2012 ICC Awards explained

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.

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]

• Clive Lloyd (chairman)
• Marvan Atapattu
• Tom Moody
• Carl Hooper
• Clare Connor

Award categories and winners

Cricketer of the Year

See main article: Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.

• Kumar Sangakkara

Test Player of the Year

See main article: ICC Test Player of the Year.

• Kumar Sangakkara

ODI Player of the Year

See main article: ICC ODI Player of the Year.

• Virat Kohli^[2]

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

• Richard Levi, for scoring 117 not out off 51 deliveries against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on 19 February 2012^[3]

Emerging Player of the Year

See main article: ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year.

• Sunil Narine

Associate Player of the Year

• George Dockrell

Umpire of the Year

See main article: David Shepherd Trophy.

• Kumar Dharmasena

Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year

• Stafanie Taylor

Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year

• Sarah Taylor

Spirit of Cricket

• 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]}

LG People's Choice Award

• Kumar Sangakkara

ICC World XI Teams

ICC Test Team of the Year

See 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]

• 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)

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]

• Gautam Gambhir
• Alastair Cook
• Kumar Sangakkara
• Virat Kohli
• MS Dhoni
• Michael Clarke
• Shahid Afridi
• Morné Morkel
• Steven Finn
• Lasith Malinga
• Saeed Ajmal
• Shane Watson (12th man)

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

• Tillakaratne Dilshan
• Chris Gayle
• Richard Levi
• Ajantha Mendis

Emerging Player of the Year

• Doug Bracewell
• Dinesh Chandimal
• Sunil Narine
• James Pattinson

Associate Player of the Year

• Kevin O'Brien
• George Dockrell
• Ed Joyce
• Paul Stirling
• Dawlat Zadran

Umpire of the Year

• Billy Bowden
• Aleem Dar
• Kumar Dharmasena
• Richard Kettleborough
• Simon Taufel
• Rod Tucker

Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year

• Lydia Greenway
• Anisa Mohammed
• Sarah Taylor
• Stafanie Taylor

Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year

• Alyssa Healy
• Lisa Sthalekar
• Sarah Taylor
• Stafanie Taylor

Spirit of Cricket

• Mohammad Hafeez
• Jacques Kallis
• Daniel Vettori
• AB de Villiers

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

• 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

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

• Ravi Bopara
• Tillakaratne Dilshan
• Chris Gayle
• Martin Guptill
• Mohammad Hafeez
• Alex Hales
• Richard Levi
• Brendon McCullum
• Ajantha Mendis
• Sunil Narine
• Elias Sunny

Emerging Player of the Year

• Trent Boult
• Doug Bracewell
• Dinesh Chandimal
• Pat Cummins
• Nasir Hossain
• Junaid Khan
• Nathan Lyon
• Tino Mawoyo
• Sunil Narine
• James Pattinson
• Lahiru Thirimanne
• Matthew Wade

Associate Player of the Year

• Shaiman Anwar
• Peter Borren
• Kevin O'Brien
• George Dockrell
• Trent Johnston
• Ed Joyce
• John Mooney
• Hiral Patel
• Paul Stirling
• Dawlat Zadran

Umpire of the Year

• 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

Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year

• Jess Duffin
• Shanel Daley
• Lydia Greenway
• Anisa Mohammed
• Mithali Raj
• Sarah Taylor
• Stafanie Taylor

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

See also

• International Cricket Council
• ICC Awards
• Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (Cricketer of the Year)
• ICC Test Player of the Year
• ICC ODI Player of the Year
• 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

External links

• ICC Awards Colombo 2012

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Cricket Council - ICC Events and Awards - LG ICC Awards - Voting Panel . 14 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107160426/http://www.icc-cricket.com/events_and_awards/lg_icc_awards/voting_panel.php. 7 November 2012. dead.
2. Web site: Virat Kohli is ICC ODI Player of the Year - Cricket News . 25 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160927051812/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/196601-virat-kohli-is-icc-odi-player-of-the-year. 27 September 2016. dead.
3. Web site: New Zealand vs. South Africa (2nd T20I, South African tour of New Zealand in 2011–12). ESPNcricinfo. 24 April 2020.
4. Web site: Vettori gets Spirit of Cricket award. ESPN. 1 May 2020.
5. Web site: Zimbabwe vs. New Zealand, Day 5 (Only Test, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe in 2011–12). ESPNcricinfo. 1 May 2020.
6. Web site: International Cricket Council - News . 30 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107141351/http://www.icc-cricket.com/newsdetails.php?newsId=21285_1346304600. 7 November 2012. dead.
7. Web site: Dhoni leads ICC’s one-day Team of the Year. ESPNcricinfo. 24 April 2020.
8. Web site: Short-lists announced for LG ICC Awards 2012. www.icc-cricket.com. 30 August 2012.
9. Web site: Short-lists announced for LG ICC Awards 2012. PakPassion.net. 17 May 2020.
10. Web site: Short-lists announced for LG ICC Awards 2012. International Cricket Hall of Fame. 18 May 2020.
11. Web site: Kohli voted ODI Cricketer of the Year. ESPNcricinfo. 24 April 2020.
12. Web site: List of Nominees for LG ICC Awards 2012 announced. www.cricwaves.com. 17 May 2020.