2010 ICC Awards

2010 ICC Awards
Date	6 October 2010
Presented by	ICC
Highlights
Cricketer of the Year	Sachin Tendulkar (1st award)
Test Player of the Year	Virender Sehwag (1st award)
ODI Player of the Year	AB de Villiers (1st award)
Emerging Player of the Year	Steven Finn
Website	www.icc-cricket.com
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The 2010 ICC Awards were held on 6 October 2010 in Bangalore, India in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA).^[1][2]

The ICC had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004, which were now into their seventh year. Previous events were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007, 2009) and Dubai (2008).

The ICC awards the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year, which is considered to be the most prestigious award in world cricket.^[3]

Chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Clive Lloyd, the ICC Selection Committee was charged with two main tasks. Using their experience, knowledge and appreciation of the game, they selected the ICC World XI Teams and provided a long list of nominations to the 25 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories.^[4]

Selection Committee members:

• Clive Lloyd (chairman)
• Angus Fraser
• Duncan Fletcher
• Matthew Hayden
• Ravi Shastri

• Sachin Tendulkar

• Virender Sehwag

• AB de Villiers

• Brendon McCullum, for scoring 116 not out off 56 deliveries against Australia at Lancaster Park in Christchurch on 28 February 2010

• Steven Finn

• Ryan ten Doeschate

• Aleem Dar

• Shelley Nitschke

•  India

• Sachin Tendulkar

MS Dhoni was selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the Test Team of the Year. Other players are:^[5]

• Virender Sehwag
• Simon Katich
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Hashim Amla
• Kumar Sangakkara
• Jacques Kallis
• MS Dhoni
• Graeme Swann
• James Anderson
• Dale Steyn
• Doug Bollinger

Ricky Ponting was selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year, with MS Dhoni also selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:^[6]

• Sachin Tendulkar
• Shane Watson
• Michael Hussey
• AB de Villiers
• Paul Collingwood
• Ricky Ponting
• MS Dhoni
• Daniel Vettori
• Stuart Broad
• Doug Bollinger
• Ryan Harris

The following are the short lists for the 2010 LG ICC Awards:^[7]

• Hashim Amla
• Virender Sehwag
• Graeme Swann
• Sachin Tendulkar

• Hashim Amla
• Virender Sehwag
• Dale Steyn
• Sachin Tendulkar

• Ryan Harris
• Sachin Tendulkar
• AB de Villiers
• Shane Watson

• Michael Hussey
• Mahela Jayawardene
• Brendon McCullum
• Ryan McLaren

• Umar Akmal
• Steven Finn
• Angelo Mathews
• Tim Paine

• Ryan ten Doeschate
• Trent Johnston
• Kevin O'Brien
• Mohammad Shahzad

• Aleem Dar
• Steve Davis
• Tony Hill
• Simon Taufel

• Katherine Brunt
• Shelley Nitschke
• Ellyse Perry
• Stafanie Taylor

• India
• New Zealand
•  Sri Lanka
•  Zimbabwe

• Michael Hussey
• Mahela Jayawardene
• Andrew Strauss
• Sachin Tendulkar^[8]
• AB de Villiers

The following are the nominations for the 2010 LG ICC Awards, initially announced on 18 August 2010:^{[9][10][11][12]}

• Hashim Amla
• Doug Bollinger
• Michael Clarke
• MS Dhoni
• Ryan Harris
• Mitchell Johnson
• Jacques Kallis
• Morné Morkel
• Ricky Ponting
• Kumar Sangakkara
• Virender Sehwag
• Dale Steyn
• Graeme Swann
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Daniel Vettori
• AB de Villiers
• Shane Watson

• Hashim Amla
• James Anderson
• Mohammad Asif
• Doug Bollinger
• MS Dhoni
• Tamim Iqbal
• Mahela Jayawardene
• Jacques Kallis
• Simon Katich
• Kumar Sangakkara
• Thilan Samaraweera
• Virender Sehwag
• Dale Steyn
• Graeme Swann
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Shane Watson

• Hashim Amla
• Doug Bollinger
• MS Dhoni
• Tillakaratne Dilshan
• Ryan Harris
• Michael Hussey
• Jacques Kallis
• Ricky Ponting
• Virender Sehwag
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Daniel Vettori
• AB de Villiers
• Shane Watson
• Cameron White

• Sulieman Benn
• Deandra Dottin
• Chris Gayle
• Michael Hussey
• Mahela Jayawardene
• Nuwan Kulasekara
• Brendon McCullum
• Ryan McLaren
• Eoin Morgan
• Nehemiah Odhiambo
• Ellyse Perry
• Suresh Raina
• Darren Sammy

• Mohammad Amir
• Umar Akmal
• Tim Bresnan
• Steven Finn
• Shafiul Islam
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Virat Kohli
• Angelo Mathews
• Eoin Morgan
• Pragyan Ojha
• Tim Paine
• Wayne Parnell
• Kemar Roach
• Steve Smith
• Paul Stirling
• David Warner

• Ashish Bagai
• Richie Berrington
• Mudassar Bukhari
• Tom Cooper
• Ryan ten Doeschate
• Trent Johnston
• Kevin O'Brien
• Mohammad Shahzad
• Samiullah Shenwari
• Paul Stirling

• Billy Bowden
• Aleem Dar
• Steve Davis
• Asoka de Silva
• Billy Doctrove
• Marais Erasmus
• Ian Gould
• Tony Hill
• Daryl Harper
• Rudi Koertzen
• Asad Rauf
• Simon Taufel
• Rod Tucker

• Suzie Bates
• Nicola Browne
• Katherine Brunt
• Sophie Devine
• Jhulan Goswami
• Lydia Greenway
• Sarah McGlashan
• Shelley Nitschke
• Ellyse Perry
• Leah Poulton
• Mithali Raj
• Gouher Sultana
• Stafanie Taylor

2010 saw the inaugural edition of the ICC Development Awards, exclusively for Associate nations.

Category	Winner	Additional notes
Best Overall Cricket Development Programme	Scotland
Best Women's Cricket Initiative	Japan
Best Junior Participation Initiative	Papua New Guinea
Best Cricket Promotion and Marketing Programme	Papua New Guinea  Ireland	PNG staged a Pacific Don't Drink and Drive Legend Event, with former international cricketers leading every side. Cricket Ireland staged a promotional activity before an ODI vs Australia, where both teams tried hurling at Croke Park.
Best Spirit of Cricket	Suriname	For organizing a charity tournament with all proceeds towards local orphanages
Photo of the Year	Bermuda	Awarded to Fiona Holmes
Volunteer of the Year	France	Awarded to Neil Saint
Lifetime Service Awards	United Arab Emirates	Awarded to Mazhar Khan

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• Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (Cricketer of the Year)
• ICC Test Player of the Year
• ICC ODI Player of the Year
• 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

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