Laura Wolvaardt and Quinton de Kock, the star performers for their respective national cricket teams who have had contrasting performances, deservedly took home the women’s and men’s cricketer of the year awards at Cricket South Africa’s awards that were held virtually.
The 21-year-old Wolvaardt, the women’s team soft-spoken yet imposing batting bulwark, also won the ODI cricketer of the year and the women’s player’s player of the year award, while also being the youngest to do so.
The 2019-20 season was a forgettable one for the men’s national team as they were humbled by India away and England at home in the Test engagements. They were marginally better in the limited overs matches where they held India to a 1-all draw in the T20 series competed very well in the limited overs segment of the home summer against England and Australia.
The other big winners on a night where the awards had to be held digitally for the first time because of the novel coronavirus and how it’s put a plug on large gatherings were Lungi Ngidi , Anrich Nortje and David Miller won the SA fans cricketer of the year.
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