CSA extends Lorgat's tenure as CEO until July 2019

Cricket South Africa has extended Haroon Lorgat's contract as chief executive officer by three years, until July 31, 2019. Lorgat, the former ICC CEO, was appointed CSA's chief executive in July 2013 for a period of three years.

The board said it had decided to extend his tenure after the "exceptional progress" made since his appointment. The extension was recommended by a panel of directors at a board meeting in Johannesburg on Friday.

"Haroon has more than delivered on our expectations and even though his first term will only end in twelve months' time, the board had no hesitation to confirm the services of Lorgat for a second three-year term," Chris Nenzani, CSA president, said.

"He took over at a time of great uncertainty and under very difficult circumstances, but his experience and astute leadership has stabilized our cricket and set us on the path of achieving our goal to be the best run sports federation on the continent."

Lorgat has extensive experience as a cricket administrator. He was previously a treasurer of CSA and convenor of selectors, and spent four years -between 2008 ad 2012 - as CEO of the ICC. His stint so far with CSA has not been without its share of controversy.

In his stint with the ICC, he had clashed with the BCCI on a number of issues, such as the Future Tours Programme, the DRS and an ICC independent governance review, and the Indian board had expressed reservations over his appointment as CSA's CEO.

Shortly after Lorgat assumed the role, both boards clashed over India's curtailed tour to South Africa in December 2013, which deviated from the schedule put down in ICC's FTP.

Lorgat faced further trouble when the ICC began investigating his role in the statement made by its former legal head, David Becker, who said that BCCI's flouting of the future tours programme could have legal implications.

CSA withdrew Lorgat from dealing with the BCCI or the ICC until he was cleared in March 2014.