| 2009 ICC Awards | |
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| Date | 1 October 2009 |
| Presented by | ICC |
| Highlights | |
| Cricketer of the Year |  Mitchell Johnson(1st award) |
| Test Player of the Year |  Gautam Gambhir(1st award) |
| ODI Player of the Year | MS Dhoni (2nd award) |
| Emerging Player of the Year | Peter Siddle |
| Website | www |
The 2009 ICC Awards were held on 1 October 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa before the semi-finals of 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Nominations were announced in Mumbai in early September while short lists were announced on 15 September. These awards were given on the performance of the players between 13 August 2008 and 24 August 2009 and were presented in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA). Performances from both players and officials were taken into account during this period of time for the game.
The ICC had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004, which were now into their sixth year. Previous events were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006) and Dubai (2008), with Johannesburg also hosting in 2007. 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.
As the logo of these awards suggests, LG, one of the world's leading electronic brands, sponsored these awards along with other ICC sponsors.[1]
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 25 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories.
Selection Committee members:[2]
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Main article: ICC Test Player of the Year |
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Tillakaratne Dilshan, for scoring 96 not out off 57 deliveries against the West Indies in the semi-final of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 at The Oval on 19 June 2009|
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MS Dhoni was selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the Test Team of the Year. Other players are:[5]
Gautam Gambhir
Andrew Strauss
AB de Villiers Sachin Tendulkar Thilan Samaraweera Michael Clarke MS Dhoni
Shakib Al Hasan Mitchell Johnson Stuart Broad Dale Steyn Harbhajan Singh (12th man)|
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MS Dhoni was also selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the ODI Team of the Year. Other players are:[6]
The short lists for the 2009 ICC Awards were announced by the ICC on 15 September 2009 directly from Dubai.[7] They are the following:
The following are the nominations for the 2009 ICC Awards in different categories. They were announced by Virender Sehwag and Ravi Shastri in the presence of ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat.[8]
Shivnarine Chanderpaul Tillakaratne Dilshan MS Dhoni Gautam Gambhir Shakib Al Hasan Mitchell Johnson Graham Onions Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara Harbhajan Singh Andrew Strauss
Daniel Vettori AB de Villiers Stuart Broad Michael Clarke MS Dhoni Tillakaratne Dilshan Gautam Gambhir Shakib Al Hasan Mitchell Johnson V.V.S. Laxman Jesse Ryder Thilan Samaraweera Ramnaresh Sarwan Peter Siddle Harbhajan Singh Graeme Smith Dale Steyn Andrew Strauss Graeme Swann Daniel Vettori AB de Villiers Shivnarine Chanderpaul MS Dhoni Andrew Flintoff Chris Gayle
Umar Gul Martin Guptill Michael Hussey Nuwan Kulasekara Ajantha Mendis Muttiah Muralitharan Yuvraj Singh Virender Sehwag Thilan Thushara Shahid Afridi Saeed Ajmal Dwayne Bravo
Alex Cusack Tillakaratne Dilshan Chris Gayle Umar Gul David Hussey Sanath Jayasuriya Zaheer Khan Ajantha Mendis Wayne Parnell Abdur Razzak David Warner Martin Guptill Ben Hilfenhaus Phillip Hughes Amit Mishra Graham Onions Kemar Roach Jesse Ryder Peter Siddle
Rizwan Cheema Khurram Chohan Alex Cusack
Ryan ten Doeschate Trent Johnston
Neil McCallum Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien William Porterfield Boyd Rankin Edgar Schiferli
Steve Tikolo Regan West Bas Zuiderent
