By CricketCountry Staff
India batsman Virat Kohli has been nominated in two categories for the ninth edition of the LG ICC Awards to be held in Colombo. He has been nominated for ICC Cricketer of the Year and ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year.
Published: Aug 13, 2012, 03:02 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 13, 2012, 03:02 PM (IST)
Virat Kohli has been nominated in two categories for the ICC Awards – ICC Cricketer of the Year and ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year © Getty Images
By CricketCountry Staff
Dubai: Aug 13, 2012
India batsman Virat Kohli has been nominated in two categories for the ninth edition of the LG ICC Awards to be held in Colombo. He has been nominated for ICC Cricketer of the Year and ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the other Indian player to be nominated in ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year category.
Six players have been nominated in three different categories for the ICC Awards. Saeed Ajmal, Hashim Amla, Michael Clarke, Kumar Sangakkara, Alastair Cook and Stafanie Taylor are the players nominated in all three categories.
Sachin Tendulkar has been nominated along with Kumar Sangakkara, Vernon Philander, Jacques Kallis and James Anderson fo LG people’s Choice Awards.
This year’s ICC awards include 11 individual prizes and also includes selection of Test and ODI Teams of the year.
ICC five-man selection panel comprises of Clive Lloyd, Carl Hooper, Tom Moody, Marvan Atapattu and Clare Connor.
The individual player awards will be selected by 32 cricket personalities from around the world. The personalities includes a host of former players and members of the media, representatives of the ICC Umpires and ICC Match Referees.
The 11 nominees for ICC’s Twenty20 International Performance of the Year include players from England, New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa and Pakistan.
Five players were nominated for ICC Spirit of Cricket Award. The nominees include Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Mohammad Hafeez, Kieron Pollard and Daniel Vettori.
The David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year is voted on by the captains and match referees based on the umpires’ performance.
The current edition of the awards also integrates selection and voting panels for the Women’s awards and includes two more award categories for women cricketers – ICC women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year and ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year.
“The LG ICC Awards presents a wonderful opportunity for the ICC, along with thousands of cricket fans, to acknowledge and reward the brilliant performances of the world’s best cricketers,” said ICC Chief Executive David Richardson.
“It is also a chance to look back on some of the great feats witnessed in the past year in international cricket across FTP Test and ODI series, numerous Associate and Affiliate Member fixtures, including the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012 plus the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier in 2011. This will be the ninth edition of the Awards and once again the voting academy will face a tough task in deciding who will be victorious on the night,” Richardson was quoted as saying by icc-cricket.com.
LG ICC Awards 2012
List of nominees
Individual Awards
ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) Male or Female
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
Hashim Amla (SA)
Stuart Broad (Eng)
Michael Clarke (Aus)
Alastair Cook (Eng)
Virat Kohli (Ind)
Vernon Philander (SA)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Stafanie Taylor (WI)
ICC Test Cricketer of the Year
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
Hashim Amla (SA)
Stuart Broad (Eng)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
Michael Clarke (Aus)
Alastair Cook (Eng)
Jacques Kallis (SA)
Vernon Philander (SA)
Matt Prior (Eng)
Marlon Samuels (WI)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Dale Steyn (SA)
AB de Villiers (SA)
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
Shahid Afridi (Pak)
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
Michael Clarke (Aus)
Alastair Cook (Eng)
MS Dhoni (Ind)
Steven Finn (Eng)
Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
Shakib Al Hasan (Bang)
Virat Kohli (Ind)
Lasith Malinga (SL)
Brendon McCullum (NZ)
Morne Morkel (SA)
Sunil Narine (WI)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Brendan Taylor (Zim)
Shane Watson (Aus)
ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
Jess Cameron (Aus)
Shanel Daley (WI)
Lydia Greenaway (Eng)
Anisa Mohammed (WI)
Mithali Raj (Ind)
Sarah Taylor (Eng)
Stafanie Taylor (WI)
ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year
Jess Cameron (Aus)
Shanel Daley (WI)
Alyssa Healy (Aus)
Anisa Mohammed (WI)
Mithali Raj (Ind)
Lisa Sthalekar (Aus)
Sarah Taylor (Eng)
Stafanie Taylor (WI)
ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year
Trent Boult (NZ)
Doug Bracewell (NZ)
Dinesh Chandimal (SL)
Pat Cummins (Aus)
Nasir Hossain (Bang)
Junaid Khan (Pak)
Nathan Lyon (Aus)
Tino Mawoyo (Zim)
Sunil Narine (WI)
James Pattinson (Aus)
Lahiru Thirimanne (SL)
Matthew Wade (Aus)
ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year
Shaiman Anwar (UAE)
Peter Borren (Neth)
George Dockrell (Ire)
Trent Johnston (Ire)
Ed Joyce (Ire)
John Mooney (Ire)
Kevin O’Brien (Ire)
Hiral Patel (Can)
Paul Stirling (Ire)
Dawlat Zadran (Afg)
ICC Men’s Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Ravi Bopara (Eng) – 3.4-0-10-4 v West Indies, The Oval, 23 September 2011
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) – 104no (57b, 12×4, 5×6) v Australia, Pallekele, 6 August 2011
Chris Gayle (WI) – 85no (52b, 7×4, 5×6) v New Zealand, Lauderhill, 30 June 2012
Martin Guptill (NZ) – 91no (54b, 5×4, 6×6) v Zimbabwe, Auckland, 11 February 2012
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) – 2.2-0-10-4 v Zimbabwe, Harare, 16 September 2011
Alex Hales (Eng) – 99 (68b, 6×4, 4×6) v West Indies, Nottingham, 24 June 2012
Richard Levi (SA) – 117no (51b, 5×4. 13×6) v New Zealand, Auckland, 22 February 2012
Brendon McCullum (NZ) – 81no (46b, 5×4, 6×6) v Zimbabwe, Harare, 15 October 2011
Ajantha Mendis (SL) – 4-1-16-6 v Australia, Pallekele, 8 August 2011
Sunil Narine (WI) – 4-0-12-4 v New Zealand, Lauderhill, 1 July 2012
Elias Sunny (Bang) – 4-1-13-5 v Ireland, Belfast, 18 July 2012
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
Jacques Kallis (SA)
Kieron Pollard (WI)
Daniel Vettori (NZ)
AB de Villiers (SA)
ICC Umpire of the Year (David Shepherd Trophy)
Billy Bowden
Aleem Dar
Steve Davis
Kumar Dharmasena
Billy Doctrove
Marais Erasmus
Ian Gould
Tony Hill
Richard Kettleborough
Nigel Llong
Asad Rauf
Simon Taufel
Rod Tucker
LG People’s Choice Award
James Anderson (Eng)
Jacques Kallis (SA)
Vernon Philander (SA)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind).
