Although only seven players from the Titans / Northerns Cricket are part of the nominees for Cricket SA’s 2020/21 annual awards, these nominations are among the most prestigious awards.

Both Aiden Markram and Suné Luus are eligible to be named as South Africa’s best male and female players, while Neil Brand has been nominated as Best Newcomer in the ranks of the country’s top players.

Tabraiz Shamsi is the fourth Titans / Northerns star to be nominated for an award. He competes with Markram and two other players for the honour as T20 international player of the year.

Lizaad Williams’ move to Pretoria was good for his cricket and he is one of the nominees as Newcomer of the Year at international level.

Then there is veteran and new Proteas Test captain Dean Elgar, who has been nominated as a possible Test player of the year

A veteran in the light blue of the Titans / Northerns and former national captain Faf du Plessis has been nominated for the prestigious KFC Streetwise award. This is an award that goes to a player that epitomises what it means to push the boundaries for their team.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) gave due recognition to its leading men’s and women’s players who have kept the flag flying during extremely difficult Covid-19 times with the announcement of the nominations for the annual CSA Awards.

Only two categories’ shortlist is not yet known. The jury is still out on the SA Men’s Players’ Player of the Year and the Women’s Players’ Player of the Year. These two are still to be decided.

The CSA Awards Judging Panel consists of: Jeremy Fredericks (Convener), Crystal Arnold, Makhaya Ntini, Clinton du Preez, Lungani Zama and Natalie Germanos with statistical input by Andrew Samson.

The winners, including the prestigious SA Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year Awards, will be announced next Monday from 19:00 SAST across CSA’s social media platforms: Facebook (Cricket South Africa), Twitter (@OfficialCSA), Instagram (cricket_south_africa) and the CSA App, which can be downloaded on IOS and Android devices via the App Store and Google Play.

 The complete list of nominations in the different categories are:

DOMESTIC PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

 PITCHVISION COACH OF THE SEASON 

• Wandile Gwavu (Imperial Lions)
• Imraan Khan (Hollywoodbets Dolphins) 

DOMESTIC NEWCOMER OF THE SEASON 

• Neil Brand (Momentum Multiply Titans) 
• Lifa Ntanzi (Hollywoodbets Dolphins) 

BETWAY T20 CHALLENGE CRICKETER OF THE SEASON 

• Reeza Hendricks (Imperial Lions) 
• Sisanda Magala (Imperial Lions) 
• Keshav Maharaj (Hollywoodbets Dolphins) 
• Kyle Verreynne (Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras) 

CSA 4-DAY DOMESTIC SERIES CRICKETER OF THE SEASON 

• Keshav Maharaj (Hollywoodbets Dolphins) 
• Aiden Markram (Momentum Multiply Titans) 
• Senuran Muthusamy (Hollywoodbets Dolphins) 
• Kyle Verreynne (Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras) 

MOMENTUM ONE-DAY CUP CRICKETER OF THE SEASON 

• Robbie Frylinck (Hollywoodbets Dolphins) 
• Dominic Hendricks (Imperial Lions) 
• Janneman Malan (Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras) 
• Imran Manack (Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras) 

INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER OF YEAR 

• George Linde 
• Janneman Malan 
• Lizaad Williams 

T20 INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 

• Janneman Malan 
• Aiden Markram 
• Tabraiz Shamsi 
• Rassie van der Dussen 

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 

• David Miller 
• Anrich Nortje 
• Andile Phehlukwayo 
• Rassie van der Dussen 

TEST CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 

• Temba Bavuma 
• Dean Elgar 
• Aiden Markram 
• Anrich Nortje 

KFC STREETWISE AWARD  

• Faf du Plessis (199 vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test in Centurion, 26-30 December 2020)
• Shabnim Ismail (5-12 vs Pakistan, 2nd T20I in Durban, 31 January 2021)
• Lizelle Lee (132 vs India, 3rd ODI in Lucknow, 12 March 2021) 
• George Linde (5-64 vs Pakistan, 2nd Test in Rawalpindi, 4-8 February 2021) 
• Aiden Markram (108 vs Pakistan, 2nd Test in Rawalpindi, 4-8 February 2021) 
• Anrich Nortje (6-56 vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test in Johannesburg, 3-7 January 2021) 

CSA DELIVERY OF THE YEAR 

• Shabnim Ismail  
• Ayabonga Khaka  
• Masabata Klaas 
• Wiaan Mulder  
• Anrich Nortje 
• Lutho Sipamla  

MOMENTUM WOMEN’S T20 INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 

• Anneke Bosch 
• Tazmin Brits 
• Shabnim Ismail 
• Sune Luus 

MOMENTUM WOMEN’S ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 

• Shabnim Ismail 
• Marizanne Kapp 
• Lizelle Lee 
• Laura Wolvaardt 

SA FANS’ CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 

• Shabnim Ismail 
• Lizelle Lee 
• Janneman Malan 
• Nonkululeku Mlaba 
• Anrich Nortje 
• Kagiso Rabada 
• Kyle Verreynne 
• Laura Wolvaardt 

SA WOMEN’S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 

• Shabnim Ismail 
• Lizelle Lee 
• Sune Luus 
• Laura Wolvaardt 

SA MEN’S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 

• Temba Bavuma 
• Aiden Markram 
• Anrich Nortje 
• Rassie van der Dussen

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