The 2012 ICC Awards were held on 15 September 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The ICC had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004, which were now into their ninth year. Previous events were held in London (2004, 2011), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007, 2009), Dubai (2008) and Bangalore (2010). 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.
Selection Committee
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 32 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories.
Selection Committee members:
Clive Lloyd (chairman) Marvan Atapattu Tom Moody Carl Hooper Clare Connor
Award categories and winners
Cricketer of the Year
Kumar Sangakkara
Test Player of the Year
Kumar Sangakkara
ODI Player of the Year
Virat Kohli
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Richard Levi, for scoring 117 not out off 51 deliveries against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on 19 February 2012
Emerging Player of the Year
Sunil Narine
Associate Player of the Year
George Dockrell
Umpire of the Year
Kumar Dharmasena
Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year
Stafanie Taylor
Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year
Sarah Taylor
Spirit of Cricket
Daniel Vettori, for refraining from appealing during the only Test match against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on 5 November 2011
LG People's Choice Award
Kumar Sangakkara
ICC World XI Teams
ICC Test Team of the Year
Michael Clarke was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year, with Matt Prior selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:
Alastair Cook
Hashim Amla
Kumar Sangakkara
Jacques Kallis
Michael Clarke
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Matt Prior
Stuart Broad
Saeed Ajmal
Vernon Philander
Dale Steyn
AB de Villiers (12th man)
ICC ODI Team of the Year
For the third time in his career, MS Dhoni was selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the ODI Team of the Year. Other players are:
Gautam Gambhir
Alastair Cook
Kumar Sangakkara
Virat Kohli
MS Dhoni
Michael Clarke
Shahid Afridi
Morné Morkel
Steven Finn
Lasith Malinga
Saeed Ajmal
Shane Watson (12th man)
Short lists
The short lists for the 2012 LG ICC Awards were announced by the ICC on 30 August 2012. They are the following:
Cricketer of the Year
Hashim Amla
Michael Clarke
Vernon Philander
Kumar Sangakkara
Test Player of the Year
Hashim Amla
Michael Clarke
Vernon Philander
Kumar Sangakkara
ODI Player of the Year
MS Dhoni
Virat Kohli
Lasith Malinga
Kumar Sangakkara
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Chris Gayle
Richard Levi
Ajantha Mendis
Emerging Player of the Year
Doug Bracewell
Dinesh Chandimal
Sunil Narine
James Pattinson
Associate Player of the Year
Kevin O'Brien
George Dockrell
Ed Joyce
Paul Stirling
Dawlat Zadran
Umpire of the Year
Billy Bowden
Aleem Dar
Kumar Dharmasena
Richard Kettleborough
Simon Taufel
Rod Tucker
Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year
Lydia Greenway
Anisa Mohammed
Sarah Taylor
Stafanie Taylor
Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year
Alyssa Healy
Lisa Sthalekar
Sarah Taylor
Stafanie Taylor
Spirit of Cricket
Mohammad Hafeez
Jacques Kallis
Daniel Vettori
AB de Villiers
LG People's Choice Award
James Anderson
Jacques Kallis
Vernon Philander
Kumar Sangakkara
Sachin Tendulkar
Nominations
The following are the nominations for the 2012 LG ICC Awards: