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Sangakkara wins Two Major ICC awards
Kumar Sangakkara has been named the Test Cricketer of the Year at the annual ICC awards ceremony in Colombo. He beat off competition from South Africa's Hashim Amla and Vernon Philander, and Australia's Michael Clarke.Kumar Sangakkara has won three awards, including the prestigious Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year at the annual ICC awards ceremony in Colombo. Sangakkara also won the People's Choice award, an honour he had received last year as well.
Kohli voted ODI Cricketer of the Year
Virat Kohli, the India batsman, has been named the ODI Cricketer of the Year at the ICC awards function in Colombo. He was picked ahead of MS Dhoni, Lasith Malinga and Kumar Sangakkara.Levi takes ICC's T20 award for fastest ton
South
Africa's Richard Levi took home the ICC's T20I Performance of the Year
award for his knock of 117 not out off 51 balls against New Zealand, in
Auckland, in February. That knock broke Chris Gayle's record for the
fastest century in international T20s - Levi got to the mark in 45
balls.
In that match, Levi, playing only his second international match, also hit the most sixes in a Twenty20 innings: 13. The knock made New Zealand's 173 look at least 50 short of a par score, as South Africa eased home with eight wickets and 24 balls to spare.
"I don't remember much of the innings but I regularly get reminded of it," Levi said after collecting his award. "With T20 cricket it either comes off or it doesn't and for me it came off that day. I'm looking forward to playing Sri Lanka when the ICC World Twenty20 gets underway. It's very humbling to get [this award]."
Levi beat Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan (nominated for his century against Australia last August) and Ajantha Mendis (for his six-for against Australia during the same series), and West Indies' Chris Gayle (for his unbeaten 85 against New Zealand in Florida) in the category.
In that match, Levi, playing only his second international match, also hit the most sixes in a Twenty20 innings: 13. The knock made New Zealand's 173 look at least 50 short of a par score, as South Africa eased home with eight wickets and 24 balls to spare.
"I don't remember much of the innings but I regularly get reminded of it," Levi said after collecting his award. "With T20 cricket it either comes off or it doesn't and for me it came off that day. I'm looking forward to playing Sri Lanka when the ICC World Twenty20 gets underway. It's very humbling to get [this award]."
Levi beat Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan (nominated for his century against Australia last August) and Ajantha Mendis (for his six-for against Australia during the same series), and West Indies' Chris Gayle (for his unbeaten 85 against New Zealand in Florida) in the category.
Stafanie Taylor wins Women's one-day award
West
Indies' Stafanie Talyor has won the ICC Women's Cricket of the Year
award. She beat fellow West Indies player Anisa Mohammed, as well as the
England pair of Sarah Taylor and Lydia Greenway to the award.
In the assessment period, Taylor played 13 ODIs, scoring 514 runs at the top of the order at an average of 46.72, and claiming 16 wickets with her offspin, at 13.12.
Taylor was unable to attend the awards ceremony in Colombo due to playing commitments in the UK, but expressed her gratitude for the same: "Thank you this award tonight. I'd like to thank my family and friends for this award."
In the assessment period, Taylor played 13 ODIs, scoring 514 runs at the top of the order at an average of 46.72, and claiming 16 wickets with her offspin, at 13.12.
Taylor was unable to attend the awards ceremony in Colombo due to playing commitments in the UK, but expressed her gratitude for the same: "Thank you this award tonight. I'd like to thank my family and friends for this award."
Kumar Dharmasena voted Umpire of the Year
Sri Lankan umpire Kumar Dharmasena has won the David Shepherd trophy for the Umpire of the Year at the ICC Awards ceremony in Colombo. It is the first time he has won this award.
The other nominees were five-time winner Simon Taufel, three-time winner Aleem Dar, along with New Zealand's Billy Bowden, England's Richard Kettleborough and Australia's Rodney Tucker.
"This award means a lot to me, after playing cricket for 12 years. It's for the Sri Lankan umpires and the community who looked after my growth," Dharmasena said after accepting his award from Graham Gooch. "Honestly, I feel I had a great year on and off the field and I feel having been a cricketer has helped me with my decision making as an umpire and to give better decisions."
The David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year was voted on by the 10 current Test captains and the Elite Panel of ICC match referees and is partly based on the umpires' performance statistics.
Dharmasena, who made his international debut as an umpire in 2009, joined the Elite Panel in May 2011. In the voting period he stood in seven Tests and 13 ODIs.
The match was heading to a tight finish, when Vettori accidentally collided with the non-striker Malcolm Waller during his follow-through. The clash hindered Waller from taking a single, and by that time the striker Regis Chakabva was too far down the track to get back. Though the wicketkeeper Reece Young took off the bails, Vettori immediately indicated that he had blocked Waller, and New Zealand decided to not appeal for Chakbva's wicket.
