NEW DELHI: Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday bagged his maiden ICC Cricketer of the Year trophy along with the People's Choice Award, while compatriot Virender Sehwag was named the Test Cricketer of the Year at a glittering ceremony.
In Pics: ICC Awards Ceremony 2010
Tendulkar, who has an international career spanning over two decades, clinched the coveted trophy by beating South African Hashim Amla, Englishman Graeme Swann and Sehwag.
"It's better late than never. I am getting the award in the 21st year of my career, so it's fantastic. I have been working hard for this award," Tendulkar said after receiving the honour.
Tendulkar, who made his debut as a 16-year-old against Pakistan way back in November 15, 1989, was also named the winner of LG People's Choice Award.
"To play well is a challenge that you take in your stride and work hard to perform. I am doing this for the last 21 years and I take a lot of pride to play for my country," Tendulkar said.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named captain of the ICC's World Test XI, while Australia was chosen as the best ODI team of the period between August 2009 and 2010.
Team India won the Test Team of the Year whereas Australia bagged the ODI Team of the Year Award.
South Africa's AB de Villiers has won the ODI Player of the Year award.
De Villiers beat off tough competition from Sachin Tendulkar and the Australia duo of Shane Watson and Ryan Harris to take the prestigious award.
During the voting period, de Villiers played 16 ODIs and scored 855 runs at an average of 71.25 and at a rate of 103.38 runs per 100 balls faced. In that time he hit four 50s and four centuries making sure he led his team from the front when it came to batting.
England fast bowler Steven Finn has won the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award at the LG ICC Awards ceremony in Bengaluru.
The 21-year-old, who played in six Test matches in the voting period and took 27 wickets at an average of 21.85, has made an immediate impact within the England side with his extra pace and bounce since making his Test debut in March of this year.
Pakistan Umpire Aleem Dar has won the David Shepherd Trophy for the second time after being named ICC Umpire of the Year.
Dar,42, was voted to this award by the 10 Full Member captains as well as the eight-man Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, based on his decision statistics and officiating skills over the past 12 months.
It is the second year in a row that he has received the ICC award which has been newly named after the late England umpire David Shepherd and upon collecting the trophy from Chris Broad, Dar said: "I think the fact I'm still playing cricket in Pakistan makes me a good umpire, in the last four times I've played cricket I scored centuries so I definitely think that has helped.
West Indies great Joel Garner was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in the ceremony.
Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate has become the ICC Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year at the LG ICC Awards in Bengaluru.
The voting academy chose ten Doeschate over other top Associate and Affiliate players including Afghanistan's Mohammed Shahzad and the Ireland duo of Trent Johnston and Kevin O'Brien. It is the second time ten Doeschate has claimed the award, the first time he picked up the title was in 2008.
The LG ICC Awards ceremony is now in its seventh year. The event was staged in association with Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA). Previous ceremonies were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007 and 2009) and Dubai (2008).
The nominations for seven of the awards was made by a five-man ICC selection panel chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, former West Indies captain and Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee Clive Lloyd. The panel also includes former India captain Ravi Shastri, former England fast bowler Angus Fraser, ex- Zimbabwe batsman and England coach Duncan Fletcher and former Australia opener Matthew Hayden.
The ICC on Wednesday announced its Test and ODI Team of the Year, as chosen by a specially appointed selection panel chaired by West Indian batting legend Clive Lloyd.
ICC Test team of the year (in batting order):
Virender Sehwag (IND), Simon Katich (AUS), Sachin Tendulkar (IND), Hashim Amla (RSA), Kumar Sangakkara (SRI), Jacques Kallis (RSA), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND /capt and wicketkeeper), Graeme Swann (ENG), James Anderson (ENG), Dale Steyn (RSA), Doug Bollinger (AUS).
ICC ODI Team of the Year (in batting order):
Sachin Tendulkar (IND), Shane Watson (AUS), Michael Hussey (AUS), AB de Villiers (RSA), Paul Collingwood (ENG), Ricky Ponting (AUS/capt), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND - wicketkeeper), Daniel Vettori (NZL), Stuart Broad (ENG), Doug Bollinger (AUS), Ryan Harris (AUS).
Winner
Category
Nominees
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Cricketer of the Year
Hashim Amla (SA), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Graeme Swann (Eng), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind).
