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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
  • 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.
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:

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:

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:

2007 awards

Award winners were:

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:

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:

2010 awards

Main article: 2010 ICC Awards
The seventh ICC awards ceremony was held in Bengaluru, India on 6 October 2010.
Award winners were:
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