The ICC Awards are a set of sports awards for cricket. The awards recognise and honor the best international cricket players of the previous 12 months. The awards have been institutionalised by International Cricket Council since 2004. Additionally, they are also known currently as the LG ICC Awards, from 2011 and onwards.
The following awards have been or currently are presented:
Cricketer of the Year - the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
Women's Cricketer of the Year
Test Player of the Year
ODI Player of the Year
Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year
Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year
Test Team of the Year
ODI Team of the Year
Best T20 Performance of the Year
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Captain of the Year
Emerging Player of the Year
Associate Player of the year
World Test XI
World one-day XI
Women’s World XI
Spirit of Cricket
LG People's Choice award
Umpire of the Year - the David Shepherd Trophy
In December 2016, ICC Development Programme Awards was announced for ICC's Associate and Affiliate Members aimed at creating improving structures within the 95 member federations.
The judging/voting period was originally from 1 August of the current year to 31 July of the next year. It has since undergone two changes and now takes place presently between September of the current year and September of the next year.
The ICC Selection committee comprises eminent former players and select the finalists for the ICC Cricketer of the Year, ICC Test Player of the Year, ICC ODI Player of the Year, ICC Emerging Player of the Year. The committee selects the final ICC World Test XI and ICC World one-day XI.
The final selection for the award is voted for by an academy of 56 (expanded from 50 in 2004), which includes current national team captains of test playing nations (10), members of the Elite panel of ICC umpires and referees (18), prominent former players and cricket correspondents (28). In the event of a tie in the voting, the award is shared.
The inaugural ICC awards ceremony was held on 7 September 2004, in London. The judging period covered was from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 and included all Test matches and One Day Internationals played during that period.
Award winners were:
Cricketer of the Year: Rahul Dravid (India)
Test Player of the Year: Rahul Dravid (India)
ODI Player of the Year: Andrew Flintoff (England)
Emerging Player of the Year: Irfan Pathan (India)
Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand
World Test XI: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Brian Lara (WI), Jacques Kallis (SA), Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Shane Warne (Aus), Jason Gillespie (Aus), Steve Harmison (Eng) 12th man: Sachin Tendulkar
World one-day XI: Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Chris Gayle (WI), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Brian Lara (WI), Jacques Kallis (SA), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Shaun Pollock (SA), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Jason Gillespie (Aus)
The second ICC awards ceremony was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in 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.
Award winners were:
Cricketer of the Year: Awarded jointly to Andrew Flintoff (England) and Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
Test Player of the Year: Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
ODI Player of the Year: Kevin Pietersen (England)
Emerging Player of the Year: Kevin Pietersen (England)
Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
Spirit of Cricket: England
World Test XI: Virender Sehwag (Ind), Graeme Smith (SA), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Jacques Kallis (SA), Brian Lara (WI), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Shane Warne (Aus), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Glenn McGrath (Aus), 12th man: Anil Kumble (Ind)
World one-day XI: Marvan Atapattu (SL, captain), Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Andrew Symonds (Aus), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Daniel Vettori (NZ), Brett Lee (Aus), Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak), Glenn McGrath (Aus), 12th man: Jacques Kallis (SA)
List of nominees for 2005 awards
The third ICC awards ceremony was held in Mumbai, India on 3 November 2006, during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. The judging period was from 1 August 2005 to 8 August 2006, thus including three of the four Tests between Pakistan and England, and the Test series between South Africa and Sri Lanka. For the first time, honors for both Women's Cricketer of the Year and Captain of the Year were awarded.
