South African cricket players and the SA Cricketers' Association have welcomed the appointment of Cricket SA's new CEO Haroon Lorgat.
According to sport24, Graeme Smith revealed in a statement that as captain of the Proteas Test team, he was happy that a decision had finally been made on the appointment of a new CEO and they had a special culture in the team, which had helped them to keel performing during a long period of administrative controversy and uncertainty.
Smith added that he hoped the uncertainty was behind them now and the team was looking forward to working with Haroon.
Meanwhile, SA Cricketers' Association chief executive Tony Irish also said that there had been a lot of undue pressure placed on CSA over a prolonged CEO appointment process and they were proud of the way the team had continued to perform.