Kagiso Rabada is one of the nominees for Proteas Player of the Year. Picture: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images
Proteas fans, your 2021/22 Men’s Player of the Year will be one of five cricketers – Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen or Quinton de Kock.
Cricket South Africa on Tuesday named the nominees for the CSA Awards, which will be a virtual ceremony taking place on August 14.
Performances from May 2021 to April 2022 were taken into account, which is from the tour of the West Indies to the end of the Test series against Bangladesh in April.
Who will be the favourite to claim the overall title will depend on your favourite format.
Rabada, Maharaj and Bavuma were outstanding in Tests, while Van der Dussen and De Kock shone in the white-ball formats.
Rabada took 30 wickets at an average of just 20 in the five Tests he played, while spinner Maharaj also took 30 wickets in the judging period, from eight Tests art an average of only 18.20. He also starred in ODIs with 18 wickets in 14 matches at an economy rate of just 4.61.
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Bavuma scored 515 runs in seven Tests at an average of 46.81, while also averaging 38.70 in his 13 ODIs.
An extraordinary average of 73.11 in 14 ODIs for Van der Dussen saw him nominated, his 658 runs being scored at a strike-rate of 97, while he also averaged 39.10 at a strike-rate of 123 in T20s.
De Kock averaged 73 in the three Tests he played before his retirement from the longest format, and his chief successes came in ODIs – 523 runs in eight games at an average of 65.37 and a strike-rate of 108 – and T20s (524 runs in 14 innings at 43.66, SR 131).
Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Keegan Petersen and Sarel Erwee are the new talents competing for the Proteas Newcomer of the Year award.
The Women’s Proteas team devoted themselves mostly to 50-over cricket last season due to the ODI World Cup, in which they reached the semi-finals.
Prolific run-scorer Laura Wolvaardt and star all-rounder Marizanne Kapp are probably the favourites for the overall SA Women’s Player of the Year award, with bowlers Shabnim Ismail and Ayabonga Khaka and all-rounder Sune Luus also nominated.
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2021/22 CSA AWARDS NOMINEES
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS – DOMESTIC
CSA UMPIRES’ UMPIRE OF THE YEAR
Lubabalo Gcuma
Allahudien Paleker
Stephen Harris
CSA UMPIRE OF THE YEAR
Allahudien Paleker
Lubabalo Gcuma
Stephen Harris
Arno Jacobs
DOMESTIC NEWCOMER OF THE SEASON
Kyle Simmonds (WP)
Tristan Stubbs (EP Warriors)
Mitchell van Buuren (CGL)
Daniel Smith (WP)
DIVISION 1 COACH OF THE SEASON
Wandile Gwavu (CGL)
Mandla Mashimbyi (Titans)
Salieg Nackerdien (WP)
DIVISION 2 COACH OF THE SEASON
Mark Charlton (Northern Cape)
Garry Hampson (SWD)
Michael Smith (KZN Inland)
T20 KNOCK OUT COMPETITION PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT
Migael Pretorius (FS Knights)
Ottneil Baartman (KZN Dolphins)
Herschell America (SWD)
Rilee Rossouw (FS Knights)
Daryn Dupavillon (KZN Dolphins))
DIVISION 1 T20 CHALLENGE PLAYER OF THE SEASON
Pieter Malan (Boland Rocks)
Tabraiz Shamsi (Titans)
Tristan Stubbs (EP Warriors)
Ziyaad Abrahams (Boland Rocks)
Shaun von Berg (Boland Rocks)
DIVISION 1 4-DAY DOMESTIC SERIES PLAYER OF THE SEASON
Pieter Malan (Boland Rocks)
Ryan Rickelton (CGL)
Simon Harmer (Titans)
David Bedingham (WP)
Kyle Simmonds (WP)
DIVISION 2 4-DAY DOMESTIC SERIES PLAYER OF THE SEASON
Thomas Kaber (Border)
Michael Erlank (KZN Inland)
Tshepang Dithole (KZN Inland)
Evan Jones (Northern Cape)
Sean Whitehead (SWD)
DIVISION 1 ONE-DAY CUP PLAYER OF THE SEASON
Heinrich Klaasen (Titans)
Sisanda Magala (CGL)
Wihaan Lubbe (EP Warriors)
Sibonelo Makhanya (Titans)
Stiaan van Zyl (Boland Rocks)
DIVISION 2 ONE-DAY CUP PLAYER OF THE SEASON
Benjamin van Niekerk (Mpumalanga)
Keith Dudgeon (KZN Inland)
Michael Erlank (KZN Inland)
Ludwig Kaestner (Limpopo)
Beyers Swanepoel (Northern Cape)
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS – INTERNATIONAL
MOMENTUM WOMEN’S T20 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Laura Wolvaardt
Lizelle Lee
Ayabonga Khaka
Marizanne Kapp
MOMENTUM WOMEN’S ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Laura Wolvaardt
Shabnim Ismail
Ayabonga Khaka
Marizanne Kapp
Sune Luus
SA WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Laura Wolvaardt
Shabnim Ismail
Ayabonga Khaka
Marizanne Kapp
Sune Luus
THE BEST DELIVERY FUELLED BY KFC
Ismail to Matthews
Klaas to Beamount
Ismail to Martin
Klaas to Brunt
Harmer to Shanto
Olivier to Latham
Rabada to Blundell
Maharaj to Mitchell
INTERNATIONAL MEN’S NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Kyle Verreynne
Marco Jansen
Keegan Petersen
Sarel Erwee
T20 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Quinton de Kock
Aiden Markram
Tabraiz Shamsi
Anrich Nortje
Kagiso Rabada
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Janneman Malan
Rassie van der Dussen
Quinton de Kock
Tabraiz Shamsi
Keshav Maharaj
TEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Dean Elgar
Temba Bavuma
Keshav Maharaj
Kagiso Rabada
Marco Jansen
Keegan Petersen
SA MEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Kagiso Rabada
Keshav Maharaj
Temba Bavuma
Rassie van der Dussen
Quinton de Kock
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