Award winners were:
Cricketer of the Year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Test Player of the Year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
ODI Player of the Year: Michael Hussey (Australia)
Emerging Player of the Year: Ian Bell (England)
Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
Captain of the Year: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
Women's Cricketer of the Year: Karen Rolton (Australia)
Spirit of Cricket: England
World Test XI: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Michael Hussey (Aus), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Rahul Dravid (Ind, captain), Mohammad Yousuf (Pak), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wicket-keeper), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Shane Warne (Aus), Makhaya Ntini (SA), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Glenn McGrath (Aus), 12th man: Brett Lee (Aus)
World one-day XI: Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), MS Dhoni (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Mahela Jayawardene (SL, captain), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Michael Hussey (Aus), Irfan Pathan (Ind), Brett Lee (Aus), Shane Bond (NZ), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), 12th man: Andrew Symonds (Aus)
List of nominees for 2006 awards
The fourth ICC awards ceremony was held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Award winners were:
Cricketer of the Year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Test Player of the Year: Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan)
ODI Player of the Year: Matthew Hayden (Australia)
Emerging Player of the Year: Shaun Tait (Australia)
Associate Player of the year: Thomas Odoyo (Kenya)
Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
Captain of the Year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Women's Cricketer of the Year: Jhulan Goswami (India)
Spirit of Cricket: Sri Lanka
World Test XI: Michael Vaughan (Eng), Matthew Hayden (Aus), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Mohammad Yousuf (Pak), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Michael Hussey (Aus), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wicket-keeper), Stuart Clark (Aus), Makhaya Ntini (SA), Mohammad Asif (Pak), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), 12th man: Zaheer Khan (Ind)
World one-day XI: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Jacques Kallis (SA), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Mark Boucher (SA, wicket-keeper), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Shane Bond (NZ), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Glenn McGrath (Aus), 12th man: Michael Hussey (Aus)
The fifth ICC awards ceremony was held in Dubai, U.A.E. on 10 September 2008 and saw the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year award inaugurated.
Award winners were:
Cricketer of the Year: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)
Test Player of the Year: Dale Steyn (South Africa)
ODI Player of the Year: MS Dhoni (India)
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Yuvraj Singh (India)
Emerging Player of the Year: Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
Women's Cricketer of the Year: Charlotte Edwards (England)
Associate Player of the year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)
Spirit of Cricket: Sri Lanka
World Test XI: Graeme Smith (SA, captain), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Jacques Kallis (SA), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wicket-keeper), Brett Lee (Aus), Ryan Sidebottom (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), 12th man: Stuart Clark (Aus)
World one-day XI: Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Ajantha Mendis (SL), Farveez Maharoof (SL), MS Dhoni (Ind, wicket-keeper), Andrew Symonds (Aus), Daniel Vettori (NZ), Brett Lee (Aus), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Nathan Bracken (Aus), 12th man: Salman Butt (Pak)
The sixth ICC awards ceremony was held in Johannesburg, South Africa on 1 October 2009.
Award winners were:
Cricketer of the Year: Mitchell Johnson ( Australia)
Test Player of the Year: Gautam Gambhir (India)
ODI Player of the Year: MS Dhoni (India)
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
Emerging Player of the Year: Peter Siddle (Australia)
Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Women's Cricketer of the Year: Claire Taylor (England)
Associate Player of the year: William Porterfield (Ireland)
Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand
World Test XI: Gautam Gambhir (Ind), Andrew Strauss (Eng), AB de Villiers (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Thilan Samaraweera (SL), Michael Clarke (Aus), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Shakib Al Hasan (Ban), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Stuart Broad (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), 12th man: Harbhajan Singh (Ind)
World one-day XI: Martin Guptill (NZ), Chris Gayle (WI), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Nuwan Kulasekara (SL), Ajantha Mendis (SL), Umar Gul (Pak), 12th man: Thilan Thushara (SL)
List of nominees for 2009 awards
The seventh ICC awards ceremony was held in Bengaluru, India on 6 October 2010.
Award winners were:
Cricketer of the Year: Sachin Tendulkar (India)
Test Player of the Year: Virender Sehwag (India)
Test Team of the Year: India
ODI Player of the Year: AB de Villiers (South Africa)
ODI Team of the Year: Australia
Emerging Player of the Year: Steven Finn (England)
Best T20 Performance of the Year: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand
Associate Player of the year: Ryan ten Doeschate
Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Women's Cricketer of the Year: Shelley Nitschke (Australia)
LG People's Choice award: Sachin Tendulkar (India)
World Test XI: Virender Sehwag (Ind), Simon Katich (Aus), Hashim Amla (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), AB de Villiers (SA), Jacques Kallis (SA), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Graeme Swann (Eng), James Anderson (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), 12th man: Doug Bollinger (Aus)
World one-day XI: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Shane Watson (Aus), Michael Hussey (Aus), AB de Villiers (SA), Paul Collingwood (Eng), MS Dhoni (Ind, wicket-keeper), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Daniel Vettori (NZ), Stuart Broad (Eng), Doug Bollinger (Aus), Ryan Harris (Aus)
The eighth ICC awards ceremony was held in London, England on 12 September 2011.
Award winners were:
Cricketer of the Year: Jonathan Trott (England)
Test Player of the Year: Alastair Cook (England)
ODI Player of the Year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
Emerging Player of the Year: Devendra Bishoo (West Indies)
Best T20 Performance of the Year: Tim Southee (New Zealand)
Spirit of Cricket: MS Dhoni
Associate Player of the year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)
Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Women's Cricketer of the Year: Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
LG People's Choice award: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
World Test XI: Alastair Cook (Eng), Hashim Amla (SA), Jonathan Trott (Eng), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, captain, wicket-keeper), AB de Villiers (SA), Jacques Kallis (SA), Stuart Broad (Eng), Graeme Swann (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), James Anderson (Eng), 12th man: Zaheer Khan (Ind)
World one-day XI: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Shane Watson (Aus), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), AB de Villiers (SA), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Graeme Swann (Eng), Umar Gul (Pak), Dale Steyn (SA), Zaheer Khan (Ind), 12th man: Lasith Malinga (SL)
The ninth ICC awards ceremony was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 15 September 2012.
Award winners were:
Cricketer of the Year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
Test Player of the Year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
ODI Player of the Year: Virat Kohli (India)
Emerging Player of the Year: Sunil Narine (West Indies)
Best T20 Performance of the Year: Richard Levi (South Africa)
Spirit of Cricket: Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
Associate Player of the year: George Dockrell (Ireland)
Umpire of the Year: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Women's Cricketer of the Year: Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
LG People's Choice award: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
World Test XI: Alastair Cook (Eng), Hashim Amla (SA), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Jacques Kallis (SA), Michael Clarke (Aus, captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Matt Prior (Eng, wicket-keeper), Stuart Broad (Eng), Saeed Ajmal (Pak), Vernon Philander (SA), Dale Steyn (SA), 12th man: AB de Villiers (SA)
World one-day XI: Gautam Gambhir (Ind), Alastair Cook (Eng), Virat Kohli (Ind), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Shahid Afridi (Pak), Michael Clarke (Aus), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Morne Morkel (SA), Steven Finn (Eng), Lasith Malinga (SL), Saeed Ajmal (Pak), 12th man: Shane Watson (Aus)
The 2013 edition of the awards were replaced by a TV show. Rather than a formal event, the winners were broadcast in a special TV show which was aired on 14 December 2013.
Cricketer of the Year: Michael Clarke (Australia)
Test Player of the Year: Michael Clarke (Australia)
ODI Player of the Year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
Emerging Player of the Year: Cheteshwar Pujara (India)
Best T20 Performance of the Year: Umar Gul (Pakistan)
Spirit of Cricket: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
Associate Player of the year: Kevin O'Brien (Ireland)
Umpire of the Year: Richard Kettleborough (England)
Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year: Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year: Sarah Taylor (England)
LG People's Choice award: MS Dhoni (India)
World Test XI: Alastair Cook (Eng, captain), Hashim Amla (SA), Cheteshwar Pujara (Ind), Michael Clarke (Aus), Michael Hussey (Aus), AB de Villiers (SA), MS Dhoni (Ind, wicket-keeper), Graeme Swann (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), James Anderson (Eng), Vernon Philander (SA), 12th man: Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind)
World one-day XI: Hashim Amla (SA), Shikhar Dhawan (Ind), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), AB de Villiers (SA), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja (Ind), Saeed Ajmal (Pak), Mitchell Starc (Aus), James Anderson (Eng), Lasith Malinga (SL), 12th man: Mitchell McClenaghan (NZ)
The 2014 edition of the LG ICC Awards followed the same formal event which was implemented in 2013 as a TV show. The voting panel took into account players' performance between 26 August 2013 and 17 September 2014. The show was broadcast globally on 15/16 November.
