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The LG ICC Awards were held on 1 October 2009 in Johannesburg in South Africa 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 takes into account performances by players and officials during this period for the game.
Contents
- Sponsors
- The Selection Panel
- ICC World XI Teams
- Test Team of the Year
- ODI Team of the Year
- Winners
- Cricketer of the Year
- Test Player of the Year
- ODI Player of the Year
- Emerging Player of the Year
- Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year
- Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
- Womens Cricketer of the Year
- Umpire of the Year
- Spirit of Cricket
- LG ICC Awards 2009 shortlist
- Nominations
- Emerging Player
- References
International Cricket Council has been hosting ICC Awards since 2004 and now is in its sixth year. The previous ones were held in London, Sydney, Mumbai, Johannesburg and Dubai. ICC awards Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year which is considered the most prestigious award in world cricket.
Sponsors
As the name of these awards 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 was 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.
ICC World XI Teams
Apart from individual awards, International Cricket Council also announced dream teams in different formats of the game of cricket. They are the following:
Test Team of the Year
MS Dhoni was selected as the captain and wicketkeeper of the World XI Test team. Other players are:
ODI Team of the Year
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was selected as the captain and wicketkeeper of the World XI ODI team. Other players are:
Winners
The winners of 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:
Cricketer of the Year
Test Player of the Year
ODI Player of the Year
Emerging Player of the Year
Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Women's Cricketer of the Year
Umpire of the Year
Spirit of Cricket
LG ICC Awards 2009 shortlist
The shortlist for LG ICC Awards were announced by International Cricket Council on 15 September 2009 directly from Dubai. They are the following:
Nominations
The following are the nominations for LG ICC Awards 2009 in different Categories.They were announced by Virender Sehwag and Ravi Shastri in presence of ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat.