Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy

The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a cricket trophy, awarded annually to the leading cricketer of the year by the International Cricket Council. It is the most prestigious individual award in world cricket and is awarded to the ICC Player of the Year. It was first awarded in 2004.

The trophy is handcrafted and is produced by leading international crystal manufacturer - Swarovski. The design features a red crystal cricket ball studded with over 4200 Swarovski crystal chantons, resting on a brass hand extended from a gold-plated base. It can be downloaded by media for editorial use from the ICC website [http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/icc_awards/trophy.html]

The trophy is named after the cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers. The recommendation to name the award after Sir Garfield Sobers came from a group of three cricket legends - Richie Benaud, Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Holding - who were asked by the ICC to select an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award [http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-news/content/story/143028.html]

Methodology

The final selection for the award is voted for by an academy of 56 (expanded from 50 in 2004), which includes current national team captains of test playing nations (10), members of the Elite panel of ICC umpires and referees (18), prominent former players and cricket correspondents (28). In the event of a tie in the voting, the award is shared.

Recipients

2004

Winner: Rahul Dravid (India)

Dravid polled 64 votes to win the trophy. England's all-rounder Andrew Flintoff (44) nudged out South Africa's all-rounder Jacques Kallis (44) for second place on count back, while Australian batsman Matthew Hayden finished fourth with 38 votes. [http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-news/content/story/143097.html]

2005

Winners: Andrew Flintoff (England) and Jacques Kallis (South Africa)

Note: Both players finished level on 86 votes. The Top five players in the poll were:

1. = Andrew Flintoff (England) - 86 votes1. = Jacques Kallis (South Africa) - 86 votes3. Glenn McGrath (Australia) - 39 votes4. Adam Gilchrist (Australia) - 29 votes5. Ricky Ponting (Australia) - 19 votes

The other nominees for the award were Inzamam-ul-Haq of Pakistan and India's Rahul Dravid. [http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-media/content/story/221674.html]

2006

Winner: Ricky Ponting (Australia)

The other short-listed nominees for the award were Mohammed Yousuf (Pakistan), Michael Hussey (Australia) and [Muttiah Muralitharan] (Sri Lanka) [http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-news/content/story/266799.html]

2007

Winner: Ricky Ponting (Australia)

The other short-listed nominees for the award were Mohammed Yousuf (Pakistan) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) [http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2007/sep/11icc1.htm]

2008

Winner: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)

The other short-listed nominees for the award were Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) and Dale Steyn (South Africa) [http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/media-release/2008/September/media-release20080910-31.html]


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