2012 ICC Awards
The 2012 LG ICC Awards were held on 15 September 2012 in Colombo in Sri Lanka. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been hosting ICC Awards since 2004 and now is in its ninth year. The previous ones were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007, 2009), Dubai (2008), Bengaluru (2010) and London (2011). The ICC awards Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year which is considered the most prestigious award in world cricket.
The Selection Panel
The Selection Panel members were:[1]
Clive Lloyd (Chairman)
Marvan Atapattu
Tom Moody- Carl Hooper
Clare Connor
Winners
Cricketer of the Year
- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
Test Player of the Year
- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
ODI Player of the Year
- Virat Kohli[2] (India)
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
- Richard Levi (South Africa)
Emerging Player of the Year
- Sunil Narine (West Indies)
Associate Player of the Year
- George Dockrell (Ireland)
Umpire of the Year
- Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year
- Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year
- Sarah Taylor (England)
Spirit of Cricket
- Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
LG People's Choice Award
- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
ICC Test Team of the Year
Michael Clarke was selected as the captain of the World Test XI. Other players are:[3]
- Alastair Cook
Hashim Amla- Kumar Sangakkara
- Jacques Kallis
- Michael Clarke (Captain)
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Wicket-Keeper)- Stuart Broad
Saeed Ajmal- Vernon Philander
- Dale Steyn
- AB de Villiers (12th man)
ICC ODI Team of the Year
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was selected as the captain and wicketkeeper of the World one-day XI for the fifth time in a row for backing up his Chennai Team Players. Other players are:
- Gautam Gambhir
- Alastair Cook
- Virat Kohli
- Kumar Sangakkara
- Shahid Afridi
- Michael Clarke
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain/Wicket-Keeper)
- Morné Morkel
- Steven Finn
- Lasith Malinga
- Saeed Ajmal
- Shane Watson (12th man)
Shortlist
The shortlist for the 2012 LG ICC Awards was announced by the International Cricket Council on 30 August 2012. It was:[4]
Test Player of the Year
ODI Player of the Year
* 
Virat Kohli[citation needed]
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
* 
Richard Levi: 117no (51b, 5x4, 13x6) v New Zealand, Auckland, 22 February 2012
- Tillakaratne Dilshan: 104no (57b, 12x4, 5x6) v Australia, Pallekele, 6 August 2011
- Chris Gayle: 85no (52b, 7x4, 5x6) v New Zealand, Lauderhill, 30 June 2012
- Ajantha Mendis: 4–1–16–6 v Australia, Pallekele, 8 August 2011
Emerging Player of the Year
Associate Player of the Year
David Shepherd Trophy for Umpire of the Year
Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year
Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year
Spirit of Cricket
See also
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year)
- ICC Test Player of the Year
- ICC ODI Player of the Year Award
- 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
- ^ "LG ICC Awards Voting Panel". Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ NDTVSports.com. "Virat Kohli is ICC ODI Player of the Year – NDTV Sports". Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "ICC Test Team of the Year 2012 announced". Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "Short-lists announced for LG ICC Awards 2012". ICC. Retrieved 30 August 2012.