2008 ICC Awards
The 2008 ICC Awards were held on 10 September 2008 in Dubai, U.A.E.. In 2008 the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year award inaugurated. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been hosting ICC Awards since 2004 and now is in its fifth year. The previous ones were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006) and Johannesburg (2007). The ICC awards Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year which is considered the most prestigious award in world cricket.
Award categories & winners
Cricketer of the Year
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)
Test Player of the Year
- Dale Steyn (South Africa)
ODI Player of the Year
- MS Dhoni (India)
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
- Yuvraj Singh (India)
Emerging Player of the Year
- Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Associate Player of the Year
- Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)
Umpire of the Year
- Simon Taufel (Australia)
Women's Cricketer of the Year
- Charlotte Edwards (England)
Spirit of Cricket
ICC Test Team of the Year
- Graeme Smith (SA, captain)
- Virender Sehwag (Ind)
- Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
- Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
- Jacques Kallis (SA)
- Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wicket-keeper)
- Brett Lee (Aus)
- Ryan Sidebottom (Eng)
- Dale Steyn (SA)
- Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
- Stuart Clark (Aus) (12th man)
ICC ODI Team of the Year
- Herschelle Gibbs (SA)
- Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
- Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain)
- Ajantha Mendis (SL)
- Farveez Maharoof (SL)
- MS Dhoni (Ind, wicket-keeper)
- Andrew Symonds (Aus)
- Daniel Vettori (NZ)
- Brett Lee (Aus)
- Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
- Nathan Bracken (Aus)
- Salman Butt (Pak) (12th man)
See also
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year)
- ICC Test Player of the Year
- ICC ODI Player of the Year Award
- David Shepherd Trophy (Umpire of the Year)
- ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
- ICC Test Team of the Year
- ICC ODI Team of the Year
References
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