ICC Cricket Awards

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The players were selected based on their performances between August 11, 2010 and August 2, 2011, a period that includes the ICC World Cup.

The nominations

Cricketer of the year: Hashim Amla, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kumar Sangakkara, Andrew Strauss, Graeme Swann, Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Tremlett, Jonathan Trott, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson

Test player of the year: Hashim Amla, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kevin Pietersen, Ishant Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Dale Steyn, Graeme Swann, Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Tremlett, Jonathan Trott, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson

ODI player of the year: Hashim Amla, Michael Clarke, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Mohammed Hafeez, Mahela Jayawardene, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel, Saeed Ajmal, Shakib Al Hasan, Kumar Sangakkara, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Tim Southee, Dale Steyn, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson

Women's cricketer of the year: Cri-zelda Britz, Jess Cameron, Sarah Coyte, Charlotte Edwards, Shandre Fritz, Jhulan Goswami, Lydia Greenway, Bismah Maroof, Laura Marsh, Sara McGlashan, Anisa Mohammed, Shelley Nitschke, Leah Poulton, Poonam Raut, Stafanie Taylor

Emerging player of the year: Adnan Akmal, Azhar Ali, Hamish Bennett, Devendra Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Kirk Edwards, Colin Ingram, Abhinav Mukund, Wahab Riaz, Kane Williamson

Associate and Affiliate player of the year: Saqib Ali, Ashish Bagai, George Dockrell, Ryan ten Doeschate, Hamid Hassan, Nawroz Mangal, John Mooney, Kevin O'Brien, Mohammad Shahzad, Paul Stirling, Andrew White, Gary Wilson

Twenty20 international performance of the year: CJ Chibhabha 52 runs v South Africa, GC Smith 58 runs v Zimbabwe, JP Duminy 96* v Zimbabwe, SR Watson 59 v England, TT Bresnan 4 for 3 v Pakistan, TG Southee 5 for 18 v Pakistan, SA Fritz 116* v Netherlands Women

Umpire of the year: Billy Bowden, Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Kumar Dharmasena, Billy Doctrove, Marais Erasmus, Ian Gould, Tony Hill, Richard Kettleborough, Asad Rauf, Simon Taufel, Rod Tucker

People's choice award: MS Dhoni, Kumar Sangakkara, Chris Gayle, Jonathan Trott, Hashim Amla

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ICC have named their Test team of the year:

Test team of the year: (in batting order) Alastair Cook, Hashim Amla, Jonathan Trott, Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), AB de Villiers, Jacques Kallis, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Dale Steyn, James Anderson, Zaheer Khan (12th man)

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ICC have also introduced another award, and the nominees are:

Spirit of Cricket: MS Dhoni for his recall of Ian Bell during the second Test match between England and India at Trent Bridge, July/August 2011, and Jacques Kallis for walking twice during the World Cup 2011 after clarifying with the opposition fielder if they had caught the ball cleanly

[Brodlach]

Brod would that be the first time no Australian has been in the team of the year?

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Brod would that be the first time no Australian has been in the team of the year?

The ICC Test Team of the Year has been awarded since 2004 with the following Aussies in the teams
2004- Ponting (Capt), Gilchrist, Warne, McGrath
2005- Gilchist (VC), Symonds, Lee, McGrath
2006- Hayden, Hussey, Ponting, Warne, McGrath, Lee (12th)
2007- Ponting (Capt), Hayden, Hussey, Clark
2008- Lee, Clark (12th)
2009- Clarke, Johnson
2010- Katich, Bollinger (12th)

[Brodlach]

Thanks Brod.

[Lightning McQueen]

5/11 in the starting line-up are poms, not a bad effort there.

[Brodlach]

5/11 in the starting line-up are poms, not a bad effort there.

Nearly matches our 6/12 in one of our greatest teams ever in 2006

[Lightning McQueen]

5/11 in the starting line-up are poms, not a bad effort there.

