Quinton De Kock leading in award nominations

April 26, 2017 | SportsGuff Team 1.1K Reads

The 24 years old left handed wicketkeeper batsman Quinton De Kock is a South African cricketer. Quinton De Kock is leading the chart of nominations for 2016/2017 Cricket South Africa Awards. The honour of the awards will be on 13th May 2017 at the Kyalami Theatre on the Track.

Quinton De Kock Nominated In:

South Africa Cricketer of the Year
Standard Bank Test Cricketer of the Year and
Standard Bank ODI Cricketer of the Year
KFC Award of Excellence

The Chief Executive of Cricket South Africa Haroon Lorgat said, "It is my great pleasure and privilege to congratulate all the nominees as we celebrate a very successful year of superior achievement by our Proteas who had won all their Test series in the past 12 months on top of impressive 5-0 clean sweeps against both Australia and Sri Lanka in ODI cricket. And let us not forget to thank all those great and selfless people who work diligently behind the scenes to create opportunities for our leading cricketers to excel."

Haroon Lorgat further added, "Our country continues to produce world-class players. We only need reflect on the superb way in which Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, Temba Bavuma and Keshav Maharaj have shone over the past year and who continue to grow alongside established greats like AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn."