2009 ICC Awards

2009 LG ICC Awards Logo

The LG ICC Awards were held on 1 October 2009 in Johannesburg in South Africa before the semi-finals of 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Nominations were announced in Mumbai in early September while shortlist was announced on 15 September. These awards were given on the performance of the players between 13 August 2008 and 24 August 2009 and were presented in association with Federation of International Cricketers' Associations. It takes into account performances by players and officials during this period for the game.

International Cricket Council has been hosting ICC Awards since 2004 and now is in its sixth year. The previous ones were held in London, Sydney, Mumbai, Johannesburg and Dubai. ICC awards Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year which is considered the most prestigious award in world cricket.

Sponsors

As the name of these awards suggests, LG, one of the world's leading electronic brand is sponsoring these awards along with other ICC sponsors.

The Selection Panel

The ICC Awards selection panel was given a difficult task; providing a long-list of nominations to the 25 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories and, using their experience and knowledge select the ICC World Test and ODI teams. The following are its members.[1]

ICC World XI Teams

MS Dhoni was selected as the captain of both ICC Teams

Apart from individual awards, International Cricket Council also announced dream teams in different formats of the game of cricket. They are the following:[2][3]

Test Team of the Year

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was selected as the captain and wicketkeeper of the World XI Test team. Other players are:

ODI Team of the Year

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was selected as the captain and wicketkeeper of the World XI ODI team. Other players are:

Winners

Mitchell Johnson was selected as Cricketer of the Year

The winners of 2009 ICC Awards were announced on 1 October 2009 in a grand ceremony in Johannesburg by the International Cricket Council. The following are the winners of the different awards:[4]

Cricketer of the Year

Test Player of the Year

ODI Player of the Year

Emerging Player of the Year

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

Women's Cricketer of the Year

Umpire of the Year

Spirit of Cricket

LG ICC Awards 2009 shortlist

The shortlist for LG ICC Awards were announced by International Cricket Council on 15 September 2009 directly from Dubai.[7] They are the following:

Nominations

The following are the nominations for LG ICC Awards 2009 in different Categories.They were announced by Virender Sehwag and Ravi Shastri in presence of ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat.[8]

Cricketer of the Year

Test Player of the Year

ODI Player of the Year

Emerging Player

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

Women's Cricketer of the Year

Umpire of the Year

See also

References

  1. ↑ Selection Panel of the awards. Retrieved on 1 October 2009.
  2. ↑ ICC World XI Teams by ICC.Retrieved on 1 October 2009.
  3. ↑ ICC XI Teams by SKY SPORTS Retrieved on 1 October 2009
  4. ↑ Winners of ICC Awards 2009. Retrieved on 1 October 2009.
  5. ↑ Mitchell Johnson 'blown away' to be named ICC Cricketer of the Year by The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 1 October 2009.
  6. ↑ Gambhir lands Test award by Sky Sports Retrieved on 1 October 2009.
  7. ↑ LG ICC Awards 2009 shortlist. Retrieved on 27 September 2009.
  8. ↑ Nominations for LG ICC Awards 2009 Retrieved on 5 September 2009.

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