Cape Town – Faf du Plessis and Dane van Niekerk were recognised in the
company of the country’s cricketing elite when they were named South
African Cricketer of the Year in their respective categories at a
glittering Cricket South Africa (CSA) awards function in Pretoria on Saturday
evening.

It was a first for the Proteas captain and a
remarkable display of consistency at the top level by Van Niekerk who has won
the award for three of the last four years. She was also honoured by her peers
in being named SA Women’s Players’ Player of the Year.

The other 10 players to have
received CSA’s most prestigious men’s award are Jacques Kallis (2004 and 2011),
Makhaya Ntini (2005 and 2006), Hashim Amla (2010 and 2013), AB de Villiers
(2014 and 2015) and Kagiso Rabada (2016 and 2018) who have all won the award
twice with the other previous winners being Shaun Pollock (2007), Dale Steyn
(2008), Graeme Smith (2009), Vernon Philander (2012) and Quinton de Kock
(2017).

Du Plessis was the leading award winner on the night, also
being named ODI Cricketer of the Year as well as
being honoured by his peers in being named SA Players’ Player of the
Year.

The other men’s awards were shared
around. De Kock was named Test Cricketer of the Year
and David Miller as T20 International Cricketer of the Year
while Rabada was honoured by the fans on being named SA Fans Player of
the Year. The CSA Delivery of the Year went
to Vernon Philander for his dismissal of Azhar Ali of Pakistan in the third Test match.

Dale Steyn was honoured with the KFC
Streetwise Award for his achievement in becoming South Africa’s leading
Test match wicket-taker and one of the top 10 on the all-time list.

The International Newcomer of
the Year award went to Rassie van der Dussen who had the outstanding
average of 73 and strike rate of 81 in ODIs and a strike rate of 133 in T20
Internationals in his debut season. These figures included an average of 62 and
a strike rate of 90 in his maiden appearance at the ICC Cricket World Cup.

The other top awards in the women’s
category went to Marizanne Kapp who was named ODI Player of the Year
and Shabnim Ismail who was named T20 International Player of the Year.
Tumi Sekhukhune was named International Women’s Newcomer of the Year.

“Faf and Dane have both had very good years, both as
contributors in their specific disciplines and also in the leadership qualities
they bring to our two senior national sides,” commented CSA Chief Executive,
Thabang Moroe.

“Both our Proteas and our Women’s Proteas are well ranked both as
teams and individuals across the various formats. I must particularly highlight
the Proteas first ever away ODI bilateral series win in Australia. It is quite
remarkable that over the past few years Faf has led the Proteas to home and
away ODI Series wins over Australia as well as our first ever home Test series
win against the same opponents.

“Just how much Dane means to our women’s team became evident
when she was ruled out of action for a considerable period of time through
injury.  

“It is also a very special moment for the CSA Family to
honour our leading Test wicket-taker of all time, Dale Steyn, with the KFC
Streetwise award. He has been a wonderful brand ambassador for both CSA and the
Proteas for well over a decade and he has not only been a great leader of the
Proteas attack but has also played a key role as mentor of the next generation.

“Our domestic cricket remains blessed with great talents and congratulations to
all the winners in those categories as well.

“I warmly congratulate all our winners, both at international and domestic
level, and I also wish to take this opportunity to acknowledge our umpires,
grounds staff and scorers, too.”

Dane Piedt of the Cape Cobras and Bjorn Fortuin of the Highveld Lions were the big
winners in the Professional Awards: Domestic category, both bagging two awards.
Piedt was named Four-day Franchise Series Cricketer of the Year
and also won the SACA Most Valuable Player award. Fortuin was
named CSA T20 Challenge Player of the Year as well
as Domestic Players’ Player of the season. The Lions had further
success with Enoch Nkwe being named Coach of the Season.

Junior Dala of the Titans
was named Momentum One-day Cup Cricketer of the Season while
Sinethemba Qeshile of the Warriors was named Domestic Newcomer of the
Year.

The inaugural Mzansi Super League
awards went to Van der Dussen of the Jozi Stars as Mzansi Super League
Impact Player of the Year and to Lutho Sipamla of the Tshwane Spartans
as Mzansi Super League Young Player of the Year.

Shaun George was named CSA Umpire
of the Year for the third year in a row and the CSA Umpires’
Umpire of the Year went to Bongani Jele.

The Africa Cup T20 Player of
the tournament went to Marco Marais of Border.

AWARD WINNERS

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: NATIONAL

SA Men’s Cricketer of the Year:
Faf du Plessis

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

Test Cricketer of the
Year: Quinton de Kock

ODI Cricketer of the
Year:
Faf du Plessis

T20 International
Cricketer of the Year: David Miller

SA Players’ Player of the Year: Faf du Plessis

SA Fans’ Player of the Year: Kagiso Rabada

KFC Streetwise Award:
Dale Steyn (SA’s leading Test wicket-taker of all-time)

CSA Delivery of the Year:
Vernon Philander (dismissal of Azhar Ali, first innings, 3rd Test)

International Men’s Newcomer of the
Year: Rassie van der Dussen

International Women’s Newcomer of
the Year: Tumi Sekhukhune

SA Women’s Players’ Player of the
Year: Dane van Niekerk

Women’s ODI Cricketer of the
Year: Marizanne Kapp

Women’s T20 Cricketer of the
Year: Shabnim Ismail

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: DOMESTIC

Four-day franchise Series Cricketer
of the Season: Dane Piedt (Cape Cobras)

Momentum One-Day Cup Cricketer of
the Season: Junior Dala (Titans)

CSA T20 Challenge Player of the
Season: Bjorn Fortuin (Highveld Lions)

Mzansi Super League Impact Player
of the Year: Rassie van der Dussen
(Jozi Stars)

Mzansi Super League Young Player of
the Year: Lutho Sipamla
(Tshwane Spartans)

Pitchvision Coach of the Season: Enoch Nkwe (Highveld Lions)

Domestic Players’ Player of the
Season: Bjorn Fortuin (Highveld Lions)

Domestic Newcomer of the
Season: Sinethemba Qeshile (Warriors)

Africa T20 Cup Player of the
Tournament: Marco Marais (Border)         

SACA Most Valuable Player Award:
Dane Piedt (Cape Cobras)

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: OPERATIONS

CSA Umpires’ Umpire of the Year: Bongani Jele

CSA Umpire of the Year: Shaun George

CSA Scorers Association of the
Year: Gauteng Cricket Scorers Association