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Cape Town - Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada is nominated in four categories and captain Faf du Plessis three for the 2018/19 Cricket South Africa (CSA) awards.
Proteas captain Dane van Niekerk and world-ranked fast bowler Marizanne Kapp have both won nominations in four categories in the women’s section.
The gala event to honour South Africa’s top performing professional cricketers over the past year will take place on Saturday, August 3, at the Sun Square Arena in Pretoria.
The CSA Awards Judging panel recently finalised the nominations list for the glittering occasion.
Du Plessis, the No 4 ranked batsman in ODI cricket and the No 10 in Test cricket, and Rabada, the No 3 ranked bowler in both ODI and Test cricket, have been nominated in the following three categories: SA Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year and ODI Cricketer of the Year. In addition, either one of them could secure their peers’ vote as SA Players’ Player of the Year and could be a contender for SA Fans’ Cricketer of the Year.
Rabada could also be in contention for the CSA Delivery of the Year where the other contenders are Vernon Philander, Andile Phehlukwayo and Keshav Maharaj.
Du Plessis has previously never won CSA’s highest accolade of SA Cricketer of the Year. Of the other nominees for this award, Rabada has won it twice before in 2016 and 2018 while Quinton de Kock won it in 2017. The fourth nominee, Imran Tahir, will, like Du Plessis, also be endeavouring to win the award for the first time.
De Kock has also been nominated in the Test Cricketer of the Year category along with Du Plessis, Maharaj, Rabada and Dale Steyn.
Phehlukwayo and Rassie van der Dussen - the latter could also be a contender for international newcomer of the year - have been nominated in both white ball categories: ODI Cricketer of the Year and T20 International Cricketer of the Year. The other nominees in the latter category are David Miller and Reeza Hendricks.
In the women’s section Van Niekerk, who was named CSA Women’s Cricketer of the Year in 2018, and Kapp have both been nominated in this category as well as for T20 International Player of the Year, ODI Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year.
Lizelle Lee has been recognised in three categories: CSA Women’s Cricketer of the Year, Women’s ODI Player of the Year and Women’s Players’ Player of the Year.
Fast bowler Shabnim Ismail has been nominated for Women’s T20 International Player of the Year.
“It is my great pleasure and privilege to congratulate all the nominees as we celebrate the achievements of both our Proteas men’s and women’s squads,” commented CSA Chief Executive Thabang Moroe.
“And, while we are doing that, let us not forget to thank all those great and selfless people who work diligently behind the scenes to create opportunities for our leading cricketers to excel.
“Our country continues to produce world-class players. Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir all rank among the top men’s players in the world across the various formats and I think we have all been excited to see new faces such as Rassie van der Dussen, Lutho Sipamla and Zubayr Hamza that have emerged in the past year.”
The CSA Awards Judging Panel consists of: Jeremy Fredericks (Convener), Crystal Arnold, Makhaya Ntini, Clinton du Preez, Lungani Zama and Natalie Germanos with statistical input by Andrew Samson.
“As always, these awards are tough to judge due to the stiff nature of the competition,” commented Fredericks. “Our world-class senior players are well established and there is an encouraging number of international newcomers making their mark as well.
“The judging panel was impressed by the overall performances during the season of the nominees in the various categories,” Fredericks added.
Loyal Proteas fans can also have their say in the awards. The SA Fans Cricketer of the Year requires fans to vote for this award. Further details of how the voting mechanism works can be found on CSA’s Social Media platforms.
Fans also stand a chance of winning a trip to the CSA Awards. One lucky winner will receive a pair of tickets to the banquet and will have the opportunity to present one of the awards.
The CSA Awards evening is the culmination of CSA Day which also sees the KFC CSA Amateur Awards breakfast taking place to be followed by the CSA Golf Day.
SELECTED AWARDS NOMINATIONS
AFRICA T20 CUP PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT
Nandre Burger (Central Gauteng Lions)
Delano Potgieter (Central Gauteng Lions)
Marco Marais (Border)
DOMESTIC NEWCOMER OF THE SEASON
David Bedingham (Cape Cobras)
Janneman Malan (Cape Cobras)
Sinethemba Qeshile (Warriors)
Lutho Sipamla (Warriors)
ONE-DAY CUP CRICKETER OF THE SEASON
Junior Dala (Titans)
Aiden Markram (Titans)
Kyle Verreynne (Cape Cobras)
CSA T20 CHALLENGE CRICKETER OF THE SEASON
Temba Bavuma (Highveld Lions)
Theunis de Bruyn (Titans)
Bjorn Fortuin (Highveld Lions)
Rassie van der Dussen (Highveld Lions)
FOUR-DAY FRANCHISE CRICKETER OF THE SEASON
Pieter Malan (Cape Cobras)
Edward Moore (Warriors)
Keegan Petersen (Knights)
Dane Piedt (Cape Cobras)
Nicky van den Bergh (Highveld Lions)
T20 INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
Reeza Hendricks
David Miller
Andile Phehlukwayo
Rassie van der Dussen
ODI CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
Faf du Plessis
Imran Tahir
Andile Phehlukwayo
Kagiso Rabada
Rassie van der Dussen
TEST CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
Quinton de Kock
Faf du Plessis
Keshav Maharaj
Kagiso Rabada
Dale Steyn
CSA DELIVERY OF THE YEAR
Keshav Maharaj
Andile Phehlukwayo
Vernon Philander
Kagiso Rabada
WOMEN’S T20 INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
Shabnim Ismail
Marizanne Kapp
Dane van Niekerk
WOMEN’S ODI CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
Marizanne Kapp
Lizelle Lee
Dane van Niekerk
Laura Wolvaardt
CSA WOMEN’S PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Marizanne Kapp
Lizelle Lee
Dane van Niekerk
CSA WOMEN’S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
Marizanne Kapp
Lizelle Lee
Dane van Niekerk
CSA MEN’S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
Quinton de Kock
Faf du Plessis
Imran Tahir
Kagiso Rabada
