SWD Cricket give accolades to players

Garden Route Badgers, spin bowler all-rounder, Liam Alder, won the prestigious Garden Route Badgers Player of the Season award at their annual awards breakfast ceremony that was held at the ANEW Wilderness Hotel in George on Saturday morning.The captain of the Garden Route Badgers women’s team, Zintle Kula, who excelled for the Garden Route Badgers women’s team in the Hollywoodbets professional women’s competition, won the Garden Route Badgers Women’s Player of the Season award.The 22-year-old Alder bagged the 3rd most wickets in the CSA Division 2 Four-Day Competition, 30 wickets at an average of 19.06 with a best bowling analysis of 5/56, economy rate of 2.04. He was the second-highest wicket-taker in the CSA Division 2 T20 Challenge, with eight wickets at an average of 13.75 and a best bowling analysis of 3/26. He was also voted by the South African Cricketers’ Association as the most valuable Division 2 player of the season.Kula, who currently plays for Sussay Cricket Club in the United Kingdom during the South African winter, bagged the 2nd most wickets in Pro50, 14 wickets, and an average of 17.57 (4th on bowling averages), and took the third most wickets in Pro20, 14 wickets at an average of 12.21, best bowling analysis of 5/21.Enathi Khitshini, who was the captain of the SA Schools team and represented South Africa at the ICC U19 World Cup that was hosted in February in South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, received the prestigious SP Swigelaar merit award.