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The ICC Awards recognise and honour the most significant players and their performances in the past 12 months in the men’s and women’s international cricket. The International Cricket Council (ICC) constituted the awards in 2004. The selection of winners is done by a voting process which took place between a specially selected panel, including the prominent former players, an elite group of the ICC umpires and match referees and the respected members of the media.
This trophy is bestowed on the best overall male performer of the year in International cricket in all the formats (Tests, ODIs and T20Is). The award is named after former West Indies cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers and is established to honour the best performer with the cricket’s ultimate individual award.
The Test Player of the Year award is presented to the best overall male performer in the Test Cricket in the past one year.
This award is presented annually to the male cricketer who has impressed the most with his performance in the ODI cricket in the last year.
This trophy is bestowed on the best male player of T20Is who has overwhelmed everyone with his batting, bowling or an all-round performance in the past 12 months.
This award is presented to the most promising young player of the year, provided that he is less than 26 years of age and has not played more than 5 Tests, 10 ODIs and 5 T20Is at the start of the voting period.
This honour is given to the best male player of the year in Associate or Affiliate Cricket (ODIs, T20Is, ICC CWC Qualifier event, 50 over League and Intercontinental Cup).
This honour is awarded to the best players of the year from around the globe in the Test cricket. This team doesn’t actually compete but exists as an honourary entity.
It is an honour presented by ICC each year to the top cricketers across the world in the ODI cricket. Like Test Team of the Year, this team also doesn’t actually compete but exists as an honourary entity.
This trophy is bestowed on the best overall female performer of the year in International cricket in all the formats (Tests, ODIs and T20Is). The award was introduced first in 2006, which in 2012 was separated into two categories – ODI Player of the Year and T20I Player of the Year and was reintroduced in 2017 along with these two categories.
This award is presented annually to the female cricketer who has impressed the most with her performance in the ODI cricket in the past one year.
The Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year award is presented to the best overall female performer in T20I Cricket in the past one year.
This award is presented to the most promising young female player of the year, provided that she is less than 26 years of age and has not played more than 6 ODIs and 10 T20Is at the start of the voting period.
This honour is awarded to the best female players of the year from around the globe in the ODI cricket. This team doesn’t actually compete but exists as an honourary entity.
It is an honour presented by ICC each year to the top female cricketers across the world in the T20I cricket. Like ODI Team of the Year, this team also doesn’t actually compete but exists as an honourary entity.
This honour is bestowed on the individual or team who has best projected the ‘Spirit of Cricket’ through its gesture, action, moment or decision on the field of the play in International cricket in the previous one year. The winner is decided by the members of the elite panel of ICC match Referees and Umpires.
This honour is conferred on the best umpire of the year in International Cricket in all the formats (Tests, ODIs and T20Is). The winner is presented the David Shepherd Trophy (studded with over 4200 Swarovski crystal stones), which was named after the famous English Umpire David Shepherd. Voting to decide the winner is done amongst the captains of the 10 Test-playing nations and the elite panel of the ICC Match Referees.
This award is introduced by the ICC in 2017 to honour the best cricket moment of the year, in which the fans of the sport decide the winner.
Updated On : 24 Jun, 2019
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