South African fast bowler Vernon Philander on 4 November 2012 at the
South African Sports Awards ceremony in Sandton named Sportsman of the
year beating two Olympic gold medallists for the award.
The top
title of Sports Star of the Year went to Olympic gold-medallist swimmer
Chad Le Clos who had won gold in the men's 200m butterfly at the London
Olympic Games 2012.
27 Years old Vernon Philander made huge
public impact since his Test debut in 2011 and he is now ranked the
number two bowler in the world only behind his fellow teammate Dale
Steyn.
Earlier in 2011, Hashim Amla had won the award and was nominated again this year.
Vernon
Philander is the fastest player to take 50 Test match wickets in more
than 100 years of cricket history and the phenomenal thing is that he
has done it in his debut year of Test match cricket.
He was
named Man of the Match in South Africa's Test victory at Lord's this
year in 2012when the Proteas claimed the No.1 ranking in Test match
cricket.
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