ICC Awards

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The ICC Awards is a set of sports awards for cricket. The awards recognise and honour the best international cricket players of the previous 12 months. The Awards has been institutionalized by International Cricket Council since 2004.

Award categories

Ten awards are presented:

• ICC Player of the Year
• Women's Cricketer of the Year
• Test Player of the Year
• ICC One-day Player of the Year
• T20 Player of the Year
• Captain of the Year
• Emerging Player of the Year

Players eligible for this award must be under 26 years of age at the start of the voting period and have played no more than five Tests and/or 10 ODIs before that date.

• Test Team of the Year
• One-day Team of the Year
• Spirit of Cricket Award

Described by the ICC as awarded to the team most notable for "upholding the 'Spirit of the Game', involving respect for:

• Their opponents
• Their own captain and team
• The role of the umpires
• The game's traditional values"

• Umpire of the Year

Methodology

The judging period is from 1 August to 31 July the next year.

The ICC Selection committee comprises eminent former players and select the finalists for the ICC Player of the Year, ICC Test Player of the Year, ICC ODI Player of the Year, ICC Emerging Player of the Year. The committee selects the final ICC World Test Team and ICC World ODI Team.

2004: Sunil Gavaskar(Chairman), Richie Benaud, Michael Holding, Ian Botham, Barry Richards
2005: Sunil Gavaskar(Chairman), David Gower, Richard Hadlee, Rod Marsh, Courtney Walsh
2006:Sunil Gavaskar (Chairman), Allan Donald, Ian Healy, Arjuna Ranatunga, Waqar Younis
2007:Sunil Gavaskar (Chairman), Chris Cairns, Gary Kirsten, Iqbal Qasim, Alec Stewart
2008:Clive Lloyd (Chairman), Greg Chappell, Shaun Pollock, Sidath Wettimuny, Athar Ali Khan
2009:Clive Lloyd (Chairman), Anil Kumble, Mudassar Nazar, Stephen Fleming, Bob Taylor
2010:Clive Lloyd (Chairman), Angus Fraser, Matthew Hayden, Ravi Shastri, Duncan Fletcher
2011:Clive Lloyd (Chairman), Zaheer Abbas, Mike Gatting, Paul Adams, Danny Morrison

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.

2004 awards

Main article: 2004 ICC Cricket Awards

The inaugural ICC Awards ceremony was held on 7 September 2004, in London. The judging period covered was from 1 August 2003, to 31 July 2004, and included all Test matches and One Day Internationals played during that period.

The winners of various awards in the inaugural ICC Awards were:

• Player of the Year: Rahul Dravid (India)
• Test Player of the Year: Rahul Dravid (India)
• ODI Player of the Year: Andrew Flintoff (England)
• Emerging Player of the Year: Irfan Pathan (India)
• Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
• Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand

• World Test XI: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Brian Lara (WI), Jacques Kallis (SA), Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Shane Warne (Aus), Jason Gillespie (Aus), Steve Harmison (Eng)

• World one-day XI: Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Chris Gayle (WI), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Brian Lara (WI), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Jacques Kallis (SA), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Shaun Pollock (SA), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Jason Gillespie (Aus)

2005 awards

The second ICC awards ceremony was held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, Australia, on 11 October 2005. The judging period covered was from 1 August 2004, to 31 July 2005. This did not include the whole of the 2005 Ashes Series, since the final four matches of this series were played in August and September.

Award winners were:

• Player of the Year: Awarded jointly to Andrew Flintoff (England) and Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
• Test Player of the Year: Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
• ODI Player of the Year: Kevin Pietersen (England)
• Emerging Player of the Year: Kevin Pietersen (England)
• Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
• Spirit of Cricket: England

• World Test XI: Virender Sehwag (Ind), Graeme Smith (SA), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Jacques Kallis (SA), Brian Lara (WI), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Shane Warne (Aus), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Glenn McGrath (Aus), 12th man: Anil Kumble (Ind)

• World one-day XI: Marvan Atapattu (SL, captain), Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Andrew Symonds (Aus), Daniel Vettori (NZ), Brett Lee (Aus), Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak), Glenn McGrath (Aus), 12th man: Jacques Kallis (SA)
• List of nominees for 2005 awards

2006 awards

The third ICC awards ceremony was held in Mumbai, India on 3 November 2006, during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. The judging period was from 1 August 2005 to 8 August 2006, thus including three of the four Tests between Pakistan and England, and the Test series between South Africa and Sri Lanka. For the first time, there was an award of Women's Cricketer of the Year and Captain of the Year.

Award winners were:

• Player of the Year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
• Test Player of the Year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
• ODI Player of the Year: Micheal Hussey (Australia)
• Emerging Player of the Year: Ian Bell (England)
• Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
• Captain of the Year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
• Women's Cricketer of the Year: Karen Rolton (Australia)
• Spirit of Cricket: England

• World Test XI: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Michael Hussey (Aus), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Rahul Dravid (Ind, captain), Mohammad Yousuf (Pak), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wicket-keeper), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Shane Warne (Aus), Makhaya Ntini (SA), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Glenn McGrath (Aus), 12th man: Brett Lee (Aus)

• World one-day XI: Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Mahela Jayawardene (SL, captain), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Michael Hussey (Aus), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Irfan Pathan (Ind), Brett Lee (Aus), Shane Bond (NZ), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), 12th man: Andrew Symonds (Aus)
• Nominees for 2006

