NEW DELHI: Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has won the ICC Cricketer of the Year Award in the ICC Annual Award held in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Sachin also won the People's Choice Award, the category which was introduced for the first time by the ICC. This award was chosen by cricket fans around the world who voted for their favourite player on-line from a short-list of five cricketers selected by the ICC selection panel on the basis of some really innovative parameters, in sync with the values that embody brand LG.
Whereas Indian opener Virender Sehwag won the Test Player of the Year and South African AB de Villiers bagged the ODI Player of the Year.
Team India won the Test Team of the Year whereas Australia bagged the ODI Team of the Year Award.
England fast bowler Steven Finn has won the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award at the LG ICC Awards ceremony in Bengaluru.
The 21-year-old, who played in six Test matches in the voting period and took 27 wickets at an average of 21.85, has made an immediate impact within the England side with his extra pace and bounce since making his Test debut in March of this year.
West Indies great Joel Garner was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in the ceremony.
Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate has become the ICC Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year at the LG ICC Awards in Bengaluru.
The voting academy chose ten Doeschate over other top Associate and Affiliate players including Afghanistan's Mohammed Shahzad and the Ireland duo of Trent Johnston and Kevin O'Brien. It is the second time ten Doeschate has claimed the award, the first time he picked up the title was in 2008.
The LG ICC Awards ceremony is now in its seventh year. The event was staged in association with Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA). Previous ceremonies were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007 and 2009) and Dubai (2008).
The nominations for seven of the awards was made by a five-man ICC selection panel chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, former West Indies captain and Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee Clive Lloyd. The panel also includes former India captain Ravi Shastri, former England fast bowler Angus Fraser, ex- Zimbabwe batsman and England coach Duncan Fletcher and former Australia opener Matthew Hayden.
Winner
Category
Nominees
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Cricketer of the Year
Hashim Amla (SA), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Graeme Swann (Eng), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind).
Virender Sehwag (Ind)
Test Player of the Year
Hashim Amla (SA), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Dale Steyn (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
AB de Villiers (SA)
ODI Player of the Year
Ryan Harris (Aus), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), AB de Villiers (SA), Shane Watson (Aus)
Steven Finn (Eng)
Emerging Player
Umar Akmal (Pak), Steven Finn (Eng), Angelo Mathews (SL), Tim Paine (Aus).
Brendon McCullum
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
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Michael Hussey, Mahela Jayawardena, Ryan McLaren, Brendon McCullum
Women's Cricketer of the Year
Katherine Brunt (Eng), Shelley Nitschke (Aus), Ellyse Perry (Aus), Stafanie Taylor (WI)
Aleem Dar
Umpire of the Year
Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Tony Hill, Simon Taufel
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
LG People's Choice Award
Michael Hussey (Aus), Mahela Jayawardena (SL), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Andrew Strauss (Eng), AB de Villiers (SA)
Spirit of Cricket
India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
India
Test Team of the Year
Australia
ODI Team of the Year
Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year
Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
Trent Johnson (Ire)
Kevin O'Brien (Ire)
Mohammed Shahzad (Afg)
Read more: Sachin Tendulkar wins ICC Cricketer of the Year Award - The Times of India
Sachin Tendulkar wins ICC Cricketer of the Year Award - The Times of India
