you want your best players playing for you," Boucher quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.

"If I feel he is one of your best players, why wouldn't I want to have a conversation with him? I've only just got into the job, I might have conversations with quite a few players and see where they are."

He added: "You want your best players playing in the World Cup and if there's a couple of issues you need to iron out, with media, with team-mates, and if it's for the good of South Africa, why not, let's do it."

South Africa’s on-field performance has gone down considerably in recent times. Faf du Plessis and company failed to qualify for the last-four stage in World Cup 2019 and followed it up with a miserable tour of India, where they got whitewashed 3-0 in the Test series.

Boucher doesn’t have any authority over selecting players that moved overseas to take up Kolpak contracts but would welcome being able to call upon them.

"If I can answer from a coach's perspective, absolutely. If you look at rugby, the way the Springboks won the World Cup, the experience they got from players playing overseas was invaluable." the 43-year-old remarked.

"From a coach's perspective, I'd love to have the opportunity to deepen and strengthen the squad. It will keep everyone on their toes and will bring more excellence into the game in this country."