2007 awards

The Fourth ICC awards ceremony was held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Award winners were:

• Player of the Year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
• Test Player of the Year: Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan)
• ODI Player of the Year: Matthew Hayden (Australia)
• Emerging Player of the Year: Shaun Tait (Australia)
• Associate Player of the year: Thomas Odoyo (Kenya)
• Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
• Captain of the Year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
• Women's Cricketer of the Year: Jhulan Goswami (India)
• Spirit of Cricket: Sri Lanka

• World Test XI: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Michael Vaughan (Eng), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Mohammad Yousuf (Pak), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Michael Hussey (Aus), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wicket-keeper), Stuart Clark (Aus), Makhaya Ntini (SA), Mohammad Asif (Pak), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), 12th man: Zaheer Khan (Ind)

• World one-day XI: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Jacques Kallis (SA), Mark Boucher (SA, wicket-keeper), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Shane Bond (NZ), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Glenn McGrath (Aus), 12th man: Michael Hussey (Aus)

2008 awards

The fifth ICC awards ceremony was held in Dubai, U.A.E. on 10 September 2008. The Award of The Twenty20 International Performance of the Year inaugurated.

Award winners were:

• Player of the Year: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)
• Test Player of the Year: Dale Steyn (South Africa)
• ODI Player of the Year: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India)
• Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Yuvraj Singh (India)
• Emerging Player of the Year: Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
• Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
• Women's Cricketer of the Year: Charlotte Edwards (England)
• Associate Player of the year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)
• Spirit of Cricket: Sri Lanka

• World Test XI: Graeme Smith (SA, captain), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Jacques Kallis (SA), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wicket-keeper), Brett Lee (Aus), Ryan Sidebottom (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), 12th man: Stuart Clark (Aus)

• World one-day XI: Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Ajantha Mendis (SL), Andrew Symonds (Aus), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind, wicket-keeper), Farveez Maharoof (SL), Daniel Vettori (NZ), Brett Lee (Aus), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Nathan Bracken (Aus), 12th man: Salman Butt (Pak)

2009 awards

Main article: 2009 ICC Awards

The sixth ICC awards ceremony was held in Johannesburg, South Africa on 1 October 2009.

Award winners were:

• Player of the Year: Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
• Test Player of the Year: Gautam Gambhir (India)
• ODI Player of the Year: MS Dhoni (India)
• Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
• Emerging Player of the Year: Peter Siddle (Australia)
• Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
• Women's Cricketer of the Year: Claire Taylor (England)
• Associate Player of the year: William Porterfield (Ireland)
• Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand

• World Test XI: Gautam Gambhir (Ind), Andrew Strauss (Eng), AB de Villiers (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Thilan Samaraweera (SL), Michael Clarke (Aus), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Shakib Al Hasan (Ban), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Stuart Broad (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA)

• World one-day XI: Virender Sehwag (Ind), Chris Gayle (WI), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Martin Guptill (NZ), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Nuwan Kulasekara (SL), Shoaib Malik (Pak), Umar Gul (Pak), 12th man: Thilan Thushara (SL)

• ICC Awards 2009

2010 awards

Main article: 2010 ICC Awards

The seventh ICC awards ceremony was held in Bengaluru, India on 6 October 2010.

Award winners were:

• Cricketer of the Year: Sachin Tendulkar (India)
• Test player of the year: Virender Sehwag (India)
• Test team of the year: India
• ODI player of the year: AB de Villiers (South Africa)
• ODI team of the year: Australia
• ICC Emerging player of the year: Steven Finn (England)
• Best T20 performance of the year: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
• Spirit of Cricket award: New Zealand
• ICC Associate player of the year: Ryan ten Doeschate
• Umpire of the year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
• Women's Cricketer of the Year: Shelley Nitschke (Australia)
• LG people's choice award: Sachin Tendulkar (India)

• World Test XI: Virender Sehwag (Ind), Simon Katich (Aus), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Hashim Amla (SA), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri), Jacques Kallis (SA), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Graeme Swann (Eng), James Anderson (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), Doug Bollinger (Aus)

• World one-day XI: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Shane Watson (Aus), Michael Hussey (Aus), AB de Villiers (SA), Paul Collingwood (Eng), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Wicketkeeper), Daniel Vettori (NZ), Stuart Broad (Eng), Doug Bollinger (Aus), Ryan Harris (Aus)

2011 awards

Main article: 2011 ICC Awards

The eighth ICC awards ceremony was held in London, England on 12 September 2011. Award winners were:

• Cricketer of the Year: Jonathan Trott (England)
• Test player of the year: Alastair Cook (England)
• ODI player of the year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
• ICC Emerging player of the year: Devendra Bishoo (West Indies)
• Best T20 performance of the year: Tim Southee (New Zealand)
• Spirit of Cricket award: India
• ICC Associate player of the year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)
• Umpire of the year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
• Women's Cricketer of the Year: Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
• LG people's choice award: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

• World Test XI: Alastair Cook (Eng), Hashim Amla (SA), Jonathan Trott (Eng), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri, captain, wicket-keeper), AB de Villiers (SA), Jacques Kallis (SA), Stuart Broad (Eng), Graeme Swann (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), James Anderson (Eng), 12th man:Zaheer Khan (Ind)

• World one-day XI: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri), AB de Villiers (SA), Shane Watson (Aus), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Graeme Swann (Eng), Umar Gul (Pak), Dale Steyn (SA), Zaheer Khan (Ind) 12th man:Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)