CSA extends Domingo contract

Russell Domingo, South Africa's head coach, has been given an extension till April 2016. CSA reached a unanimous decision on extending Domingo's original two-year contract, which would have ended in April 2015.

The decision to keep Domingo on was taken at Cricket South Africa's AGM in Johannesburg on Saturday. Following the meeting, a CSA statement said the board had a net profit of R199 million (US$ 18m) in the last financial year, and termed that to be a good return given the shortening of India's tour in December-January. "We are extremely satisfied with the results especially in the light of the unfortunate curtailment of the Indian tour," CSA president Chris Nenzani said.

Team manager Mohammed Moosajee's contract was also extended at the meeting.

Domingo's tenure had got off to a rough start when they were drubbed 4-1 in Sri Lanka in July. He had said then Sri Lanka was a "hell of a tough place to tour", but in 2014, they secured their maiden ODI series in the country and capped it with a determined stonewalling effort in Colombo to reclaim the No.1 ranking in Tests. As they had done in Johannesburg against India where they had almost sneaked through to an unlikely victory, South Africa absorbed everything the Rangana Herath-led attack had to offer to save their 1-0 lead.

They had also come from behind in the UAE to level the two-Test series with Pakistan and take the ODIs by an authoritative 4-1 margin. They blanked world champions India in a three-match ODI series in December and most recently defeated Australia in the final of the one-day tri-series in Zimbabwe.

Australia had also handed them a low during a hotly-contested Test series in February-March this year, when South Africa went down 2-1 at home. Also, an ICC trophy remained out of South Africa's reach when they fumbled in the semi-final of the World T20.