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 institutionalised 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.

• Associate player of the year
• 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.

Selection Committee
Year	Chairman	Committee Members
2004	Sunil Gavaskar	Richie Benaud	Michael Holding	Ian Botham	Barry Richards
2005	Sunil Gavaskar	David Gower	Richard Hadlee	Rod Marsh	Courtney Walsh
2006	Sunil Gavaskar	Allan Donald	Ian Healy	Arjuna Ranatunga	Waqar Younis
2007	Sunil Gavaskar	Chris Cairns	Gary Kirsten	Iqbal Qasim	Alec Stewart
2008	Clive Lloyd	Greg Chappell	Shaun Pollock	Sidath Wettimuny	Athar Ali Khan
2009	Clive Lloyd	Anil Kumble	Mudassar Nazar	Stephen Fleming	Bob Taylor
2010	Clive Lloyd	Angus Fraser	Matthew Hayden	Ravi Shastri	Duncan Fletcher
2011	Clive Lloyd	Zaheer Abbas	Mike Gatting	Paul Adams	Danny Morrison
2012	Clive Lloyd	Marvan Atapattu	Tom Moody	Carl Hooper	Clare Connor
2013	Anil Kumble	Alec Stewart	Waqar Younis	Catherine Campbell	Graeme Pollock
2014	Anil Kumble	Jonathan Agnew	Russel Arnold	Stephen Fleming	Betty Timmer

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 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

Main article: 2005 ICC 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

Main article: 2006 ICC 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: Michael Hussey (Australia)
• Emerging Player of the Year: Ian Bell (England)
• Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
• Captain of the Year: Mahela Jayawardhane (Sri Lanka)
• 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), M S Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Graeme Swann (Eng), Umar Gul (Pak), Dale Steyn (SA), Zaheer Khan (Ind) 12th man:Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)

2012 awards

Main article: 2012 ICC Awards

The ninth ICC awards ceremony was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 15 September 2012. Award winners were:

• Cricketer of the Year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
• Test player of the year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
• ODI player of the year: Virat Kohli (India)
• ICC Emerging player of the year: Sunil Narine (West Indies)
• Best T20 performance of the year: Richard Levi (South Africa)
• Spirit of Cricket award: Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
• ICC Associate player of the year: George Dockrell (Ireland)
• Umpire of the year: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
• 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), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Jacques Kallis (SA), Michael Clarke (Aus, captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Matt Prior (Eng – wicket-keeper), Stuart Broad (Eng), Saeed Ajmal (Pak), Vernon Philander (SA), Dale Steyn (SA),12th Man : AB de Villiers (SA)
• World one-day XI: Gautam Gambhir (Ind), Alastair Cook (Eng), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Virat Kohli (Ind), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Michael Clarke (Aus), Shahid Afridi (Pak), Morne Morkel (SA), Steven Finn (Eng), Lasith Malinga (SL), Saeed Ajmal (Pak), 12th Man: Shane Watson (Aus)

2013 awards

The 2013 edition of the award were replaced by a TV show. Rather than a formal event, the winners were broadcast in a special TV show which was aired on December 14, 2013.

• Cricketer of the Year: Michael Clarke (Australia)
• Test player of the year: Michael Clarke (Australia)
• ODI player of the year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
• ICC Emerging player of the year: Cheteshwar Pujara (India)
• Best T20 performance of the year: Umar Gul (Pakistan)
• Spirit of Cricket award: Mahela Jayawardena (Sri Lanka)
• ICC Associate player of the year: Kevin O'Brien (Ireland)
• Umpire of the year: Richard Kettleborough (England)
• Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year: Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
• T20I Women's Cricketer of the Year: Sarah Taylor (England)
• LG people's choice award: MS Dhoni (India)
• World Test XI: Alastair Cook (England, captain), Cheteshwar Pujara (India), Hashim Amla (South Africa), Michael Clarke (Australia), Michael Hussey (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), MS Dhoni (India – Wicketkeeper), Graeme Swann (England), Dale Steyn (South Africa), James Anderson (England) and Vernon Philander (South Africa). 12th Man: Ravichandran Ashwin (India).
• World one-day XI: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Shikhar Dhawan (India), Hashim Amla (South Africa), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), AB de Villiers (South Africa), MS Dhoni (India, captain and wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja (India), Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan), Mitchell Starc (Australia), James Anderson (England) and Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka). 12th Man: Mitchell McClenaghan (New Zealand).

2014 awards

The 2014 edition of the LG ICC Awards is set to follow the same formal event which was implemented in 2013 as a TV show. The show will be broadcast globally on 15/16 November.

• Cricketer of the Year: Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
• Test player of the year: Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
• ODI player of the year: AB de Villiers (South Africa)
• ICC Emerging player of the year: Gary Ballance (England)
• Best T20 performance of the year: Aaron Finch (Australia)
• Spirit of Cricket award: Katherine Brunt (England)
• ICC Associate player of the year: Preston Mommsen (Scotland)
• Umpire of the year: Richard Kettleborough (England)
• Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year: Sarah Taylor (England)
• T20I Women's Cricketer of the Year: Meg Lanning (Australia)
• LG People's Choice award: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India)
• World Test XI: David Warner (Aus), Kane Williamson (NZ), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), AB de Villiers (SA, wicketkeeper), Joe Root (Eng), Angelo Mathews (SL, captain), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Stuart Broad (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), Rangana Herath (SL), Tim Southee (NZ). 12th Man: Ross Taylor (NZ).
• World one-day XI: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak), Quinton de Kock (SA), Virat Kohli (Ind), George Bailey (Aus), AB de Villiers (SA), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain and wicketkeeper), Dwayne Bravo (WI), James Faulkner (Aus), Dale Steyn (SA), Mohammed Shami (Ind), Ajantha Mendis (SL). 12th Man: Rohit Sharma (Ind).

2015 awards

Main article: 2015 ICC Awards

• Cricketer of the Year: Steven Smith (Australia)
• Test player of the year: Steven Smith (Australia)
• ODI player of the year: AB de Villiers (South Africa)
• ICC Emerging player of the year: Josh Hazlewood (Australia)
• Best T20 performance of the year: Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
• Spirit of Cricket award: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
• ICC Associate player of the year: Khurram Khan (UAE)
• Umpire of the year: Richard Kettleborough (England)
• Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year: Meg Lanning (Australia)
• T20I Women's Cricketer of the Year: Stefanie Taylor (West Indies)

• World Test XI: David Warner (Aus), Alastair Cook (Eng, captain), Kane Williamson (NZ), Younus Khan (Pak), Steven Smith (Aus), Joe Root (Eng), Sarfraz Ahmed (Pak, wicketkeeper), Stuart Broad (Eng), Trent Boult (NZ), Yasir Shah (Pak), Josh Hazlewood (Aus). 12th Man: Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind).

• World ODI XI: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), Hashim Amla (SA), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wicketkeeper), AB de Villiers (SA, captain), Steven Smith (Aus), Ross Taylor (NZ), Trent Boult (NZ), Mohammed Shami (Ind), Mitchell Starc (Aus), Mustafizur Rahman (Ban), Imran Tahir (SA). 12th Man: Joe Root (Eng).