Nearly matches our 6/12 in one of our greatest teams ever in 2006

I wonder how Lee got in there as 12th, oh I see the criteria, it must've been the period that he was 12th man for 20 games in a row

[Brodlach]

5/11 in the starting line-up are poms, not a bad effort there.

Nearly matches our 6/12 in one of our greatest teams ever in 2006

I wonder how Lee got in there as 12th, oh I see the criteria, it must've been the period that he was 12th man for 20 games in a row

Do you think the quality of test cricketers has dropped since 2006?. Doesnt seem to be as may "stars" around now as there was then.

[Rik E Boy]

...and the winner is INDIA!

regards,

REB

[Baron Greenback]

Brod would that be the first time no Australian has been in the team of the year?

The ICC Test Team of the Year has been awarded since 2004 with the following Aussies in the teams
2004- Ponting (Capt), Gilchrist, Warne, McGrath
2005- Gilchist (VC), Symonds, Lee, McGrath
2006- Hayden, Hussey, Ponting, Warne, McGrath, Lee (12th)
2007- Ponting (Capt), Hayden, Hussey, Clark
2008- Lee, Clark (12th)
2009- Clarke, Johnson
2010- Katich, Bollinger (12th)

I miss 2006

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ICC ODI Team of the Year
MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virender Sehwag, Kumar Sangakkara, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson, Yuvraj Singh, Graeme Swann, Umar Gul, Dale Steyn, Zaheer Khan, 12th Man - Lasith Malinga

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The players were selected based on their performances between August 11, 2010 and August 2, 2011, a period that includes the ICC World Cup.

The nominations

Cricketer of the year: Hashim Amla, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kumar Sangakkara, Andrew Strauss, Graeme Swann, Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Tremlett, Jonathan Trott, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson

Test player of the year: Hashim Amla, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kevin Pietersen, Ishant Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Dale Steyn, Graeme Swann, Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Tremlett, Jonathan Trott, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson

ODI player of the year: Hashim Amla,Michael Clarke, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Mohammed Hafeez, Mahela Jayawardene, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel, Saeed Ajmal, Shakib Al Hasan, Kumar Sangakkara, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Tim Southee, Dale Steyn, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, AB de Villiers,Shane Watson

Women's cricketer of the year: Cri-zelda Britz, Jess Cameron, Sarah Coyte, Charlotte Edwards, Shandre Fritz, Jhulan Goswami, Lydia Greenway, Bismah Maroof, Laura Marsh, Sara McGlashan, Anisa Mohammed, Shelley Nitschke, Leah Poulton, Poonam Raut, Stafanie Taylor

Emerging player of the year: Adnan Akmal, Azhar Ali, Hamish Bennett, Devendra Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Kirk Edwards, Colin Ingram, Abhinav Mukund, Wahab Riaz, Kane Williamson

Associate and Affiliate player of the year: Saqib Ali, Ashish Bagai, George Dockrell, Ryan ten Doeschate, Hamid Hassan, Nawroz Mangal, John Mooney, Kevin O'Brien, Mohammad Shahzad, Paul Stirling, Andrew White, Gary Wilson

Twenty20 international performance of the year: CJ Chibhabha 52 runs v South Africa, GC Smith 58 runs v Zimbabwe, JP Duminy 96* v Zimbabwe, SR Watson 59 v England, TT Bresnan 4 for 3 v Pakistan, TG Southee 5 for 18 v Pakistan, SA Fritz 116* v Netherlands Women

Umpire of the year: Billy Bowden, Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Kumar Dharmasena, Billy Doctrove, Marais Erasmus, Ian Gould, Tony Hill, Richard Kettleborough, Asad Rauf, Simon Taufel, Rod Tucker

People's choice award: MS Dhoni, Kumar Sangakkara, Chris Gayle, Jonathan Trott, Hashim Amla

AND THE WINNERS ARE....