Zimbabwe Cricket Awards (28/11/2011)

[Flower power]

These were the winners for the 2010 edition .
Who are going to be our winners this year ....

Major award winners

Cricketer of the year - Elton Chigumbura
Batsman of the year - Vusi Sibanda
Bowler of the year - Graeme Cremer
Rookie of the year - Tendai Chatara
Most promising cricketer of the year - Tendai Chatara
Female cricketer of the year - Sharne Mayers
Provincial Association of the year - Midlands
Franchise team of the year - Mountaineers
Coach of the year - Stephen Mangongo

[brmtaylor.com admin]

Taylor would surely be both cricketer and batsman of the year? He deserves to anyway.
Rookie of the year and most promising cricketer of the year should be Vitori although Jarvis is a strong candidate too.

[maehara]

Taylor would surely be both cricketer and batsman of the year? He deserves to anyway.

Good call, he is indeed Player and Batsman of the Year.

Bowler of the Year: Keegan Meth
Rookie of the Year: Brian Vitori
Coach of the Year: Dave Houghton
Female Cricketer of the Year: Ashley Ndiraya
Most Promising Cricketer: Brian Vitori
Best Schools Cricketer: Sam Curran
Franchise of the Year: Matabeleland Tuskers

Source (and other winners that you may care less about): The Herald.

[sloandog]

Who's Sam Curran ? And just out of interest, I've heard the name eddie byrem i think knocking about. Any info on these boys ?:)

[andy24]

Who's Sam Curran ? And just out of interest, I've heard the name eddie byrem i think knocking about. Any info on these boys ?:)

I am pretty sure sam is Kevin currans son.

[CrimsonAvenger]

I've heard the name eddie byrem i think knocking about.

Its Eddie Byrom. There were also Bradley Evans and Keith Jaure. May be getting reeady to launch themselves into action in a couple of years time? Any info on these boys folks?

[CrimsonAvenger]

And yes, congratulations to the winners. All richly deserved.

Russel Tiffin is again the umpire of the year , and Ian Robinson got a special award.

[hhm]

Meth rightly acknowledged as the standout bowler of the year. Pity the national coaches don't see it that way. He's a better allround bowler than both Jarvis&Vitori (smarter, more competent, more experienced, more accomplished with the new ball etc, eternally superior FC stats).

Seeing as Taylor(&Tino) was rewarded largley for recent international performances, one would have thought Vitori & Jarvis had also done enough in the same time, but Meth's(&Chatara) domestic form last season have been shown to have more value than their international returns!

Out of Mpofu, Elton, Jarvis, Vitori & Meth, one wonders who will miss out in the Test XI to face NZ! I strongly suspect it will be Meth again. Just like the XI that faced Bangladesh, only with a slightly regressing Waller in plcae of a slightly improving Craig.

I know the coaches are blindly biased towards the rookies, so maybe dropping Elton for Meth(which I don't favour), instead of one of those two, will lay the platform for what will probably produce embarassing revelations.

Would be silly to try and squeeze Cremer in to the squad!

[sscricket]

hhm, thanks for saying out loud what may or may not resonate well with everyone.

The irony I think is that Meth has been grossly undervalued and underused as a batsman. At least in the shorter format I dont see any weakness in his batting. At least he wont stall the game by fake shows of solidity which is really a poor excuse for lack of skills in strike rotation.

May be his overall batting stats to date do not reflect what I am saying but trust me I think this guy believes he can win games on his own and he seems to be a much improved cricketer this year especially with the bat.

He should be batting right after Ervine for the tuskers or used in the powerplays because he has got the game or he has got the fundamentals right and can add to that with the match experience.

[Jemisi]

Not sure Meth is quite that good with the bat yet.