"It was the right thing to do at the time and we as a team try and play with the right spirit of cricket," Vettori said after receiving the award in Colombo. "It's hard to define the spirit of cricket, but go out on the field with the general mindset to play the game in the right way and always in the right frame of mind."
Vettori's gesture earned him the award ahead of Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez and the South African pair of Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers. MS Dhoni had taken the award last year, for recalling Ian Bell after a controversial run-out during the Trent Bridge Test
The other nominees were five-time winner Simon Taufel, three-time winner Aleem Dar, along with New Zealand's Billy Bowden, England's Richard Kettleborough and Australia's Rodney Tucker.
"This award means a lot to me, after playing cricket for 12 years. It's for the Sri Lankan umpires and the community who looked after my growth," Dharmasena said after accepting his award from Graham Gooch. "Honestly, I feel I had a great year on and off the field and I feel having been a cricketer has helped me with my decision making as an umpire and to give better decisions."
The David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year was voted on by the 10 current Test captains and the Elite Panel of ICC match referees and is partly based on the umpires' performance statistics.
Dharmasena, who made his international debut as an umpire in 2009, joined the Elite Panel in May 2011. In the voting period he stood in seven Tests and 13 ODIs.
Vettori gets Spirit of Cricket award
Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand left-arm spinner, has won the ICC Spirit of Cricket award, for a sporting gesture during a Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo last November.The match was heading to a tight finish, when Vettori accidentally collided with the non-striker Malcolm Waller during his follow-through. The clash hindered Waller from taking a single, and by that time the striker Regis Chakabva was too far down the track to get back. Though the wicketkeeper Reece Young took off the bails, Vettori immediately indicated that he had blocked Waller, and New Zealand decided to not appeal for Chakbva's wicket.
"It was the right thing to do at the time and we as a team try and play with the right spirit of cricket," Vettori said after receiving the award in Colombo. "It's hard to define the spirit of cricket, but go out on the field with the general mindset to play the game in the right way and always in the right frame of mind."
Vettori's gesture earned him the award ahead of Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez and the South African pair of Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers. MS Dhoni had taken the award last year, for recalling Ian Bell after a controversial run-out during the Trent Bridge Test
George Dockrell wins Associate award
George Dockrell, the Ireland left-arm spinner, has been named the ICC Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year. He was chosen ahead of three of his team-mates Paul Stirling, Kevin O'Brien and Ed Joyce, and Afghanistan bowler Dawlat Zadran.
Dockrell, 20, was the leading wicket-taker in the voting period - between 4 August 2011 and 6 August 2012 - taking 43 scalps in ODIs, T20Is and the Intercontinental Cup, the ICC's four-day tournament for top Associate and Affiliate sides. Dockrell plays county cricket for Somerset, captained Ireland recently in the Under-19 World Cup, and took 14 wickets in T20 internationals, the most by any bowler in world cricket during the voting period.
"It's great to win such an award and especially to be following the footsteps of an esteemed group of players like William Porterfield and Ryan ten Doeschate and only at the age of 20, I feel very honoured," Dockrell said after receiving the award in Colombo. "It's been a great year of cricket with I-Cup, U19s and WCL Championship and now the WT20 and I've been learning a lot to take it into this tournament.
"It's good to be setting high standards, and hopefully I will keep performing well for Ireland in the future."
Blessed with biting turn, a difficult knuckle-ball and a natural knack for guile, Narine, 24, has quickly become one of the world's most promising talents. In the assessment period (August 4, 2011, to August 6, 2012), Narine carved up New Zealand in two home Tests, taking 12 wickets at 25.66. In Twenty20s he took 7 wickets in five games at 18.28. His hit his best form came in the 50-overs format though, where he took 28 wickets in 15 games at 18.82.
Narine follows West Indies legspinner Devendra Bishoo as a recipient of the Emerging Player award, and that reflects the strong junior set-up in the Caribbean, he said: "We've a good junior set-up so hopefully the awards keep coming for us. I think this has been the best 12 months for me and I just keep adapting the best as possible.
"I need to digest this and [take things] one step at a time and enjoy every minute that I play. This award means a lot for me and it's an encouragement to keep going and continue to improve. I dedicate this award to my father who kept pushing me."
His India team-mates, Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir,
are also in, with Alastair Cook, Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Clarke
making up the rest of the batting. The bowlers include Morne Morkel,
Steven Finn, Lasith Malinga and Saeed Ajmal, with Shahid Afridi filling
the allrounder's spot. Shane Watson was named 12th man.
