- Source: 2009 ICC Awards
The 2009 ICC Awards were held on 1 October 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa before the semi-finals of 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Nominations were announced in Mumbai in early September while short lists were 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 the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA). Performances from both players and officials were taken into account during this period of time for the game.
The ICC had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004, which were now into their sixth year. Previous events were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006) and Dubai (2008), with Johannesburg also hosting in 2007. 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.
Sponsors
As the logo of these awards suggests, LG, one of the world's leading electronic brands, sponsored these awards along with other ICC sponsors.
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 25 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories.
Selection Committee members:
Clive Lloyd (chairman)
Anil Kumble
Mudassar Nazar
Stephen Fleming
Bob Taylor
Award categories and winners
= Cricketer of the Year
=Mitchell Johnson (cricketer)
= Test Player of the Year
=Gautam Gambhir
= ODI Player of the Year
=MS Dhoni
= Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
=Tillakaratne Dilshan, for scoring 96 not out off 57 deliveries against the West Indies in the semi-final of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 at The Oval on 19 June 2009
= Emerging Player of the Year
=Peter Siddle
= Associate Player of the Year
=William Porterfield
= Umpire of the Year
=Aleem Dar
= Women's Cricketer of the Year
=Claire Taylor
= Spirit of Cricket
=New Zealand
ICC World XI Teams
= ICC Test Team of the Year
=MS Dhoni was selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the Test Team of the Year. Other players are:
Gautam Gambhir
Andrew Strauss
AB de Villiers
Sachin Tendulkar
Thilan Samaraweera
Michael Clarke
MS Dhoni
Shakib Al Hasan
Mitchell Johnson
Stuart Broad
Dale Steyn
Harbhajan Singh (12th man)
= ICC ODI Team of the Year
=MS Dhoni was also selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the ODI Team of the Year. Other players are:
Virender Sehwag
Chris Gayle
Kevin Pietersen
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Yuvraj Singh
Martin Guptill
MS Dhoni
Andrew Flintoff
Nuwan Kulasekara
Ajantha Mendis
Umar Gul
Thilan Thushara (12th man)
Short lists
The short lists for the 2009 ICC Awards were announced by the ICC on 15 September 2009 directly from Dubai. They are the following:
= Cricketer of the Year
=MS Dhoni
Gautam Gambhir
Mitchell Johnson
Andrew Strauss
= Test Player of the Year
=Gautam Gambhir
Mitchell Johnson
Thilan Samaraweera
Andrew Strauss
= ODI Player of the Year
=Shivnarine Chanderpaul
MS Dhoni
Virender Sehwag
Yuvraj Singh
= Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
=Shahid Afridi
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Chris Gayle
Umar Gul
= Emerging Player of the Year
=Ben Hilfenhaus
Graham Onions
Jesse Ryder
Peter Siddle
= Associate Player of the Year
=Rizwan Cheema
Ryan ten Doeschate
William Porterfield
Edgar Schiferli
= Umpire of the Year
=Aleem Dar
Tony Hill
Asad Rauf
Simon Taufel
= Women's Cricketer of the Year
=Charlotte Edwards
Shelley Nitschke
Claire Taylor
= Spirit of Cricket
=Australia
England
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Nominations
The following are the nominations for the 2009 ICC Awards in different categories. They were announced by Virender Sehwag and Ravi Shastri in the presence of ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat.
= Cricketer of the Year
=Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Tillakaratne Dilshan
MS Dhoni
Gautam Gambhir
Shakib Al Hasan
Mitchell Johnson
Graham Onions
Thilan Samaraweera
Kumar Sangakkara
Harbhajan Singh
Andrew Strauss
Daniel Vettori
AB de Villiers
= Test Player of the Year
=Stuart Broad
Michael Clarke
MS Dhoni
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Gautam Gambhir
Shakib Al Hasan
Mitchell Johnson
V.V.S. Laxman
Jesse Ryder
Thilan Samaraweera
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Peter Siddle
Harbhajan Singh
Graeme Smith
Dale Steyn
Andrew Strauss
Graeme Swann
Daniel Vettori
AB de Villiers
= ODI Player of the Year
=Shivnarine Chanderpaul
MS Dhoni
Andrew Flintoff
Chris Gayle
Umar Gul
Martin Guptill
Michael Hussey
Nuwan Kulasekara
Ajantha Mendis
Muttiah Muralitharan
Yuvraj Singh
Virender Sehwag
Thilan Thushara
= Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
=Shahid Afridi
Saeed Ajmal
Dwayne Bravo
Alex Cusack
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Chris Gayle
Umar Gul
David Hussey
Sanath Jayasuriya
Zaheer Khan
Ajantha Mendis
Wayne Parnell
Abdur Razzak
David Warner
= Emerging Player of the Year
=Martin Guptill
Ben Hilfenhaus
Phillip Hughes
Amit Mishra
Graham Onions
Kemar Roach
Jesse Ryder
Peter Siddle
= Associate Player of the Year
=Rizwan Cheema
Khurram Chohan
Alex Cusack
Ryan ten Doeschate
Trent Johnston
Neil McCallum
Kevin O'Brien
Niall O'Brien
William Porterfield
Boyd Rankin
Edgar Schiferli
Steve Tikolo
Regan West
Bas Zuiderent
= Umpire of the Year
=Billy Bowden
Aleem Dar
Steve Davis
Ian Gould
Tony Hill
Daryl Harper
Asad Rauf
Simon Taufel
= Women's Cricketer of the Year
=Suzie Bates
Holly Colvin
Charlotte Edwards
Laura Marsh
Sana Mir
Shelley Nitschke
Mithali Raj
Karen Rolton
Priyanka Roy
Lisa Sthalekar
Claire Taylor
Sarah Taylor
Stafanie Taylor
Haidee Tiffen
Aimee Watkins
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
References
External links
Official website of the ICC
Awards 2009 Winners