CRICKET AWARDS
AB in line for a third award, but women snubbed
Neither Dané van Niekerk nor Marizanne Kapp crack the nod for SA Cricketer of the Year
AB de Villiers could soon complete a hat-trick to become SA’s most heavily garlanded cricketer. He is already among only four players who have twice been named SA Cricketer of the Year — and a Cricket SA release on Wednesday said he had been nominated for what would be an unprecedented third success in the elite category. But neither Dané van Niekerk nor Marizanne Kapp‚ who were the top two wicket-takers at the 2017 World Cup‚ cracked the nod for the main prize. That is despite the fact that the name of the award‚ which will be presented at a function in Johannesburg on June 2‚ is free of gender bias. Kagiso Rabada‚ Dean Elgar‚ Aiden Markram and Vernon Philander are also nominees. Rabada won in 2016 and would thus join a club whose members are limited to Makhaya Ntini‚ Jacques Kallis‚ Hashim Amla and De Villiers should he be favoured again. The No1 fast bowler in Test cricket might want to rent a trailer for the occasion: he could leave the building carrying three other trophies‚ am...
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