CSA Awards 2018 - Rabada takes top honours

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South Africa's speedster Kagiso Rabada was the star in Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony held in Johannesburg on Saturday evening June 2. Second time in a row Rabada scooped major awards.

He had an excellent last year and therefore he rewarded for his top performances. He grabbed as many six awards including 'Cricketer of the year' in Men's category while Dane van Niekerk grabbed 'Women's cricketer of the year'.



"It is encouraging that for the second time in a row our premier awards have gone to our young stars who are shining with distinction alongside our world-class senior players," said CSA's acting chief executive Thabang Moroe

Here is the list of Awards winners:

Professional Awards - National



SA Men’s Cricketer of the Year: Kagiso Rabada

SA Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Dane van Niekerk

Test Cricketer of the Year: Kagiso Rabada



ODI Cricketer of the Year: Kagiso Rabada

T20 International Cricketer of the Year: AB de Villiers

SA Players’ Player of the Year: Kagiso Rabada

SA Fans’ Player of the Year: Kagiso Rabada

Always Original Award: David Miller (fastest T20 International century v Bangladesh)

Delivery of the Year: Kagiso Rabada (to Warner, 3rd Test v Australia, Newlands)

International Newcomer of the Year: Aiden Markram

SA Women’s Players’ Player of the Year: Laura Wolvaardt

Momentum Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Laura Wolvaardt

Momentum Women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year: Chloe Tryon

AB de Villiers, who recently retired from the international cricket grabbed the International T20 Cricketer of the Year while David Miller received Always Original Awards for the fastest T20 international century. Aiden Markram who had an excellent last year grabbed the International Newcomer of the Year Award.

On the domestic front, most numbers of awards were taken by the Titans who won both Sunfoil Series and Ram-Slam T20 tournament.

Professional Awards - Domestic

Sunfoil Series Cricketer of the Season: Simon Harmer (Warriors)

Momentum One-Day Cup Cricketer of the Season: Tabraiz Shamsi (Multiply Titans)

RAM SLAM T20 Challenge Player of the Season: Tabraiz Shamsi (Multiply Titans)

Pitchvision Coach of the Year: Mark Boucher (Multiply Titans)

Domestic Players' Player of the Season: Pieter Malan (WSB Cape Cobras)

Domestic Newcomer of the Year: Kyle Verreynne (WSB Cape Cobras)

Africa T20 Cup Player of the Tournament: Sarel Erwee (KZN Inland)

SACA Most Valuable Player Award: Jon-Jon Smuts (Warriors)

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