Vernon Philander is Cricketer of the Year 2012 in South Africa

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Published on: Jun 08, 2012

Fast bowler Vernon Philander was named as the Cricketer of the Year in Cricket South Africa’s annual awards. Philander also won two more awards – Test Cricketer of the Tear and Fans’ Cricketer of the Year.

- By BV Swagath

Fast bowler Vernon Philander was named as the Cricketer of the Year in Cricket South Africa’s annual awards. Philander also won two more awards – Test Cricketer of the Tear and Fans’ Cricketer of the Year. The 26-year-old Philander is considered as the next Shaun Pollock as far as his bowling is concerned with the ability to move the ball both ways along with an impeccable accuracy. Philander, who made his Test Debut in late 2011 went onto capture 51 wickets in just 7 Tests! He has an incredible six 5-wicket hauls and two 10-wicket hauls.

The other notable winners of the CSA annual awards are AB de Villiers (ODI Cricketer of the Year), Richard Levi (T20I Cricketer of the year) and Marchant de Lange (Newcomer of the Year).

Following is the list of award winners as announced by Cricket South Africa:

South Africa International Team Awards

Vernon PhilanderSA Newcomer of the Year: Marchant de Lange

CSA International T20 Cricketer of the Year: Richard Levi

Sunfoil One-Day International Cricketer of the Year: AB de Villiers

Sunfoil Test Cricketer of the Year: Vernon Philander

KFC “So Good” Award: Richard Levi

CSA Fans Cricketer of the Year: Vernon Philander

SA Players’ Player of the Year: AB de Villiers

SA Cricketer of the Year: Vernon Philander

South Africa Domestic Awards

CSA 1-Day Cup Cricketer of the Year: Dean Elgar

MiWay T20 Cricketer of the Year: Farhaan Behardien

SuperSport Series Cricketer of the Year: Alviro Petersen

CSA Fairplay award: Sunfoil Dolphins

CSA Coach of the Year: Matthew Maynard

Domestic Newcomer of the Year: Eddie Leie

SACA MVP award: Morne van Wyk

Domestic Players’ Player of the Year: Faf du Plessis

South Africa Operations Awards:

CSA Groundsman of the Year: Louis Kruger (North West)

CSA Scorers’ Association of the Year: Gauteng

CSA Umpires’ Umpire of the Year: Karl Hurter

CSA Umpire of the Year: Shaun George

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