Kagiso Rabada of South Africa celebrates with teammates after taking a wicket during day 4 of the 3rd Castle Lager Test match between South Africa and Pakistan at Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on January 14, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images)
CSA Awards 2019: Rabada, Du Plessis to fight it out for SA cricket’s top prize
Individual honours are up for grabs with the country’s top cricketeres going against each other at the CSA Awards.
Kagiso Rabada of South Africa celebrates with teammates after taking a wicket during day 4 of the 3rd Castle Lager Test match between South Africa and Pakistan at Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on January 14, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images)
Proteas teammates will be up against each other for the highest accolade on offer at the CSA Awards later this year.
CSA will be holding the gala event on Saturday, 3 August to honour the country’s top cricketers at the Sun Square arena in Pretoria.
The biggest prize on offer is the Cricketer of the Year award, which will be contested by fast bowler Kagiso Rabada – who has won it twice before – as well as 2017 winner Quinton de Kock, with Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis and veteran spinner Imran Tahir.
Rabada, along with du Plessis, scored the most nominations in the 2019 edition and are set to square off for the SA Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year and ODI Cricketer of the Year, as well as two more categories not dependent on a judging panel – the SA Players’ Player of the Year and SA Fans’ Cricketer of the Year awards. The latter a determined by votes cast in.
For the Test Cricketer of the Year award, it’s Rabada who will be fighting it out with de Kock, fast bowler Dale Steyn and slow left-arm bowler Keshav Maharaj, while Rassie van der Dussen will be up against fellow batsmen Reeza Hendricks, David Miller, as well as all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo for the ODI equivalent.
CSA Awards 2019 nominations
Africa T20 Cup Player of the Tournament
Nandre Burger (Central Gauteng Lions)
Delano Potgieter (Central Gauteng Lions)
Marco Marais (Border)
Domestic Newcomer of the Season
David Bedingham (World Sports Betting Cape Cobras)
Janneman Malan (World Sports Betting Cape Cobras)
Sinethemba Qeshile (Warriors)
Lutho Sipamla (Warriors)
Momentum One-Day Cup Cricketer of the Season
Junior Dala (Multiply Titans)
Aiden Markram (Multiply Titans)
Kyle Verreynne (World Sports Betting Cape Cobras)
CSA T20 Challenge Cricketer of the Season
Temba Bavuma (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Theunis de Bruyn (Multiply Titans)
Bjorn Fortuin (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Rassie van der Dussen (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Four-Day Franchise Cricketer of the Season
Pieter Malan (World Sports Betting Cape Cobras)
Edward Moore (Warriors)
Keegan Petersen (VKB Knights)
Dane Piedt (World Sports Betting Cape Cobras)
Nicky van den Bergh (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Standard Bank T20 International Cricketer of the Year
Reeza Hendricks
David Miller
Andile Phehlukwayo
Rassie van der Dussen
Standard Bank ODI Cricketer of the Year
Faf du Plessis
Imran Tahir
Andile Phehlukwayo
Kagiso Rabada
Rassie van der Dussen
Standard Bank Test Cricketer of the Year
Quinton de Kock
Faf du Plessis
Keshav Maharaj
Kagiso Rabada
Dale Steyn
CSA Delivery of the Year
Kesh Maharaj
Andile Phehlukwayo
Vernon Philander
Kagiso Rabada
Women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year
Shabnim Ismail
Marizanne Kapp
Dane van Niekerk
Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
Marizanne Kapp
Lizelle Lee
Dane van Niekerk
Dane van Niekerk
Laura Wolvaardt
CSA Women’s Player’s Player of the Year
Marizanne Kapp
Lizelle Lee
Dane van Niekerk
CSA Women’s Cricketer of the Year
Marizanne Kapp
Lizelle Lee
Dane van Niekerk
CSA Men’s Cricketer of the Year
Quinton de Kock
Faf du Plessis
Imran Tahir
Kagiso Rabada
