SA stars set to be crowned at Emperors Palace

THE Cricket South Africa Awards is set to be a grand affair at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg on Thursday evening.

- ZAAHIER ADAMS

The attention will undoubtedly be on the Proteas Men's Test side after their marvellous achievement in winning the World Test Championship final at Lord’s last month, and in the process breaking South Africa’s 27-year drought without a major ICC trophy.

The WTC Final heroes will no doubt be lauded and afforded the much-deserved plaudits.

However, it is fast forgotten that the Proteas Women’s team had come perilously close to winning an ICC tournament themselves, after reaching a successive ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final towards the end of last year. While Laura Wolvaardt’s team were just not able to get over the line against New Zealand in the UAE, there were some outstanding performances by her team throughout the tournament and also across the other formats over the past calendar year.