Viljoen bags Series Sizzler award
Hardus Viljoen of the bizhub Highveld Lions has bagged the Sunfoil Series Sizzler award.
HARDUS Viljoen of the bizhub Highveld Lions has bagged the Sunfoil Series Sizzler award for the first five rounds of the Sunfoil Series.
The series (which started in 2015) currently sees The Unlimited Titans, the VKB Knights and the bizhub Highveld Lions locked in a three-way battle for four-day cricket supremacy. The Lions are the current title holders.
The Sunfoil Sizzler award is worth R15 000 and went to the Alberton resident.
Viljoen, who made his debut for the Castle Lager Proteas in the third Sunfoil Test match against the England touring team at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, has had a phenomenal Sunfoil Series campaign taking 30 wickets in four matches. This included back-to-back 10-wicket hauls in successive matches against the Sunfoil Dolphins and the Warriors.
Other players who came strongly into contention for the award were his bizhub Highveld Lions team mate, Dwaine Pretorius, Werner Coetsee of the VKB Knights, Keshav Maharaj of the Sunfoil Dolphins and Tabraiz Shamsi of The Unlimited Titans.
“Congratulations to Hardus on his Sunfoil Sizzler award,” said Cricket South Africa (CSA) general manager, Corrie van Zyl. “His performance in taking back-to-back 10-wicket hauls is special and earned him a fully deserved call-up to the Proteas.
“The results over the past six weeks have also shown that our domestic game is healthy, particularly if you look at the way players have taken the step up to international cricket when the opportunity has arisen. Stephen Cook’s century on debut for the Proteas underlines this point.”
The South African Cricketers’ Association Most Valuable Player index (SACA MVP) is used as the measuring tool for determining the Sunfoil Sizzler of the Month.
