2012 ICC Awards

The 2012 ICC Awards were held on 15 September 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The ICC had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004, which were now into their ninth year. Previous events were held in London (2004, 2011), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007, 2009), Dubai (2008) and Bangalore (2010). The ICC awards the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year, which is considered to be the most prestigious award in world cricket.

2012 ICC Awards
Date15 September 2012
Presented byICC
Highlights
Cricketer of the Year Kumar Sangakkara
(1st award)
Test Player of the Year Kumar Sangakkara
(1st award)
ODI Player of the Year Virat Kohli
(1st award)
Emerging Player of the Year Sunil Narine
Websitewww.icc-cricket.com
2012 Cricketer of the Year Kumar Sangakkara.

Selection Committee

Chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Clive Lloyd, the ICC Selection Committee was charged with two main tasks. Using their experience, knowledge and appreciation of the game, they selected the ICC World XI Teams and provided a long list of nominations to the 32 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories.

Selection Committee members:[1]

Award categories and winners

Cricketer of the Year
Main article: Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy

Test Player of the Year
Main article: ICC Test Player of the Year
  • Kumar Sangakkara

ODI Player of the Year
Main article: ICC 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
Main article: David Shepherd Trophy

Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year

Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year

Spirit of Cricket

LG People's Choice Award
  • Kumar Sangakkara

ICC World XI Teams

ICC Test Team of the Year
Main article: ICC Test Team of the Year

Michael Clarke was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year, with Matt Prior selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:[6]

ICC ODI Team of the Year

For the third time in his career, MS Dhoni was selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the ODI Team of the Year. Other players are:[7]

Short lists

The short lists for the 2012 LG ICC Awards were announced by the ICC on 30 August 2012. They are the following:[8][9][10]

Cricketer of the Year
  • Hashim Amla
  • Michael Clarke
  • Vernon Philander
  • Kumar Sangakkara

Test Player of the Year
  • Hashim Amla
  • Michael Clarke
  • Vernon Philander
  • Kumar Sangakkara

ODI Player of the Year
  • MS Dhoni
  • Virat Kohli[11]
  • Lasith Malinga
  • Kumar Sangakkara

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

Emerging Player of the Year

Associate Player of the Year

Umpire of the Year

Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year

Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year

Spirit of Cricket

LG People's Choice Award
  • James Anderson
  • Jacques Kallis
  • Vernon Philander
  • Kumar Sangakkara
  • Sachin Tendulkar

Nominations

The following are the nominations for the 2012 LG ICC Awards:[12]

Cricketer of the Year
  • Saeed Ajmal
  • Hashim Amla
  • Stuart Broad
  • Michael Clarke
  • Alastair Cook
  • Virat Kohli
  • Vernon Philander
  • Kumar Sangakkara
  • Stafanie Taylor

Test Player of the Year
  • Saeed Ajmal
  • Hashim Amla
  • Stuart Broad
  • Shivnarine Chanderpaul
  • Michael Clarke
  • Alastair Cook
  • Jacques Kallis
  • Vernon Philander
  • Matt Prior
  • Marlon Samuels
  • Kumar Sangakkara
  • Dale Steyn
  • AB de Villiers

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 ODI Cricketer of the Year

Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year
  • Jess Duffin
  • Shanel Daley
  • Alyssa Healy
  • Anisa Mohammed
  • Mithali Raj
  • Lisa Sthalekar
  • Sarah Taylor
  • Stafanie Taylor

Spirit of Cricket
  • Mohammad Hafeez
  • Jacques Kallis
  • Kieron Pollard
  • Daniel Vettori
  • AB de Villiers
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See also

References
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