Amla and Kallis nominated for three South African cricket awards
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 rewards its cricketers every year for their excellent performance in the game at amateur cricket level, professional domestic cricket, and, its national team as well.
There have been quite a few nominations, but Jacques Kallis, and, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hashim-Mahomed-Amla-c62024, have been nominated for three awards each.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Willey-c81951 take place on 7th June, 2011 at Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg. All of the winners including the ‘South African Cricketer of the
year 2011’ will be announced at the dinner.
Kallis is their top performer and has shown his all round capabilities this year as well. He has played 145 Test matches and has scored 11947 runs at an average of 57.43 runs, with the best of an unbeaten 201 runs, 40 centuries, and, 54 fifties.
He has taken 270 wickets at an average of 32.01 runs per wicket with the best of 6 for 54 runs in an innings and 9 for 92 runs in a match.
Kallis scored 161 runs in the first innings of the third Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 played from 2nd January to sixth January, 2011, at Newlands, Cape Town, which was followed by an unbeaten 109 runs in the second innings.
He has been nominated in three categories, KFC So Good Award, Castle Test Cricketer of the Year and SA Cricketer of the year.
Amla got three nominations as well, including SA Cricketer of the year, Test Cricketer of the Year and Standard Bank One Day International Cricketer of the Year.
He has appeared in 51 Test matches and has scored 3897 runs at an average of 46.95 runs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-E-Best-c41115 of an unbeaten 253 runs, with 12 centuries, and, 19 fifties.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamisi-Abdallah-c61368 has played 49 ODI matches and scored 2462 runs at an average of 57.25 runs with the best of 140 runs with eight centuries and 14 fifties.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 born, Imran Tahir, has also been included in a couple of categories and he anticipates to be on the top of the list as well.
Cricket fans across the country have been given an opportunity to get involved in the process by online voting, which has started in the beginning of this month.
The finalists for the major awards are:
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: DOMESTIC
CSA Umpire of the Year: Johan Cloete, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Thomas-Holdstock-c42138
MTN40 Cricketer of the Year: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-McLaren-c2232, Imran Tahir
Standard Bank Pro20 Cricketer of the Year: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Owais-Alam-Shah-c80369
SuperSport Series Cricketer of the Year: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Imran-Tahir-c76963
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: SA TEAM
Standard Bank International Pro20 Cricketer of the Year: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alexandrino-Andre-Kirton-c43286 Theron, Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Standard Bank One-Day International Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LL-Tsotsobe-c1842
Castle test Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Dale Steyn
SA Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-Willem-Steyn-c52130
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