ICC Awards
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The ICC Awards is a set of sports awards for cricket. The awards recognise and honour the best international cricket players of the previous 12 months.
The awards are sanctioned and administered by the International Cricket Council. The winners are determined by an academy made up of current captains, umpires, prominent former players, and respected media representatives.
Eight awards are presented:
- Cricketer of the Year
- Test Player of the Year
- One-day Player of the Year
- Test Team of the Year
- One-day Team of the Year
- Emerging Player of the Year
- Spirit of Cricket Award
- Umpire of the Year
The inaugural ICC Awards ceremony was held on 7 September, 2004, in London. The judging period covered is from 1 August, 2003, to 31 July, 2004, and includes all Test matches and one-day internationals played during that period.
The winners of various awards in the inaugural ICC Awards were:
- Player of the Year: Rahul Dravid (India)
- Test Player of the Year: Rahul Dravid (India)
- ODI Player of the Year: Andrew Flintoff (England)
- Emerging Player of the Year: Irfan Pathan (India)
- Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
- Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand
- World Test XI: Matthew Hayden, Herschelle Gibbs, Ricky Ponting (captain), Rahul Dravid, Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist, Chaminda Vaas, Shane Warne, Jason Gillespie, Steve Harmison
- World one-day XI: Adam Gilchrist, Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Gayle, Ricky Ponting (captain), Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag, Jacques Kallis, Andrew Flintoff, Shaun Pollock, Chaminda Vaas, Jason Gillespie