CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) has extended warm congratulations to the five
Cricketers of the Year honoured in the 2011 edition of the South
African Cricket Annual which was released in Johannesburg on Tuesday.Four of the players - Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Colin Ingram and
Robin Peterson - were members of the Proteas' ODI squad that competed at
the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup on the sub-continent.The fifth, Zander de Bruyn, has been a standout performer for the bizhub
Highveld Lions for a number of seasons. He represented the Proteas in
three Test matches against India and England in the 2004/05 season."The five players are extremely well deserving of this recognition,"
commented CSA CEO Gerald Majola. "And, without going into all their
individual achievements, I believe the entire nation was thrilled by the
manner in which Robin and Imran brought spin bowling to the forefront
of our game. Both Faf and Colin are just starting out on their
international careers and have shown outstanding promise so far."Colin's performance in scoring a century on his ODI debut was
magnificent as was his follow up century against Pakistan three innings
later The SA Cricket Annual is an indispensable record of the activities of
South African cricket at all levels and, although I have not had the
opportunity to read it as yet, I am sure it has once again maintained
the standard of being one of the best publications of its type in the
world."
