South Africa

Let's get the ball rolling with a bit of good news. Well done to Jacques Kallis who was named as the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Test Player of the Year. The award wasn't even a close race, as News24 reports :

"Kallis was a runaway winner of one of the sport's top individual awards, polling almost three times as many votes as the runner-up, Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath. Kallis played 15 Tests in the 12-month voting period which ended on July 31 this year. He scored 1 497 runs in that time, easily the most by any batsman in the world, at an average of 71.28 including six centuries. Kallis took 20 wickets and also held 16 catches."

Well done Jacques!