The second ICC Awards ceremony was held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, Australia, on 11 October 2005. The judging period covered was from 1 August 2004, to 31 July 2005. This did not include the whole of the 2005 Ashes Series, since the final four matches of this series were played in August and September. The awards was presented at a function in Sydney on 11 October during the Super Series between champions Australia and the ICC World XI.
Nominees were voted by a 50-member panel of current and ex-players and officials from among players selected by a committee headed by India's Sunil Gavaskar. Selection panel members:
Sunil Gavaskar (Chairman)
David Gower
Richard Hadlee
Rod Marsh
Courtney Walsh
Ricky Ponting was selected as the captain of the test team. 11 players and a 12th man were announced as follows:
Virender Sehwag
Graeme Smith
Ricky Ponting (Captain)
Jacques Kallis
Brian Lara
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Andrew Flintoff
Adam Gilchrist (Wicket-keeper)
Shane Warne
Chaminda Vaas
Glenn McGrath
12th man: Anil Kumble
Marvan Atapattu (Captain)
Adam Gilchrist (Wicket-keeper)
Rahul Dravid
Kevin Pietersen
Andrew Symonds
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Andrew Flintoff
Daniel Vettori
Brett Lee
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
Glenn McGrath
12th man:Jacques Kallis
Winners and Nominees
The winners and nominees of various individual awards were:
Winners: Andrew Flintoff (Eng) and Jacques Kallis (SA)
Nominees: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Glenn McGrath (Australia)
Winner: Jacques Kallis (SA)
Nominees: Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Glenn McGrath (Australia), Shane Warne (Australia)
Winner: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
Nominees: Andrew Flintoff (England), Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Brett Lee (Australia), Andrew Symonds (Australia)
Winner: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
Nominees[1]: A Ahmed (Bangladesh), IR Bell (England), G Gambhir (India), KKD Karthik (India), KP Pietersen (England), M Rana (Bangladesh), AB De Villiers (South Africa)
Winner: Simon Taufel
Winner: England
