da supremo： The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) has tonight hosted the annual members Test Match dinner, which incorporated the presentation ofWisden’s Cricketers of the Year awards and the Spirit of Cricket award.
South Australian Cricket Association19-Nov-2002The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) has tonight hosted theannual members Test Match dinner, which incorporated the presentation ofWisden’s Cricketers of the Year awards and the Spirit of Cricket award.Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack (English edition) each year announces fiveCricketers of the Year. For 2002, Australian Test players JasonGillespie, Damien Martyn and Adam Gilchrist, were among the recipients.The two other awards going to Andy Flower of Zimbabwe, and India’sV.V.S. Laxman, who did not attend the dinner.The Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack Australia each year announces anAustralian Cricketer of the Year and, in 2002, the award went to AdamGilchrist.The editor of the Australian edition of Wisden, Warwick Franks, attendedthe dinner to present the awards.In addition to the Cricketers of the Year, the gala dinner sawAustralian captain, Steve Waugh, presented with the Spirit of Cricketaward.The Spirit of Cricket award is given periodically by the MaryleboneCricket Club (MCC) to the player who best demonstrates a commitment tothe spirit of the game of cricket, as well as to the laws of the game.The award was presented by recent MCC President, and current Chairman ofthe MCC cricket committee, Ted Dexter.The SACA chief executive, Mike Deare, said the award presentationsreaffirmed that the Adelaide Test Match dinner is held in the highestregard by the world’s cricketing elite.”Having the MCC select the Adelaide Test Match dinner as the host venuefor these awards, is an enormous honour for the SACA and the State,”said Mr Deare.”Both the Cricketers of the Year and the Spirit of Cricket awards aretruly global and acknowledge the best cricketers in the world. We arevery proud to have played host to these presentations to our world-classcricketers.”