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