Cook, Sangakkara, Clarke and Ajmal were also named in the ICC's Test Team of the Year for 2011-12. It is the first time that Ajmal, Kohli and Finn are featuring in the one-day team.
Several South African batsmen who are near the top of the ODI rankings - such as Hashim Amla (currently No. 1) and AB de Villiers (No. 3) - are likely to have missed out because South Africa played very few ODIs between August 4, 2011 and August 6, 2012, the assessment period for picking the team.*
The team was announced on the eve of the ICC's annual awards function that will be held in Colombo on Saturday. It was picked by a panel consisting of former players: West Indies batsmen Clive Lloyd and Carl Hooper, Sri Lanka opener Marvan Attapatu, Australia allrounder Tom Moody and England Women's captain Clare Connor. The same panel had picked the Test Team of the Year last month.
Lloyd, who was the chairman of the selection panel, said: "This team, along with the Test Team of the Year was extremely difficult to decide upon. We feel the side has strength to bat well down the order, while also having a good variety for any type of conditions when it comes to its bowling attack."
Dave Richardson, the ICC's chief executive, emphasised the team's strength. "I think we can safely say that this is one of the strongest ODI Team of the Year selections ever in the awards history," Richardson said.
Dockrell, 20, was the leading wicket-taker in the voting period - between 4 August 2011 and 6 August 2012 - taking 43 scalps in ODIs, T20Is and the Intercontinental Cup, the ICC's four-day tournament for top Associate and Affiliate sides. Dockrell plays county cricket for Somerset, captained Ireland recently in the Under-19 World Cup, and took 14 wickets in T20 internationals, the most by any bowler in world cricket during the voting period.
"It's great to win such an award and especially to be following the footsteps of an esteemed group of players like William Porterfield and Ryan ten Doeschate and only at the age of 20, I feel very honoured," Dockrell said after receiving the award in Colombo. "It's been a great year of cricket with I-Cup, U19s and WCL Championship and now the WT20 and I've been learning a lot to take it into this tournament.
"It's good to be setting high standards, and hopefully I will keep performing well for Ireland in the future."
Narine awarded best newcomer at ICC awards
West Indies' offspinner Sunil Narine has been named the Emerging Player of the Year for 2012 at the ICC Awards ceremony in Colombo. He saw off competition from New Zealand's Doug Bracewell, Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal and Australia's James Pattinson to take the award.Blessed with biting turn, a difficult knuckle-ball and a natural knack for guile, Narine, 24, has quickly become one of the world's most promising talents. In the assessment period (August 4, 2011, to August 6, 2012), Narine carved up New Zealand in two home Tests, taking 12 wickets at 25.66. In Twenty20s he took 7 wickets in five games at 18.28. His hit his best form came in the 50-overs format though, where he took 28 wickets in 15 games at 18.82.
Narine follows West Indies legspinner Devendra Bishoo as a recipient of the Emerging Player award, and that reflects the strong junior set-up in the Caribbean, he said: "We've a good junior set-up so hopefully the awards keep coming for us. I think this has been the best 12 months for me and I just keep adapting the best as possible.
"I need to digest this and [take things] one step at a time and enjoy every minute that I play. This award means a lot for me and it's an encouragement to keep going and continue to improve. I dedicate this award to my father who kept pushing me."
Dhoni leads ICC's one-day Team of the Year
India's MS Dhoni has been named captain of the ICC's ODI Team of the Year for 2011-12. This is the fifth year in a row that Dhoni has made the team.ICC one-day Team of the Year
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Cook, Sangakkara, Clarke and Ajmal were also named in the ICC's Test Team of the Year for 2011-12. It is the first time that Ajmal, Kohli and Finn are featuring in the one-day team.
Several South African batsmen who are near the top of the ODI rankings - such as Hashim Amla (currently No. 1) and AB de Villiers (No. 3) - are likely to have missed out because South Africa played very few ODIs between August 4, 2011 and August 6, 2012, the assessment period for picking the team.*
The team was announced on the eve of the ICC's annual awards function that will be held in Colombo on Saturday. It was picked by a panel consisting of former players: West Indies batsmen Clive Lloyd and Carl Hooper, Sri Lanka opener Marvan Attapatu, Australia allrounder Tom Moody and England Women's captain Clare Connor. The same panel had picked the Test Team of the Year last month.
Lloyd, who was the chairman of the selection panel, said: "This team, along with the Test Team of the Year was extremely difficult to decide upon. We feel the side has strength to bat well down the order, while also having a good variety for any type of conditions when it comes to its bowling attack."
Dave Richardson, the ICC's chief executive, emphasised the team's strength. "I think we can safely say that this is one of the strongest ODI Team of the Year selections ever in the awards history," Richardson said.
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