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Moonsamy and Mashishi the big winners at 2024 Titans Awards

Measured against their own high standards, the Titans cricket team may not have performed up to expectations this past season, the franchise was still able to proudly celebrate the achievements of some players at the annual awards function.

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Mark Marshall from Weber (right) handed the trophy as Weber Men’s player of the Year to the Titans batsman and wicket keeper, Rivaldo Moonsamy. Photo: Supplied

Rivaldo Moonsamy closed off a superb 2023/2024 season with 5 awards at the Titans Awards including the big one for the night, Weber Men’s player of the Year.

Nominated for a total of five awards at the honours evening Moonsamy took home all the prizes he was up for.

Moonsamy’s return to the Sky Blues following a stint in the Northern Cape was impactful, especially in the first-class competition and CSA T20 Challenge, with the wicketkeeper/batter often contributing handy knocks.

A high score of 130 in the 4-Day Series and an unbeaten 90 in the T20 Challenge put Moonsamy head and shoulders above in each competition where he finished as the Titans leading run scorer.

“He’s had an exceptional season and it’s a bit of a fairytale return for him. We’re all very happy for him and pleased that he was able to produce the goods so often this season. The awards and recognition are well deserved,” said Momentum Multiply Titans Head Coach Mandla Mashimbyi.

For the Fidelity Titans it was right arm spinner, Paulinah Mashishi who was presented the top award, Weber Women’s Player of the Year. This is the second time in two years that she received the honour and first since the professionalisation of women’s domestic cricket in South Africa.

Mashishi’s exploits in the women’s 50 over competition earned her the award for women’s 50-over Player of the season. 18 wickets in 10 matches with a best of 4-19 saw her finish second in the competitions’ wicket charts and lead the charge for the Daisy Ladies.

Fidelity Titans head coach Byron Fraser shared his sentiments on Mashishi’ success.

“Pauli has always shown great potential and in the past few seasons she’s grown into a very important part of the team and leads with the wickets she takes. The bounds are endless for her and she continues to get better with each season, her two awards tonight are testament to that. We can always bank on her to contribute in matches and we wish her success may long continue,” Fraser commented.

Other award winners on the night included Joshua van Heerden who was the Garmin Men’s Most Valuable player of the year, Merrick Brett took home Garmin Men’s Newcomer of the Year and Amogelang Maphangula who was named Emperors Palace Women’s Most promising Player of the Year.

To close off the evening Titans Cricket CEO, Dr Jacques Faul commented on the 2023/2024 season.

“These occasions are always great to celebrate the achievements of the season gone by and I couldn’t be happier for all our winners. It was a season of a lot of growth for us, we hit a lot of new milestones and saw several players go on to represent the Proteas in the past season,” Faul remarked.

According to Faul, awards also provide an opportunity to look back at all the hard work that have been put in throughout the season, while it could be use as motivation for efforts in the new season.

 Full list of award winners:

Garmin Men’s Newcomer of the Year: Merrick Brett

Emperors Palace Women’s Most Promising Player of the Year: Amogelang Maphangula

Garmin Men’s T20 Player of The Year: Rivaldo Moonsamy

Garmin Women’s T20 Player of the Year: Masabata Klaas

Weber Men’s First Class Player of The Year: Rivaldo Moonsamy

Garmin Men’s Most Valuable Player of the Year Award: Joshua van Heerden

Weber Fans’ Player of the Year Award: Rivaldo Moonsamy

Powerade Men’s One-Day Player of The Year: Dean Elgar

Powerade Women’s 50 Over Player of the Year: Paulinah Mashishi

Emperors Palace Men’s Players’ Player of the Year: Rivaldo Moonsamy

Emperors Palace Women’s Players’ Player of the Year: Katherine Prior

Weber Women’s Titans Player of the Year: Paulinah Mashishi

Weber Men’s Titans Player of The Year: Rivaldo Moonsamy

 

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