Cricket South Africa (CSA) recently announced the appointment of Graeme Smith as its Director of Cricket. He will initially serve a two-year term until the end of March 2022, after he has served in an acting capacity in this position for the last six months.

“Although there is certainly a great deal of work to be done, as reflected by the performances of our various national teams, Graeme has certainly put our cricket on an upward trajectory that provides light at the end of the tunnel. He has bought into all the overall pillars of our strategy and that includes the important one of transformation,” explained CSA Acting Chief Executive Dr. Jacques Faul.

Faul said Smith also made a number of strategic temporary appointments with Linda Zondi appointed interim independent national selector, Ashwell Prince taking charge of South Africa A and Malibongwe Maketa joining the under-19 squad as a coaching consultant.

Smith said he was delighted to stay on board as part of the team to take South African cricket forward.

“My appointment brings a degree of permanency to my position which makes planning the road ahead a lot easier. As Dr. Faul has said, there is a lot of work that still needs to be done, not just at international level but throughout our pipeline development pathways as well but I am determined to get South African cricket back to where it belongs as one of the world leaders at international level,” Smith concluded.

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