De Villiers Dominates CSA Awards

AB de Villiers became the eighth player to be named South Africa’s Cricketer of the Year when he received the award last night at the annual Cricket South Africa Awards in Sandton.

De Villiers won four awards last night, as he was also named Castle Lager Test Cricketer of the Year, SA Players’ Player of the Year and SA Fans’ Cricketer of the Year.

The only award he was nominated for but did not win was the Castle Lager ODI Player of the Year which went to Quinton de Kock for his four centuries in the period under review including three in consecutive innings.

Imran Tahir was named Blue Label Telecoms T20 International Player of the Year, Steyn won the RAM delivery of the year (where all three nominations belonged to him) and Kallis won the KFC ‘So Good’ Award for his century in his final Test match against India.

Marizanne Kapp was named Momentum Women’s Cricketer of the Year for the second successive year.

In the domestic cricket the Sunfoil Dolphins almost walked away with every award. Lance Klusener was named Coach of the Year, David Miller the RAM SLAMMER and Kyle Abbott both the Domestic Players’ Player of the Year (for the second year in a row) and SACA Most Valuable Player. In addition, Dolphins won the CSA Fair Play Award and Wilson Ngobese the groundsman at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, was named CSA Groundsman of the Year.

'The Khaya Majola Lifetime Achievement Award went to Abe Williams for his services to the game over nearly 50 years. He represented Griquas as a player for more than two decades and also played for the SA Coloured Cricket Association against the South African African Cricket Board. He was involved in every aspect of cricket as player, administrator, umpire, groundsman and as coach in which capacity he laid the foundation for the current Griquas coaching programmes. He is still an active umpire at club level.'

AWARDS

SACA MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

Kyle Abbott

CSA FAIRPLAY AWARD

Sunfoil Dolphins

MOMENTUM ONE-DAY CUP CRICKETER OF THE SEASON

Heino Kuhn (Titans)

RAM SLAMMER OF THE SEASON

David Miller (Dolphins)

SUNFOIL SERIES CRICKETER OF THE SEASON

Justin Ontong (Cape Cobras)

CSA COACH OF THE SEASON

Lance Klusener (Dolphins)

DOMESTIC PLAYERS' PLAYER OF THE SEASON

Kyle Abbott

SA FANS' CRICKETER OF THE YEAR

AB de Villiers

BLUE LABEL TELECOMS T20 CRICKETER OF THE YEAR

Imran Tahir

CASTLE LAGER ODI CRICKETER OF THE YEAR

Quinton de Kock

CASTLE LAGER TEST CRICKETER OF THE YEAR

AB de Villiers

KFC SO GOOD AWARD

Jacques Kallis

RAM DELIVERY OF THE YEAR

Dale Steyn

MOMENTUM WOMEN'S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR

Marizanne Kapp

SA's PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

AB de Villiers

SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKETER OF THE YEAR

AB de Villiers

KHAYA MAJOLA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Abe Williams

CSA GROUNDSMAN OF THE YEAR

Wilson Ngobese (Sahara Stadium Kingsmead)

CSA SCORERS ASSOCIATION OF THE YEAR

Gauteng Scorers Association

CSA UMPIRES' UMPIRE OF THE YEAR

Shaun George

CSA UMPIRE OF THE YEAR

Johan Cloete

The Road to Sri Lanka

Hashim Amla was named the new Proteas Test captain and AB de Villiers will be his vice captain. De Villiers remains captain of the Proteas ODI squad while Amla will be his vice captain.

Amla will begin his tenure with the Proteas tour of Sri Lanka in the beginning of July.

In accepting the captaincy, Amla said, “It is an honour and a privilege to be given this responsibility. I would like to pay tribute to the leadership Graeme Smith has provided throughout my international career. This is an exciting challenge but one that I take on with positivity with our test team being in exceptionally good space at the moment with the support of a strong core of senior players."

“I have concentrated on taking my batting to the highest possible level and now I feel I am in a position to make a contribution to South African cricket in a leadership role.”

Amla is the 5th captain of the Proteas after Kepler Wessels (1992), Hansie Cronje (1994), Shaun Pollock (2000) and Graeme Smith (2003). However, Mark Boucher, Jacques Kallis and Ashwell Prince were once named stand-in captains.

According to CSA Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat, “It is a reflection of the excellence and standing of our senior players that there was more than one quality candidate to consider for this most important leadership position. Hashim is universally respected, both in South Africa and around the cricketing world, not only for his quality as a player which has seen him ranked among the best batsmen in the world in both test and ODI cricket, but also for his personal qualities."

“He has shown his steel in playing in the key No 3 batting position, one which he took over from Jacques Kallis with great success. The manner in which he has adapted his game to suit the different forms of cricket speaks volumes for his skills to react to changing circumstances. He has earned particular respect as a role model for his humility and his upholding of the best traditions and spirit of the game. Becoming captain is a natural progression for his outstanding career and we are indeed fortunate to have a leader of his quality."

“Stability has been one of the endearing qualities he has brought to the Proteas and this is important at a time when we have had to replace several key players in Smith, Kallis and Boucher.”

Proteas Castle Lager Test Squad

Hashim Amla, Kyle Abbott, Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Dean Elgar, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Alviro Petersen, Vernon Philander, Dane Piedt, Dale Steyn & Stiaan van Zyl.

Stiaan van Zyl and Dane Piedt will make their Test debuts after they were named in the 15-man squad that will tour Sri Lanka.

Proteas Castle Lager ODI Squad

AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Beuran Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Jacques Kallis, Ryan McLaren, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Vernon Philander & Dale Steyn.

Beuran Hendricks was named in the ODI squad as a replacement for Lonwabo Tsotsobe who is still recovering from surgery.

FIXTURES

1st ODI - 6 July - 06:15 - R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

2nd ODI - 9 July - 11:00 - Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

3rd ODI - 12 July - 06:15 - Mahindra Rajapaska, Hambantota

1st Test - 16 July - Galle International Stadium

2nd Test - 24 July - 06:30 - Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

CSA Awards Annual Ceremony

4 June 2014