Donald, 40, will aid the England team's fast bowling programme on a "short-term consultancy basis", a media release by the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Friday.

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He will begin his work from the run-up to the third Test against West Indies [ Images ] at Old Trafford starting on June 7, through to the end of the five-match one-day series in July.

Donald is the latest addition to England's new-look coaching team after Peter Moores replaced Duncan Fletcher as head coach following the World Cup. Former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower [ Images ] succeeded Matthew Maynard as batting coach this month.

Donald played 72 Tests and 164 one-day internationals for South Africa and was one of the world's leading pace bowlers in the 1990s.

He has an English wife and a home in Birmingham in central England, having played for county team Warwickshire throughout the nineties.