University of Western Cape Cricket Club spin bowler Siya Simetu has secured December 2017’s opening Club Cricket SA Player of the Week award.
Simetu clinched remarkable match figures of 13 for 46 in 34 overs, including 16 maidens, in a key 2017-18 Western Province Cricket Association premier league victory over Victoria Cricket Club.
The left-arm spinner took seven for six in the first innings – and six for 40 in the second. He also contributed a valuable 30 down the order in the visitors’ first innings at Victoria Cricket Club.
The result pushed the University of Western Cape Cricket Club to second position in the 12-team WPCA premier league standings, while Victoria Cricket Club have slipped to 10th.
The 26-year-old Simetu narrowly beat Ottoman Cricket Club’s Sadiek Davids to this week’s accolade. Fellow spinner Davids gathered telling match figures of 11 for 30, former champions Western Province Cricket Club slipped to a surprise defeat at the Wally Wilson Oval.
Club Cricket SA Player of the Week archives:
27 November 2017: Seth Fledermaus (Kraaifontein Cricket Club)
20 November 2017: Matthew Olsen (Cape Town Cricket Club)
13 November 2017: Quayum Camroodien (Cravenby Cricket Club)
6 November 2017: Rudi Swarts (Piketberg Cricket Club)
30 October 2017: Winslow Bedien (Kensington Cricket Club)
23 October 2017: Josh Savage (Ottoman Cricket Club)
16 October 2017: Brandon Viret (Durbanville Cricket Club)
9 October 2017: Justin Schwerin (Milnerton Cricket Club)
22 March 2017: Pieter Malan (Durbanville Cricket Club)
14 March 2017: Nigel Dirks (Bellville South Cricket Club)
6 March 2017: Michal Lord (Cape Town Cricket Club)
27 February 2017: Jody Lawrence (University of the Western Cape Cricket Club)
20 February 2017: Warrick Rhoda (Victoria Cricket Club)
13 February 2017: Michael Pote (Rondebosch Cricket Club)
7 February 2017: Warren Ekstraal (St Augustine Cricket Club)
30 January 2017: Zac Elkin (Green Point Cricket Club)
23 January 2017: Byron Boshoff (Durbanville Cricket Club)
16 January 2017: Sameer Sandhi (Wynberg Cricket Club)
9 January 2017: Handre Theron (Bellville Cricket Club)
5 December 2016: Nicholas Scott (Cape Town Cricket Club)
28 November 2016: Virgil Jacobs (Strandfontein Cricket Club)
21 November 2016: Sheraz Ali (Wynberg Cricket Club)
14 November 2016: Michael Cohen (Western Province Cricket Club)
7 November 2016: Gary-Jon Sylvester (Helderberg Cricket Club)
31 October 2016: Aidan Greenfield (Milnerton Cricket Club)
24 October 2016: Nathan Swartz (Durbanville Cricket Club)
17 October 2016: Marvin de Kock (Northerns Goodwood Cricket Club)
11 October 2016: James Crowson (Western Province Cricket Club)
7 March 2016: Julian Fortuin (Macassar Cricket Club)
29 February 2016: Derek Mitchell (Western Province Cricket Club)
24 February 2016: Abdul Temoor (Hottentots Holland Cricket Club)
15 February 2016: Muneer Holmes (Ottoman Cricket Club)
9 February 2016: Ashley Botha (Tygerberg Cricket Club)
2 February 2016: David Schierhout (Primrose Cricket Club)
25 January 2016: Dylan Solomon (Avendale Cricket Club)
18 January 2016: Zac Elkin (Green Point Cricket Club)
16 December 2015: Adam Ball (Claremont Cricket Club)
7 December 2015: Givon Christian (United Cricket Club)
29 November 2015: Jonathan Reynders (Milnerton Cricket Club)
24 November 2015: Roshan Khan (Cravenby Cricket Club)
18 November 2015: William Hantam (Cape Town Cricket Club)
9 November 2015: Anwar Rahman (Ottoman Cricket Club)
2 November 2015: Luke Petersen (Montrose Cricket Club)
26 October 2015: Zaid Patel (Wanderers Cricket Club)