Proteas fast bowler Anrich Nortje has been nominated for six categories at the Cricket South Africa Awards, including Men’s Cricketer of the Year.
CSA on Monday anounced that the annual function to commemorate the efforts of both the men’s and women’s players will take place on Monday, 31 May.
Despite a reduced schedule due to Covid-19, the Proteas teams managed to participate in various international series, while domestically the final season of franchise cricket completed without too much changes.
Nortje has been nominated for One-Day International Cricketer of the Year, Test Cricketer of the Year, the KFC Streetwise Award, CSA Delivery of the Year, SA Fans’ Player of the Year and SA Men’s Cricketer of the Year, while Proteas Women’s star Shabnim Ismail was nominated for Momentum Women’s T20 International Cricketer of the Year, Momentum Women’s One-Day International Cricketer of the Year, SA Fans’ Cricketer of the Year, the KFC Streetwise Award, CSA Delivery of the Year and SA Women’s Cricketer of the Year.
Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen are the other men’s players in line for numerous awards, as is Lizelle Lee, Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus in the women’s department.
Other Proteas men’s players nominated in the various categories are Tabraiz Shamsi (T20 International Cricketer of the Year), Faf du Plessis (KFC Streetwise Award), David Miller (One-Day International Cricketer of the Year), Janneman Malan (International Newcomer of the Year, T20 International Cricketer of the Year and SA Fans’ Player of the Year), Dean Elgar (Test Cricketer of the Year), George Linde (International Newcomer of the Year, KFC Streetwise Award), Lizaad Williams (International Newcomer of the Year), Andile Phehlukwayo (One-Day International Cricketer of the Year), Kagiso Rabada (SA Fans’ Player of the Year) and Kyle Verreynne (SA Fans’ Player of the Year).
In the women’s category, other nominees are Tazmin Brits and Anneke Bosch (both Momentum Women’s T20 International Cricketer of the Year), Marizanne Kapp (Momentum Women’s One-Day International Cricketer of the Year) and Nonkululeku Mlaba (SA Fans’ Player of the Year).
