| 2012 ICC Awards | |
|---|---|
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| Date | 15 September 2012 |
| Presented by | ICC |
| 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 |
| Website | www |
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.
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]
Clive Lloyd (chairman) Marvan Atapattu
Tom Moody Carl Hooper
Clare Connor
Richard Levi, for scoring 117 not out off 51 deliveries against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on 19 February 2012[3]
Daniel Vettori, for refraining from appealing during the only Test match against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on 5 November 2011[4][5]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]
Alastair Cook Hashim Amla Kumar Sangakkara Jacques Kallis Michael Clarke Shivnarine Chanderpaul Matt Prior Stuart Broad
Saeed Ajmal Vernon Philander Dale Steyn AB de Villiers (12th man)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]
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]
The following are the nominations for the 2012 LG ICC Awards:[12]
Saeed Ajmal Hashim Amla Stuart Broad Michael Clarke Alastair Cook Virat Kohli Vernon Philander Kumar Sangakkara Stafanie Taylor 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 Shahid Afridi Saeed Ajmal Michael Clarke Alastair Cook MS Dhoni Steven Finn Gautam Gambhir
Shakib Al Hasan Virat Kohli Lasith Malinga Brendon McCullum Morné Morkel Sunil Narine Kumar Sangakkara
Brendan Taylor Shane Watson Ravi Bopara Tillakaratne Dilshan Chris Gayle Martin Guptill Mohammad Hafeez Alex Hales Richard Levi Brendon McCullum Ajantha Mendis Sunil Narine Elias Sunny Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Dinesh Chandimal Pat Cummins Nasir Hossain Junaid Khan Nathan Lyon Tino Mawoyo Sunil Narine James Pattinson Lahiru Thirimanne Matthew Wade
Shaiman Anwar
Peter Borren
Kevin O'Brien George Dockrell Trent Johnston Ed Joyce John Mooney
Hiral Patel Paul Stirling
Dawlat Zadran Billy Bowden Aleem Dar Steve Davis Kumar Dharmasena Billy Doctrove Marais Erasmus Ian Gould Tony Hill Richard Kettleborough Nigel Llong Asad Rauf Simon Taufel Rod Tucker Jess Duffin Shanel Daley Alyssa Healy Anisa Mohammed Mithali Raj Lisa Sthalekar Sarah Taylor Stafanie Taylor
