The ICC Awards is a set of sports awards for cricket. The awards recognize and honor the best international cricket players of the previous 12 months. The Awards has been institutionalized by International Cricket Council since 2004 as part of the ICC’s celebration of the game’s heroes and role models.

This year the ceremony features eleven awards that over the years have honored some of the biggest names in men’s and women’s international cricket.The LG ICC Awards ceremony is now in its sixth year and in 2009 will take place in Johannesburg around the ICC Champions Trophy. Previous ceremonies were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007) and Dubai (2008).

This year’s LG ICC Awards includes eight individual prizes, including the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year. The winners of seven of these individual awards will be voted upon by a 25-person panel from around the world, made up of renowned former players, respected members of the media, and an elite umpire and elite match referee. Meanwhile, the nominations for the Women’s Cricketer of the Year Award will be voted on by a separate 16-person voting academy featuring former players and other experts on the women’s game.

The other three awards are the ICC Test Team of the Year, the ICC ODI Team of the Year and the Spirit of Cricket Award. Based on the 12 months between August 2008 and August 2009, the LG ICC Awards 2009 – presented in association with FICA – will take into account performances by players and officials in a remarkable period for the game.

The ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in association with FICA was introduced as part of the ICC centenary celebrations at the start of 2009. This Hall of Fame was launched with 55 founding members and the first new inductees will be announced and receive commemorative caps at the LG ICC Awards ceremony.

Nominations:

Cricketer of the Year:

• Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI),
• Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL),
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind),
• Gautam Gambhir (Ind),
• Saqib Al Hasan (Ban),
• Mitchell Johnson (Aus),
• Graham Onions (Eng),
• Thilan Samaraweera (SL),
• Kumar Sangakkara (SL),
• Harbhajan Singh (Ind),
• Graeme Smith (SA),
• Andrew Strauss (Eng),
• Daniel Vettori (NZ),
• AB de Villiers (SA)

Test Player of the Year:

• Stuart Broad (Eng),
• Michael Clarke (Aus),
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind),
• Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL),
• Gautam Gambhir (Ind),
• Saqib Al Hasan (Ban),
• Mitchell Johnson (Aus),
• VVS Laxman (Ind),
• Jesse Ryder (NZ),
• Thilan Samaraweera (SL),
• Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI),
• Peter Siddle (Aus),
• Harbhajan Singh (Ind),
• Graeme Smith (SA),
• Dale Steyn (SA),
• Andrew Strauss (Eng),
• Graeme Swann (Eng),
• Daniel Vettori (NZ),
• AB de Villiers (SA)

ODI Player of the Year:

• Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI),
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind),
• Andrew Flintoff (Eng),
• Chris Gayle (WI),
• Umar Gul (Pak),
• Martin Guptill (NZ),
• Michael Hussey (Aus),
• Nuwan Kulasekara (SL),
• Ajantha Mendis (SL),
• Muttiah Muralidaran (SL),
• Yuvraj Singh (Ind),
• Virender Sehwag (Ind),
• Thilan Thushara (SL)

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year:

• Shahid Afridi (Pak),
• Umer Gul (Pak),
• Saeed Ajmal (Pak),
• Dwayne Bravo (WI),
• Alex Cusack (Ire),
• Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL),
• Chris Gayle (WI),
• David Hussey (Aus),
• Sanath Jayasuriya (SL),
• Zaheer Khan (Ind),
• Ajantha Mendis (SL),
• Wayne Parnell (SA),
• Abdur Razzak (Ban),
• David Warner (Aus),

Women’s Cricketer of the Year:

• Suzie Bates (NZ),
• Holly Colvin (Eng),
• Charlotte Edwards (Eng),
• Laura Marsh (Eng),
• Sana Mir (Pak),
• Shelley Nitschke (Aus),
• Mithali Raj (Ind),
• Karen Rolton (Aus),
• Priyanka Roy (Ind),
• Lisa Sthalekar (Aus),
• Claire Taylor (Eng),
• Sarah Taylor (Eng),
• Stafanie Taylor (WI),
• Haidee Tiffin (NZ),
• Aimee Watkins (NZ)

Umpire of the Year:

• Billy Bowden,
• Aleem Dar,
• Steve Davis,
• Ian Gould,
• Tony Hill,
• Daryl Harper,
• Asad Rauf,
• Simon Taufel

Emerging Player:

• Martin Guptill (NZ),
• Ben Hilfenhaus (Aus),
• Philip Hughes (Aus),
• Amit Mishra (Ind),
• Graham Onions (Eng),
• Kemar Roach (WI),
• Jesse Ryder (NZ),
• Peter Siddle (Aus)

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year:

• Rizwan Cheema (Can),
• Khurram Chohan (Can),
• Alex Cusack (Ire),
• Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned),
• Trent Johnston (Ire),
• Neil McCallum (Sco),
• Kevin O’Brien (Ire),
• Niall O’Brien (Ire),
• William Porterfield (Ire),
• Boyd Rankin (Ire),
• Edgar Schiferli (Ned),
• Steve Tikolo (Ken),
• Regan West (Ire),
• Bas Zuiderent (Ned)