Craig was named man of the match following the Black Caps' stunning victory over Pakistan in Sharjah yesterday.
The 27-year-old took 10 for 203 in the match and posted 65 with the bat. He headed off another Albion man - Brendon McCullum - for the award.
The Black Caps captain blazed the quickest test 100 scored by a New Zealand batsman on his way to a fabulous innings of 202 from 188 deliveries.
McCullum's innings helped set up the victory and he would have been a worthy recipient of the award, too. But Craig got the nod and further accolades await when he returns to his club.
Albion secretary and treasurer Tony Buchanan said the club would make room for some form of acknowledgement of the pair's efforts in the corner dedicated to its five first-class triple century-makers: Ken Rutherford, Glenn Turner, Bert Sutcliffe, Mark Richardson and McCullum.
''We have a corner in the club house which at the moment is our 300-run club corner,'' Buchanan said.
''But with Mark and Brendon having performed extraordinarily well, I imagine we'll do something with the scorecard and some photos and have something to put up in the club, without a doubt.''
The irony is that, for a long time, Craig was considered more of a batsman at Albion and was the club's third-ranked spinner, behind Black Cap Nathan McCullum and Otago left-armer Nick Beard.
''We considered him more of a batsman than a spinner,'' Buchanan said.
''But I know at the high level he has always been highly respected and I think it is because those higher quality batsmen play in the V a bit more, whereas club players go across the line.''
Albion is a proud club which has made an outstanding contribution to New Zealand cricket over the years. It has four nationally contracted players - Brendon and Nathan McCullum, Neil Wagner and Craig.
The club's other major claim to fame is it is 151 years old, making it one of Australasia's oldest continuous cricket clubs.
Albion had further cause to celebrate on Sunday. It dismissed Invercargill's Metro for 39 in the regional semifinal of the national club championship.
Daniel Ingham took five for 16 and Michael Sneddon also claimed a five-for. Albion won by eight wickets.
In the other semifinal, Queenstown defaulted to Carisbrook-Dunedin.
The final will be held on December 14 in Dunedin. The venue will be confirmed today.
