AB de Villiers matched the performance of Makhaya Ntini (2005 and 2006) when he was named South Africa’s Cricketer of the Year for the second successive year at a gala Cricket South Africa banquet in Midrand on Wednesday night.
De Villiers swept the board of almost all the accolades available to him, winning five awards and emulating the performance of Hashim Amla who also won five awards in 2010.
De Villiers was also named Castle Lager ODI Cricketer of the Year while his peers and his fans honoured him by voting for him as SA Players’ Player of the Year and SA Fans’ Player of the Year respectively.
He also received the KFC So Good Award for scoring the fastest century in the history of ODI Cricket against the West Indies in December 2014.
The other major awards went to Hashim Amla as test Cricketer of the Year and Morne van Wyk as T20 Cricketer of the Year.
Dale Steyn won the RAM Delivery of the Year and Rilee Rossouw was named SA Newcomer of the Year.
Shabnim Ismail was named Momentum Women’s Cricketer of the Year.
AWARD WINNERS
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: NATIONAL
SA Cricketer of the Year: AB de Villiers
Test Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla
Castle Lager ODI Cricketer of the Year: AB de Villiers
Ticketpro T20 International Cricketer of the Year: Morne van Wyk
SA Players’ Player of the Year: AB de Villiers
SA Fans’ Player of the Year: AB de Villiers
KFC ‘So Good’ Award: AB de Villiers (fastest ever ODI century v West Indies at Bidvest Wanderers)
RAM Delivery of the Year: Dale Steyn (third test match against West Indies at Newlands)
Momentum women’s Cricketer of the Year: Shabnim Ismail
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: DOMESTIC
Sunfoil Series Cricketer of the Season: Stephen Cook (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Momentum One-Day Cup Cricketer of the Season: Robin Peterson (Nashua Cape Cobras)
RAM SLAMMER of the Season: Kieron Pollard (Nashua Cape Cobras)
Pitchvision Coach of the Year: Geoffrey Toyana (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Domestic Players’ Player of the Season: Dane Paterson (Nashua Cape Cobras)
CSA Fair Play Award: The Unlimited Titans
SACA Most Valuable Player Award: Dane Paterson (Nashua Cape Cobras)
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: OPERATIONS
CSA Groundsman of the Year: Rudolph du Preez (SuperSport Park)
CSA Scorers’ Association of the Year: Gauteng Cricket Board
CSA Umpires’ Umpire of the Year: Adrian Holdstock
CSA Umpire of the Year: Johan Cloete
