2009 ICC Awards

2009 ICC Awards Logo.

The 2009 ICC Awards were held on 1 October 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa for 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 took into account performances by players and officials during this period of time for the game.

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

Sponsors

As the logo of these awards now 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 were 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]

Winners

Mitchell Johnson was selected as the Cricketer of the Year

The winners of the 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:[2]

Cricketer of the Year

Test Player of the Year

ODI Player of the Year

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

Emerging Player of the Year

Associate Player of the Year

Umpire of the Year

Women's Cricketer of the Year

Spirit of Cricket

ICC Teams of the Year

MS Dhoni was selected as both the captain and wicketkeeper of both ICC Teams of the Year

Apart from individual awards, International Cricket Council also announced dream teams in different formats of the game of cricket. They are the following:[5][6]

ICC Test Team of the Year

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

ICC ODI Team of the Year

MS Dhoni was also selected as the captain and wicketkeeper of the World one-day XI. Other players are:

Shortlist

The shortlist for the 2009 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 the 2009 ICC Awards in different categories. They were announced by Virender Sehwag and Ravi Shastri in the presence of ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat.[8]

Cricketer of the Year

Test Player of the Year

ODI Player of the Year

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

Emerging Player of the Year

Associate Player of the Year

Umpire of the Year

Women's Cricketer of the Year

Charlotte Edwards was both nominated and shortlisted for Women's Cricketer of the Year.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Selection Panel of the awards. Retrieved on 1 October 2009.
  2. ↑ Winners of ICC Awards 2009 Archived 24 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved on 1 October 2009.
  3. ↑ Mitchell Johnson 'blown away' to be named ICC Cricketer of the Year by The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 1 October 2009.
  4. ↑ Gambhir lands Test award by Sky Sports Retrieved on 1 October 2009.
  5. ↑ ICC World XI Teams by ICC Archived 4 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine..Retrieved on 1 October 2009.
  6. ↑ ICC XI Teams 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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