Vernon Philander named South African Cricketer of the Year – Cricket News Update
Following an astonishing Test debut, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757’s Cricketer of the Year in a glittering awards ceremony at the CSA’s annual gala last night.
The player further scooped two other major awards, Test Cricketer of the Year and the Fans’ Cricketer of the Year, beating stiff competition from fellow pacers in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557.
It has been a sensational 12-month period for Philander, who became the second-quickest player in history of Test cricket to amass 50 wickets. His feat came in just seven matches, at a staggering average of 14.15. He has already taken six five-wicket hauls, and two 10-fors.
In other International awards, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richard-Levi-c2315 also took home two accolades, T20 Cricketer of the year, along with KFC “So Good” Award. The player smashed an unbeaten 117 in his debut T20 series against the Kiwis, which is the highest score in this format of the game. Young pacer, Marchant De Lange was presented with the International newcomer of the Year award, following his impressive seven for 81 on debut.
Among the domestic honours – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Petersen-c1028 ( Super Sport Series Cricketer of the Year) were the recipients.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Peter-Maynard-c75259, was presented with the Coach of the Year award.
“The performances of our cricketers remain at an all-time high," said CSA Acting chief executive Jacques Faul."You only have to look at the number of our Proteas who have held the No.1 position on the official http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 rankings list for the past 12 months in the various formats.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shandre-Alvida-Fritz-c89646 was named as the best women cricketer.
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