#)The LG ICC cricket awards alos famously called as CRICKET OSCARS were held held on 1st October 2009 in Johannesburg in South Africa, on the eve of first semifinals of the Champions trophy between Australia and England

#)Before the awards the nominations were held in Mumbai and the shortlisted candidates were announced on 15th september 2009

#)The awards were given based on the performance of the players between 13 August 2008 and 24 August 2009

#)The set up of the panel for th awrds was given a difficult task as it was selected by the 25 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories and, also by using their experience and knowledge select the ICC World Test and ODI teams.

#)The following are its members.

1. Clive Lloyd (chairman)
2. Anil Kumble
3. Mudassar Nazar
4. Stephen Fleming
5. Bob Taylor

Best cricketer of the year

Final Nomiations:

1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
2. Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
3. Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
4. Andrew Strauss (Eng)

Mitchell Johnson (Aus)

Test Player of the Year

Final Nomiations:

1. Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
2. Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
3. Thilan Samaraweera (SL)
4. Andrew Strauss (Eng)

Winner:

Gautam Gambhir (Ind)

ODI Player of the Year

Final Nomiations:

1. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
3. Virender Sehwag (Ind)
4. Yuvraj Singh (Ind)

Winner:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)

Emerging Player of the Year

Final Nomiations:

1. Ben Hilfenhaus (Aus)
2. Graham Onions (Eng)
3. Jesse Ryder (NZ)
4. Peter Siddle (Aus)

Winner:

Peter Siddle (Aus)

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

Final Nomiations:

1)Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) : 96 not out off 57 balls against the West Indies in the semi-final of the ICC WT20 at The Oval on 19 June, 2009

2)Shahid Afridi (Pak):51 off 34 balls and taking 2-16 against South Africa during the ICC WT20 semi-final in Nottingham on 18 June, 2009

3)Umar Gul (Pak) f: 5-6 against New Zealand during the ICC WT20 at The Oval on 13 June, 2009

4)Chris Gayle (WI) : 88 off 50 balls against Australia during the ICC WT20 at The Oval on 6 June, 2009

Winner:

Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)

Winner of Other Awards

Women's Cricketer of the Year:Claire Taylor, England

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year:William Porterfield, Ireland

Umpire of the Year:Aleem Dar, Pakistan

Spirit of Cricket:Team New Zealand

ICC ODI TEAM

1. Virender Sehwag(Ind)
2. Yuvraj Singh(Ind)
3. MS Doni(Captain)(Ind)
4. Chris Gayle(WI)
5. Kevin Pietersen(Eng)
6. Andrew Flintoff(Eng)
7. Tillakaratne Dilshan(SL)
8. Nuwan Kulasekara(SL)
9. Ajantha Mendis(SL)
10. Martin Guptill(NZ)
11. Umar Gul(Pak)
12. Thilan Thushara (SL)-12th man

ICC TEST TEAM

1. Gautam Gambhir(Ind)
2. Sachin Tendulkar(Ind)
3. MS Dhoni(Captain)(Ind)
4. Andrew Strauss(Eng)
5. AB de Villiers(SA)
6. Dale Steyn(SA)
7. Michael Clarke(Aus)
8. Mitchell Johnson(Aus)
9. Thilan Samaraweera(SL)
10. Shakib Al Hasan(Ban)
11. Stuart Broad(Eng)
12. Harbhajan Singh(Ind) :12th man

• Written by Raaghavan Krishnamurthy.
• In category Cricket.
• 15 years ago.

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