ICC people choice adwards nominees - 2011

The LG People's Choice Awards allow cricket fans the unique chance to vote for a galaxy of international stars who have produced outstanding performances in the past year. For the second time in the history of the LG ICC Awards, fans had the opportunity to decide the winner. The short list, nominated by an elite panel of cricket experts headed by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, along with Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas, England's Mike Gatting, South Africa's Paul Adams and New Zealand's Danny Morrison, was selected using criteria set out by LG and the ICC.

This dictated that the nominees should have displayed some of the attributes regarded by LG as in line with their corporate qualities such as innovation, dynamism, strength in decision-making, performing well under pressure and executing a plan to distinction.

The players nominated were :-


Hashim Amla (South Africa), 
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India), 
Chris Gayle (West Indies), 
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) and 
Jonathan Trott (England). 



(1) Hashim Amla (South Africa)
 
 
 

(2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India)




(3) Chris Gayle (West Indies)
 

(4) Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 
 

(5) Jonathan Trott (England)



Voting has now closed with the winner being announced on 12 September at the LG ICC Awards in London.

ICC Test Team of the Year 2011 announced

The ICC today announced its Test Team of the Year, as chosen by a specially appointed selection panel chaired by West Indian batting legend Clive Lloyd. The announcement was made at the media conference to announce the short-lists for the LG ICC Awards 2011 which are due to be held in London on 12 September 2011. Presented in association with FICA, the LG ICC Awards recognise the best international players of the past 12 months. South Africa’s Dale Steyn makes it into the side for the fourth year running.

The ICC Test Team of the Year is (in batting order):

1. Alastair Cook (Eng)
2. Hashim Amla (SA)
3. Jonathan Trott (Eng)
4. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
5. Kumar Sangakkara (SL – wicketkeeper/captain)
6. AB de Villiers (SA)
7. Jacques Kallis (SA)
8. Stuart Broad (Eng)
9. Graeme Swann (Eng)
10. Dale Steyn (SA)
11. James Anderson (Eng)
12. Zaheer Khan (Ind) (12th man)

Four countries are represented in the 12-man line-up and South Africa’s Dale Steyn has earned a place in the ICC World Test Team of the Year for the fourth successive year. He was also a member of the ICC World Test Team of the Year 2008, 2009 and 2010.* India’s Sachin Tendulkar makes the line-up for the third year in a row – having appeared in the ICC World Test Team of the Year 2009 and 2010 while South Africans Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis, along with Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, and England duo of Graeme Swann and James Anderson all appearing for the second year in a row.

Former Sri Lanka skipper Sangakkara is named as captain of the team. The Chairman of the LG ICC Awards selection panel, Clive Lloyd, said: “The selection of this year’s Test team was a difficult one with so many worthy candidates available to fill just 12 places. The team has a formidable line-up that bats well down the order and has bowlers with the ability and form to dismiss any opposition twice on any surface. “The selection was a difficult process with so many outstanding performances available to look back on. All the top performers during the voting period were discussed at length and various combinations were considered. “While selecting the squad, the selectors didn’t rely only on statistics only but took into account all other factors like the opposition, pitch conditions, match situation etc. But when you have only 12 places to fill from a big group of world-class players, there will always be a few who will miss out.

“In the panel’s expert opinion, it has selected the best team based on performances over the past 12 months.”
Lloyd was joined on the panel by former South Africa spin bowler Paul Adams, former Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas, former New Zealand bowler-turned-commentator Danny Morrison and former England batsman Mike Gatting. Statistics were available as a guide but were not necessarily the overwhelming factor in the choices made. The ICC Test Team of the Year is one of two teams selected by the ICC selection panel along with the ODI line-up which will be announced at a special function the morning of the LG ICC Awards. 

LG ICC Awards Voting Panel members - 2011

The Selection Panel

The LG ICC Awards selection panel was charged with two main tasks: providing a long-list of nominations to the 25 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories and, using their experience, knowledge and appreciation of the game, select the ICC World Test and ODI teams.

Clive Lloyd (chairman)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the most recognisable and respected figures in world cricket, Lloyd captained the West Indies to the first two ICC Cricket World Cups (in 1975 and 1979) and played a crucial role in the overall success of the team during the 1970s and early 1980s. As a big, hard-hitting, left-handed batsman he scored more than 7,500 runs in 110 Tests, including 19 centuries, and was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1971. When he retired from playing, he remained involved as a coach, manager and ICC match referee and is currently the chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee.

Paul Adams
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since he broke out on the international scene in 1995, Adams' action formed the subject of a lot of discussion in cricketing circles. After much debate, it was decided that his unique action to deliver what some would call left-arm chinamen could best be described as 'A Frog in a Blender'. He formed a crucial spinning element in an attack dominated by such luminaries as Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock in the 1990s. Adams finally ended his career in 2004 with 134 wickets from his 45 Tests and since then has been working as a coach in Cape Town.

Zaheer Abbas
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His appetite for making first-class hundreds earned Zaheer Abbas the sobriquet, the Asian Bradman. His elegant batsmanship marked him out as one of the best of his era, having been one of the few to a century of centuries in first-class history. His successful Test career was also backed up by his excellent time at English county side, Gloucestershire where he made plenty of runs through his long career with them. Zaheer finally called time on his 16-year career in 1985 with 5062 runs from 78 Tests. Post retirement, Zaheer has been seen in the role of Pakistan team manager, ICC match-referee and also an expert commentator.

Danny Morrison
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Between the retirement of the great Sir Richard Hadlee and the arrival of Shane Bond, Morrison was New Zealand's best fast bowler. He was the lone strike bowler in an era dominated by gentle medium-pacers in the New Zealand line-up. He was quick and struck regularly with the ball to help New Zealand emerge as one of the sides to watch out for in the one-day international circuit in the early 1990s, especially ICC Cricket World Cup 1992. He once even held a world record for most number of ducks in Test cricket. Since his retirement in 1997, he is based in Australia, dividing time between doing commentary work across the cricketing world and his family.

Mike Gatting
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making 79 Test appearances, he hit 4409 runs, including 10 Test centuries, with a highest score of 207, and is remembered as one of the great England batman. He also made 92 ODI appearances, leading England to the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 1987, where it lost to Australia. He now works for the England and Wales Cricket Board.

The Voting Academy

The individual player awards presented tonight have been judged by an academy of 25 highly credentialed cricket personalities from around the world. The academy includes a host of former players and respected members of the media, representatives of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees.

The academy members were asked to cast their votes on a three-two-one basis (three being the highest vote value) for the individual awards from a list of players identified by the selection panel of Clive Lloyd, Zaheer Abbas, Mike Gatting, Paul Adams and Danny Morrison. The nominations from the Women's Cricketer of the Year were decided after a committee of former players, current administrators and journalists created a long list. The award was then voted for by a separate 25-person voting academy.

The Spirit of Cricket Award was voted on by all international captains as well as all members of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees. The Umpire of the Year Award was voted on by the captains and the match referees based on the umpires' performance statistics.

ICC nominees - 2011 (ICC Awards)

 

As part of the ICC's celebration of the game's heroes and role models, it stages the annual LG ICC Awards ceremony to recognise the major individual and team achievements in world cricket.The ceremony features 10 individual awards that over the years have honoured some of the biggest names in men's and women's international cricket and will be voted upon by a strong panel of former players, respected members of the media and an elite umpire and match referee.

The LG ICC Awards ceremony is now in its eighth year and the 2011 Awards will take place in London on 12 September. The event will be 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), Dubai (2008) and Bangalore (2010).

The nominations for seven of the awards will be made by a five-man ICC selection panel chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer, former West Indies captain and Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee Clive Lloyd. The panel also includes former South Africa bowler Paul Adams, former England captain Michael Atherton, former Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas and former New Zealand bowler Danny Morrison. This panel will also select the ICC Test and ODI teams of the year.

The winners of six of those individual awards will be voted upon by a 25 strong panel of renowned former players, respected members of the media, and an elite umpire and an elite match referee.The seventh individual award is the LG People's Choice Award. This award will be chosen by cricket fans around the world who will get a chance to vote for their favourite player on-line from a short-list of five cricketers who will be selected by the ICC selection panel on the basis of some really innovative parameters, in sync with the values that embody brand LG

Meanwhile, the nominations for the Women's Cricketer of the Year Award will be decided by a separate 25-person voting academy featuring former players and other experts on the women's game. The Spirit of Cricket Award will be voted on by all the Full Member international captains as well as all members of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees while the Full Member captains and elite match referees will vote on the Umpire of the Year Award.