Anrich Nortje, Shabnim Ismail named South Africa men's and women's Cricketer

Proteas pacer Anrich Nortje and Shabnim Ismail were named South Africa mens and womens Cricketer of the Year in their respective categories at CSAs virtual awards ceremony on MondayShabnim was also named Momentum womens T20 International Cricketer of the Year and South Africa womens Players Player of the YearNortje achieved similar success being named Test Cricketer of the Year South Africa Fans Cricketer of the Year and sharing in a tied vote with Aiden Markram the South Africa Mens Players Player of the YearHaving previously won the womens premier award in 2015 Ismail joins Marizanne Kapp 201314 and Dane van Niekerk 20161819 as multiple winners in the professional eraAnrich and Shabnim have set the highest standards that we expect from our icon Proteas players Anrichs international career to date has been remarkable said CSA acting chief executive Pholetsi Moseki in an official statementIn the space of a year he has gone from being named our International Newcomer of the Year to our overall Player of the Year an incredible achievement The pandemic has restricted him to just 10 Test matches to date in which he has taken 39 wickets including three fivewicket hauls she addedNortje becomes the 12th player to win the premier mens award and created his own piece of history by being named International Newcomer of the Year and Mens Cricketer of the Year in successive yearsHis strike rate of 4850 is comfortably within the benchmark number that defines the worlds leading bowlers he has also delivered the fastest delivery ever of the Indian Premier League in which the cream of the worlds talent goes head to head said MosekiShabnim has played a huge role in enabling our Momentum Proteas to break into the top group of countries with a world ranking of No 2 in the ODI format she addedLizelle Lee won the Streetwise Award for her brilliant century in the ODI series against India Lee was also named Momentum OneDay International Cricketer of the YearWith Nortje winning the SA Fans Player of the Year which was decided by an online poll the third award available to all the CSA Delivery of the Year went to Wiaan Mulder for dismissing Kusal Mendis with the aid of a catch by Rassie van der Dussen in the second Test match against Sri LankaVan der Dussen was honoured with the OneDay International Cricketer of the Year award while Tabraiz Shamsi was named T20 Cricketer of the Year and George Linde the Mens International Newcomer of the YearOttniel Baartman was named as the inaugural winner of the Makhaya Ntini Power of Cricket AwardThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever