Presented by ICC Currently held by Ravichandran Ashwin | First awarded 2004 Official website LG ICC Awards | |
The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a cricket trophy awarded annually by the International Cricket Council to its chosen world player of the year. It was first awarded in 2004 to Rahul Dravid.
The trophy is handcrafted by leading international crystal manufacturer Swarovski. The design features a red crystal cricket ball studded with over 4200 Swarovski crystal chantons, resting on a brass hand extended from a gold-plated base.
The trophy is named after former West Indies cricket captain Sir Garfield Sobers, whose name was chosen by a panel consisting of Richie Benaud, Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Holding. They were asked by the ICC to select "an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award".
As of 2011, they are known as the LG ICC Awards.
Selection
The recipient of the annual award is selected by an "academy" of 56 individuals (expanded from 50 in 2004), including the current national team captains of the Test-playing nations (10), members of the elite panel of ICC umpires and referees (18), and certain prominent former players and cricket correspondents (28). In the event of a tie in the voting, the award is shared.
2004 Winner: Rahul Dravid
2005 Winners: Jacques Kallis and Andrew Flintoff
2006 Winner: Ricky Ponting
2007 Winner: Ricky Ponting
2008 Winner: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
2009 Winner: Mitchell Johnson
2010 Winner: Sachin Tendulkar
2011 Winner: Jonathan Trott
2012 Winner: Kumar Sangakkara
2013 Winner: Michael Clarke
2014 Winner: Mitchell Johnson
2015 Winner: Steven Smith
2016 Winner: Ravichandran Ashwin