Rabada & Markram dominate CSA awards nominations
Updated | By Sky Tshabalala
Standard Bank Proteas Young Guns, Kagiso Rabada and Aiden
Markram, dominate the nominations for the 2017/18 Cricket South Africa Awards.
The gala event to honour South Africa’s top performing cricketers over the past year will take place on 2 June 2018 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.The CSA Awards Judging panel recently finalized the nominations list for the glittering occasion.
Rabada, the world’s No. 1 ranked Test bowler, has been nominated in the following four categories: SA Cricketer of the Year, Standard Bank Test Cricketer of the Year, Standard Bank ODI Cricketer of the Year and RAM Delivery of the Year. In addition, he could secure his peers’ vote as SA Players’ Player of the Year and could be a contender for SA Fans’ Cricketer of the Year.
He was previously named SA Cricketer of the Year in 2016 and has the chance to emulate Makhaya Ntini, Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers in winning the award twice.
This is the first year that Markram qualifies for one of the national awards, having only made his debut in the Sunfoil Test series against Bangladesh in September last year that has seen him rocket into the top 10 Test match batting rankings in the space of only 10 matches. He has been nominated in no fewer than three categories: SA Cricketer of the Year, Standard Bank Test Cricketer of the Year and International Newcomer of the Year.
The youthful theme continues with Lungi Ngidi being nominated for the RAM Delivery of the Year in addition to the International Newcomer of the Year.
In addition to Rabada and Markram the other nominations for CSA’s supreme award, the SA Cricketer of the Year, are AB de Villiers, Dean Elgar and Vernon Philander, who are also all in the top 10 Test rankings for batting in the case of the former two and for bowling in the case of the latter.
The trio have also been nominated for Standard Bank Test Cricketer of the Year while De Villiers also has a nomination for Standard Bank T20 International Cricketer of the Year.
In the women’s section there are four nominations each for Momentum Proteas captain Dane van Niekerk and fast bowler Shabnim Ismail and three nominations for teenage star Laura Wolvaardt.
The CSA Awards Judging Panel consists of: Aslam Khota (Convener), Neil Manthorp, Victor Mpitsang, Robin Peterson, and Shafiek Abrahams with statistical input from Andrew Samson.
Loyal Proteas fans can also have their say in the awards. The SA Fans Cricketer of the Year and the RAM Delivery of the Year require fans to vote for these respective awards. Further details of these awards and 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.
The CSA Awards Dinner will be televised live on SuperSport 2 from 20h00
SELECTED AWARDS NOMINATIONS
AFRICA T20 CUP RISING STAR AWARD
- Sarel Erwee (KZN)
- Andries Gous (Free State)
- Nduduzo Mfosa (KZN)
DOMESTIC NEWCOMER OF THE SEASON
- Alfred Mothoa (Multiply Titans)
- Mthiwekhaya Nabe (World Sports Betting Cape Cobras)
- Kyle Verreynne (World Sports Betting Cape Cobras)
MOMENTUM ONE-DAY CUP CRICKETER OF THE SEASON
- Gihahn Cloete (Warriors)
- Pieter Malan (World Sports Betting Cape Cobras)
- Tabraiz Shamsi (Multiply Titans)
RAM SLAM T20 CHALLENGE CRICKETER OF THE SEASON
- Farhaan Behardien (Multiply Titans)
- Lungi Ngidi (Multiply Titans)
- Tabraiz Shamsi (Multiply Titans)
SUNFOIL SERIES CRICKETER OF THE SEASON
- Zubayr Hamza (World Sports Betting Cape Cobras)
- Simon Harmer (Warriors)
- Rudi Second (VKB Knights)
INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
- Heinrich Klaasen
- Aiden Markram
- Lungi Ngidi
STANDARD BANK T20 INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
- Farhaan Behardien
- Junior Dala
- AB de Villiers
STANDARD BANK ODI CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
- Hashim Amla
- Quinton de Kock
- Faf du Plessis
- Kagiso Rabada
STANDARD BANK TEST CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
- AB de Villiers
- Dean Elgar
- Aiden Markram
- Vernon Philander
- Kagiso Rabada
RAM DELIVERY OF THE YEAR
- Kesh Maharaj
- Lungi Ngidi
- Kagiso Rabada
T20 WOMEN’S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
- Shabnim Ismail
- Chloe Tryon
- Dane van Niekerk
ODI WOMEN’S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
- Mignon du Preez
- Shabnim Ismail
- Marizanne Kapp
- Dane van Niekerk
- Laura Wolvaardt
SA WOMEN’S PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- Shabnim Ismail
- Dane van Niekerk
- Laura Wolvaardt
MOMENTUM WOMEN’S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
- Shabnim Ismail
- Marizanne Kapp
- Dane van Niekerk
- Laura WolvaardtS
SA CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
- Dean Elgar
- AB de Villiers
- Aiden Markram
- Vernon Philander
- Kagiso Rabada
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