2006 ICC Awards

The 2006 ICC Awards were held on November 3, 2006 in Mumbai, India.[1] The annual awards had been instigated in London in 2004 and in 2005 they were announced in Sydney. They were conducted during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. For the first time, honours for both Women's Cricketer of the Year and Captain of the Year were awarded.

Ricky Ponting won the ICC Cricketer of the Year award

The Selection Panel

Selection panel members:[2]

Winners and nominees

The winners and nominees of various individual awards were:

Cricketer of the Year

  • Winner: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
  • Nominees: Shane Warne (Aus), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Michael Hussey (Aus), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Mohammed Yousuf (Pak), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Younis Khan (Pak), Monty Panesar (Eng), Brett Lee (Aus), Makhaya Ntini (SA), Adam Gilchrist (Aus).

Test Player of the Year

  • Winner: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
  • Nominees: Michael Hussey (Aus), Mohammed Yousuf (Pak), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Shane Warne (Eng), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Mahela Jayawardene (Eng), Younis Khan (Pak), Matthew Hayden (Aus), Makhaya Ntini (SA), Kumar Sangakarra (SL), Kevin Pietersen (Eng).

ODI Player of the Year

  • Winner: Michael Hussey (Aus)
  • Nominees: Ricky Ponting (Aus), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Mohammad Yousuf (Pak), Brett Lee (Aus), Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Shahid Afridi (Pak), Inzamam-ul Haq (Pak), Adam Gilchrist (Aus), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Shane Bond (NZ), Irfan Pathan (Ind).

Emerging Player of the Year

  • Winner: Ian Bell (Eng)
  • Nominees: Monty Panesar (Eng), Alastair Cook (Eng), Denesh Ramdin (WI), Malinga Bandara (SL), Mohammed Asif (Pak), Upul Tharanga (SL), Shahriar Nafees (Ban).

Umpire of the Year

  • Winner: Simon Taufel
  • Nominees: Aleem Dar, Rudi Koertzen.

Captain of the Year

  • Winner: Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
  • Nominees: Rahul Dravid (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Michael Vaughan (Eng).

Women's Cricketer of the Year

  • Winner: Karen Rolton
  • Nominees: Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Anjum Chopra, Neetu David, Claire Taylor, Katherine Brunt, Emily Drumm.

Spirit of Cricket

  • Winner: England

ICC Test Team of the Year

Rahul Dravid was selected as the captain of the Test team. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were also announced as follows:[3]

ICC ODI Team of the Year

Mahela Jayawardene was selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year, which is as follows:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ICC Awards 2006". Rediff.com. November 4, 2006. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  2. ↑ Cricinfo staff (September 6, 2006). "Dravid, Jayawardene and Ponting lead awards". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  3. ↑ Marar, Nandakumar (November 4, 2006). "Ricky Ponting star of ICC awards night". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
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