2006 ICC Awards

The 2006 Hyundai International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards were held on November 3, 2006 in Mumbai, India. The annual awards had been instigated in London in 2004 and in 2005 they were announced in Sydney. They were conducted during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. Captain of the year and Women's Cricketer of the year awards were awarded for the first time this year.

The Selection Panel

Selection panel members:

• Sunil Gavaskar (Chairman)
• Allan Donald
• Ian Healy
• Waqar Younis
• Arjuna Ranatunga

ICC World XI Teams

Test Team of the Year

Rahul Dravid was selected as the captain of the test team. 11 players and a 12th man were announced as follows:

• Rahul Dravid (Captain)
• Mathew Hayden
• Michael Hussey
• Ricky Ponting
• Mohammed Yousuf
• Kumar Sangakkara (Wicketkeeper)
• Andrew Flintoff
• Shane Warne
• Makhaya Ntini
• Muthaiah Muralidharan
• Glenn Mcgrath
• Brett Lee (Twelfth man)

ODI Team of the Year

Mahela Jayawardhane was selected as the captain of the ODI team of the year which is as follows:

• Mahela Jayawardhane (Captain)
• Adam Gilchrist (Wicketkeeper)
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni
• Ricky Ponting
• Yuvraj Singh
• Michael Hussey
• Andrew Flintoff
• Irfan Pathan
• Brett Lee
• Shane Bond
• Muthaiah Muralidharan
• Andrew Symonds (Twelfth man)

Winners and Nominees

The winners and nominees of various individual awards were:

Player of the year

• Winner: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
• Nominees: Shane Warne (Aus), Muthaiah Muralitharan (SL), Michael Hussey (Aus), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Mohammed Yousuf (Pak), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Younis Khan (Pak), Monty Panesar (Eng), Brett Lee (Aus), Makhaya Ntini (SA), Adam Gilchrist (Aus).

Test Player of the year

• Winner: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
• Nominees: Michael Hussey (Aus), Mohammed Yousuf (Pak), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Shane Warne (Eng), Muthaiah Muralitharan (SL), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Mahela Jayawardene (Eng), Younis Khan (Pak), Mathew Hayden (Aus), Ntini (SA), Kumar Sangakarra (SL), Kevin Pietersen (Eng).

ODI Player of the year

• Winner: Michael Hussey (Aus)
• Nominees: Ponting (Aus), Flintoff (Eng), Jayawardene (SL), Sangakkara (SL), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Yousuf (Pak), Brett Lee (Aus), Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Shahid Afridi (Pak), Inzamam-ul Haq (Pak), Adam Gilchrist (Aus), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Shane Bond (NZ), Irfan Pathan (Ind).

Emerging Player of the year

• Winner: Ian Bell (Eng)
• Nominees: Monty Panesar (Eng), Alastair Cook (Eng), Denesh Ramdin (WI), Malinga Bandara (SL), Mohammed Asif (Pak), Upul Tharanga (SL), Ian Bell (Eng), Shahriar Nafees (Ban).

Captain of the year

• Winner: Mahela Jayawardhane (SL)
• Nominees: Dravid (Ind), Ponting (Aus), Jayawardene (SL), Michael Vaughan (Eng).

Umpire of the year

• Winner: Simon Taufel
• Nominees: Simon Taufel, Aleem Dar, Rudi Koertzen.

Women's player of the year

• Winner: Karen Rolton
• Nominees: Karen Rolton, Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Anjum Chopra, Neetu David, Claire Taylor, Katherine Brunt, Emily Drumm.

Spirit of Cricket Award

• Winner: England

External links

• Official ICC Awards Web Site