Cricketer of the Year: Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
Test Player of the Year: Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
ODI Player of the Year: AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Emerging Player of the Year: Gary Ballance (England)
Best T20 Performance of the Year: Aaron Finch (Australia)
Spirit of Cricket: Katherine Brunt (England)
Associate Player of the year: Preston Mommsen (Scotland)
Umpire of the Year: Richard Kettleborough (England)
Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year: Sarah Taylor (England)
Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year: Meg Lanning (Australia)
LG People's Choice award: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India)
World Test XI: David Warner (Aus), Kane Williamson (NZ), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), AB de Villiers (SA, wicket-keeper), Joe Root (Eng), Angelo Mathews (SL, captain), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Stuart Broad (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA), Rangana Herath (SL), Tim Southee (NZ), 12th man: Ross Taylor (NZ)
World one-day XI: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak), Quinton de Kock (SA), George Bailey (Aus), Virat Kohli (Ind), AB de Villiers (SA), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, wicket-keeper), Dwayne Bravo (WI), James Faulkner (Aus), Dale Steyn (SA), Mohammed Shami (Ind), Ajantha Mendis (SL), 12th man: Rohit Sharma (Ind)
The voting panel took into account players' performance between 18 September 2014 and 13 September 2015.
Cricketer of the Year: Steve Smith (Australia)
Test Player of the Year: Steve Smith (Australia)
ODI Player of the Year: AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Emerging Player of the Year: Josh Hazlewood (Australia)
Best T20 Performance of the Year: Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
Spirit of Cricket: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
Associate Player of the year: Khurram Khan (UAE)
Umpire of the Year: Richard Kettleborough (England)
Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year: Meg Lanning (Australia)
Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year: Stefanie Taylor (West Indies)
World Test XI: David Warner (Aus), Alastair Cook (Eng, captain), Kane Williamson (NZ), Younus Khan (Pak), Steve Smith (Aus), Joe Root (Eng), Sarfraz Ahmed (Pak, wicket-keeper), Trent Boult (NZ), Stuart Broad (Eng), Yasir Shah (Pak), Josh Hazlewood (Aus), 12th man: Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind)
World one-day XI: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), Hashim Amla (SA), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wicket-keeper), AB de Villiers (SA, captain), Steve Smith (Aus), Ross Taylor (NZ), Trent Boult (NZ), Mohammed Shami (Ind), Mitchell Starc (Aus), Mustafizur Rahman (Ban), Imran Tahir (SA), 12th man: Joe Root (Eng)
The voting panel took into account players' performance between 14 September 2015 and 20 September 2016. The announcement of the winners of the men's individual ICC awards and the ICC World Test XI and World one-day XI would be made on 21 December 2016.
Cricketer of the Year: Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
Test Player of the Year: Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
ODI Player of the Year: Quinton de Kock (South Africa)
Emerging Player of the Year: Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Best T20 Performance of the Year: Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies)
Spirit of Cricket: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
Associate Player of the year: Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan)
Umpire of the Year: Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year: Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
World Test XI: David Warner (Aus), Alastair Cook (Eng, captain), Kane Williamson (NZ), Joe Root (Eng), Ben Stokes (Eng), Adam Voges (Aus), Jonny Bairstow (Eng, wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind), Rangana Herath (SL), Mitchell Starc (Aus), Dale Steyn (SA), 12th man: Steve Smith (Aus)
World one-day XI: David Warner (Aus), Quinton de Kock (SA, wicket-keeper), Rohit Sharma (Ind), Virat Kohli (Ind, captain), AB de Villiers (SA), Jos Buttler (Eng), Mitchell Marsh (Aus), Ravindra Jadeja (Ind), Mitchell Starc (Aus), Kagiso Rabada (SA), Sunil Narine (WI), 12th man: Imran Tahir (SA)
Women’s World XI: Suzie Bates (NZ), Rachel Priest (NZ, wicket-keeper), Smriti Mandhana (Ind), Stafanie Taylor (WI, captain), Meg Lanning (Aus), Ellyse Perry (Aus), Heather Knight (Eng), Deandra Dottin (WI), Sune Luus (SA), Anya Shrubsole (Eng), Leigh Kasperek (NZ), 12th woman: Kim Garth (Ire)
The voting period for taking into account players' performance will fall between 21 September 2016 and September 2017.
