AB de Villiers named South African Cricketer of the Year 2014 Wednesday June 04,2014

A.B. de Villiers dominated the Cricket South Africa Awards banquet by bagging 4 awards, including Cricketer of the Year 2014, in Johannesburg on Wednesday June 04,2014

AB de Villiers became the eighth player to be named South Africa’s cricketer of the year when he received the award for 2014 at a gala Cricket South Africa (CSA) banquet in Sandton on Wednesday June 04,2014

The previous winners are -

• Jacques Kallis(2004 and 2011)
• Makhaya Ntini (2005 and 2006)
• Shaun Pollack(2007)
• Dale Steyn(2008)
• Graeme Smith(2009)
• Hashim Amla(2010 and 2013)
• Vernon Philander(2012)

 

The 4 awards won by AB de Villiers -

• South African Cricketer of the Year 2014
• South African Test Cricketer of the Year 2014
• South African Players’ Player of the Year 2014 and
• South AfricanFans’ Cricketer of the Year 2014

The only award for which AB De Villiers was nominated but did not win was the ODI Player of the Year 2014 which went to Quinton de Kock, who scored four centuries in the period under review including three in consecutive innings.

Imran Tahir was named T20 International Player of the Year

Paceman Dale Steyn won the Delivery of the Year and

Jacques Kallis won the KFC ‘So Good’ Award for his century in his final Test match appearance against India