M S Dhoni(wiki)The LG ICC Awards were held on 1st October 2009 in Johannesburg in South Africa.International Cricket Council has been hosting ICC Awards since 2004 and now is in its sixth year. The previous ones were held in London, Sydney, Mumbai, Johannesburg and Dubai. ICC awards Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year which is considered the most prestigious award in world cricket.
The Awards:
- Cricketer of the Year: Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
- Test Player of the Year: Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
- One-Day Player of the Year: M S Dhoni (India)
- Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Tillekratne Dilshan (SL).
- Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
- Spirit of Team Award: New Zealand
- Emerging Player of Year: Peter Siddle (Australia)
- Associate and Affiliate Player of Year Award: William Porterfield (Ireland)
- Women Cricketer of Year: Claire Taylor (England).
ICC World Test Team of the Year: Gautam Gambhir (India), Andrew Strauss (Eng), AB de Villiers (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Thilan Samraweera (Sri Lanka), Michael Clarke (Aus), MS Dhoni (India-captain), Shakib al Hasan (Bangladesh), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Stuart Broad (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA) and Harbhajan Singh ( 12th man; India).
ICC World ODI Team of the Year: Virender Sehwag (India), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Kevin Pietersen (England), Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Yuvraj Singh (India), Martin Guptill (New Zealand), MS Dhoni (Ind; capt., wk), Andrew Flintoff (England), Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka), Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka), Umar Gul (Pakistan). 12th man: Thilan Thushara (Sri Lanka).
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