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. The awards was presented at a function in Sydney on 11 October during the Super Series between champions Australia and the ICC World XI.[1]
The Selection Panel
Nominees were voted by a 50-member panel of current and ex-players and officials from among players selected by a committee headed by India's Sunil Gavaskar. Selection panel members:
ICC World XI Teams
Test Team of the Year
Ricky Ponting was selected as the captain of the test team. 11 players and a 12th man were announced as follows:
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Virender Sehwag -
Graeme Smith -
Ricky Ponting (Captain) - Jacques Kallis
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Brian Lara -
Inzamam-ul-Haq -
Andrew Flintoff - Adam Gilchrist (Wicket-keeper)
- Shane Warne
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Chaminda Vaas - Glenn McGrath
- 12th man: Anil Kumble
ODI Team of the Year
- Marvan Atapattu (Captain)
- Adam Gilchrist (Wicket-keeper)
- Rahul Dravid
- Kevin Pietersen
- Inzamam-ul-Haq
- Andrew Flintoff
- Andrew Symonds
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Daniel Vettori - Brett Lee
- Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
- Glenn McGrath
- 12th man:Jacques Kallis
Winners and Nominees
The winners and nominees of various individual awards were:[2]
Player of the year
- Winner: Andrew Flintoff (Eng) and Jacques Kallis (SA)
- Nominees: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan),Adam Gilchrist (Australia),Glenn McGrath (Australia)
Test Player of the year
- Winner: Jacques Kallis (SA)
- Nominees: Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Glenn McGrath (Australia), Shane Warne (Australia)
ODI Player of the year
- Winner: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
- Nominees: Andrew Flintoff (England), Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Brett Lee (Australia), Andrew Symonds (Australia)
Emerging Player of the year
- Winner: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
- "Nominees: Aftab Ahmed (Bangladesh), Ian Bell (England), Dinesh Karthik (India), AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Umpire of the year
- Winner: Simon Taufel
Spirit of Cricket Award
- Winner: England