ICC Awards Ceremony September 2007

[ZIDANE]

Australia's Ricky Ponting has been named cricketer of the year at the ICC Awards ceremony in Johannesburg, ahead of England's Kevin Pietersen.

Ponting was also named captain of the year after leading his side to their third successive World Cup title.

Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf was named top Test player while Aussie Matthew Hayden took the one-day version.

Aussie Shaun Tait was top emerging player, ahead of England's Ravi Bopara, Kiwi Ross Taylor and Saqibul Hasan.

India's Jhulan Goswami was named women's cricketer of the year, beating England's Claire Taylor to the gong.

And Australia's Simon Taufel scooped the umpires award for the fourth successive year, with Mark Benson one of those to miss out.

Pietersen was the only England player in the one-day international team of the year.

Australia dominated the composite team with Ponting, Matthew Hayden and Glenn McGrath being selected.


Cricketer of the Year: Ricky Ponting (AUS)
Other nominees:
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIS)
Kevin Pietersen (ENG)
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)

Test Player of the Year: Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)
Other nominees:
Muttiah Muralitharan (SRI)
Kevin Pietersen (ENG)
Ricky Ponting (AUS)

Emerging Player of the Year: Shaun Tait (AUS)
Other nominees:
Ravi Bopara (ENG)
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)
Ross Taylor (NZL)

Captain of the Year: Ricky Ponting (AUS)
Other nominee:
Mahela Jayawardene (SRI)

One-day Player of the Year: Matthew Hayden (AUS)
Other nominees:
Ricky Ponting (AUS)
Jacques Kallis (RSA)
Glenn McGrath (AUS)

One-day Player of the year for non-Test nations: Thomas Odoyo (KEN)
Other nominees:
Ashish Bagai (CAN)
Ryan ten Doeschate (NED)
Steve Tikolo (KEN)

Women's Cricketer of the Year: Jhulan Goswami (IND)
Other nominees:
Lisa Sthalekar (AUS)
Claire Taylor (ENG)

Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (AUS)
Other nominees:
Mark Benson (ENG)
Steve Bucknor (WIS)
Daryl Harper (AUS)

Spirit of Cricket Award: Sri Lanka
Other nominees:
Australia
Ireland
New Zealand


Who would have guessed it, Australia sweep up again.

I think most of them are fair though, Yousuf was always going to be front runner for what he did with the bat and the only arguable one to me is the one-day player - maybe Kallis should have got that.

 

[Utd heap]

The emerging player of the year award had quite a poor quality of nominees IMO. Shaun Tait won it, and he looks very raw, not sure if he'll be anywhere near Lee, let alone Mcgrath (different type of bowler)

 

[FlawlessThaw]

Thought Bopara was worth a shout.

 

[Utd heap]

Thought Bopara was worth a shout.

Did'nt really play enough Cricket. Tait played the tests aswell.

 

[ZIDANE]

The emerging player of the year award had quite a poor quality of nominees IMO. Shaun Tait won it, and he looks very raw, not sure if he'll be anywhere near Lee, let alone Mcgrath (different type of bowler)

Agreed in that sense, I always thought Tait emerged the season before anyway.

 

[Salvation]

Jhulan Goswami could also score a century against England

 

[crappycraperson]

Jhulan Goswami ki Jai.

 

[FlawlessThaw]

Looks like a bloke, I guess football and cricket does have its similarities...

 

[surf]

Murali is still as good as ever. A deserved nomination.