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Proteas captain Temba Bavuma deserved the SA Cricketer of the Year award on merit

Protyeas captain Temba Bavuma should have won the CSA Player of the Year award last week. Photo: Backpagepix Image: Backpagepix For years my colleagues up on the Highveld have been boasting that Joburg is where it's at. Being a true-blue Capetonian that lives off the fresh breeze of the ocean, I've always put up strong resistance. It's not that I haven't spent time up in the Big Smoke before, but this past week has had me hustling from West, East, South and North of this vast metropolis. Each day there's been a sporting event/launch/match that requires my attention. From Jonty Rhodes' birthday celebrations with Mahindra to MTN8 and Betway Premiership season-opening affairs to the grand Cricket South Africa (CSA) Awards, this Jozi town is certainly a sports journalists' Mecca. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Next Stay Close ✕ The CSA Awards was certainly top of the list. While media are no longer flown up and lodged on the CSA account as in previous years, it was an event I simply could not miss. After attending the 'Oscars' of South African cricket for the best part of 15 years, there was something to finally truly celebrate: the Proteas' Men's team breaking a 27-year curse when Temba Bavuma and his team defeated Australia to win the ICC World Test Championship final at Lord's. Much to my disappointment, I only discovered at a later stage that the WTC final fell outside of the adjudicators' calendar year that ran from May 1, 2024 until April 30, 2025. But that had nothing on the vexation that filled through my entire body when Proteas Test captain Temba Bavuma was overlooked as the SA Men's Cricketer of the Year. A night that had ironically started in glorious fashion with Bavuma walking out with the golden Test mace to the standing ovation of everyone inside the Emperors Palace banquet hall, to one that was stunned into silence when Keshav Maharaj was awarded the biggest prize in South African cricket. Don't get me wrong. Maharaj is a fantastic hard-working cricketer that deserves every ounce of his success after another splendid year. The left-arm spinner claimed 40 Test wickets and was the Proteas' second highest-wicket taker in the T20 format. Greatness was honored, and memories were made! 📸 A huge shoutout to our Proteas Men CSA Awards 2025 winners who are still buzzing from the celebrations! ⚡️🏆#CSAAwards2025 #WozaNawe — Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) August 4, 2025