Virender Sehwag (Ind)
Test Player of the Year
Hashim Amla (SA), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Dale Steyn (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
AB de Villiers (SA)
ODI Player of the Year
Ryan Harris (Aus), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), AB de Villiers (SA), Shane Watson (Aus)
Steven Finn (Eng)
Emerging Player
Umar Akmal (Pak), Steven Finn (Eng), Angelo Mathews (SL), Tim Paine (Aus).
Brendon McCullum
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
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Michael Hussey, Mahela Jayawardena, Ryan McLaren, Brendon McCullum
Shelley Nitschke (AUS)
Women's Cricketer of the Year
Katherine Brunt (Eng), Shelley Nitschke (Aus), Ellyse Perry (Aus), Stafanie Taylor (WI)
Aleem Dar
Umpire of the Year
Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Tony Hill, Simon Taufel
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
LG People's Choice Award
Michael Hussey (Aus), Mahela Jayawardena (SL), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Andrew Strauss (Eng), AB de Villiers (SA)
New Zealand
Spirit of Cricket
India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
India
Test Team of the Year
Australia
ODI Team of the Year
MS Dhoni
Test Captain
Ricky Ponting
ODI Captain
Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year
Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
Trent Johnson (Ire)
Kevin O'Brien (Ire)
Mohammed Shahzad (Afg)
Read more: Sachin Tendulkar wins ICC Cricketer of the Year Award - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/Sachin-Tendulkar-wins-ICC-Cricketer-of-the-Year-Award/articleshow/6697993.cms#ixzz11ds09Dzy
In Pics: ICC Awards Ceremony 2010
Tendulkar, who has an international career spanning over two decades, clinched the coveted trophy by beating South African Hashim Amla, Englishman Graeme Swann and Sehwag.
"It's better late than never. I am getting the award in the 21st year of my career, so it's fantastic. I have been working hard for this award," Tendulkar said after receiving the honour.
Tendulkar, who made his debut as a 16-year-old against Pakistan way back in November 15, 1989, was also named the winner of LG People's Choice Award.
"To play well is a challenge that you take in your stride and work hard to perform. I am doing this for the last 21 years and I take a lot of pride to play for my country," Tendulkar said.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named captain of the ICC's World Test XI, while Australia was chosen as the best ODI team of the period between August 2009 and 2010.
Team India won the Test Team of the Year whereas Australia bagged the ODI Team of the Year Award.
South Africa's AB de Villiers has won the ODI Player of the Year award.
De Villiers beat off tough competition from Sachin Tendulkar and the Australia duo of Shane Watson and Ryan Harris to take the prestigious award.
During the voting period, de Villiers played 16 ODIs and scored 855 runs at an average of 71.25 and at a rate of 103.38 runs per 100 balls faced. In that time he hit four 50s and four centuries making sure he led his team from the front when it came to batting.
England fast bowler Steven Finn has won the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award at the LG ICC Awards ceremony in Bengaluru.
The 21-year-old, who played in six Test matches in the voting period and took 27 wickets at an average of 21.85, has made an immediate impact within the England side with his extra pace and bounce since making his Test debut in March of this year.
Pakistan Umpire Aleem Dar has won the David Shepherd Trophy for the second time after being named ICC Umpire of the Year.
Dar,42, was voted to this award by the 10 Full Member captains as well as the eight-man Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, based on his decision statistics and officiating skills over the past 12 months.
It is the second year in a row that he has received the ICC award which has been newly named after the late England umpire David Shepherd and upon collecting the trophy from Chris Broad, Dar said: "I think the fact I'm still playing cricket in Pakistan makes me a good umpire, in the last four times I've played cricket I scored centuries so I definitely think that has helped.
West Indies great Joel Garner was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in the ceremony.
Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate has become the ICC Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year at the LG ICC Awards in Bengaluru.
The voting academy chose ten Doeschate over other top Associate and Affiliate players including Afghanistan's Mohammed Shahzad and the Ireland duo of Trent Johnston and Kevin O'Brien. It is the second time ten Doeschate has claimed the award, the first time he picked up the title was in 2008.
The LG ICC Awards ceremony is now in its seventh year. The event was staged in association with Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA). Previous ceremonies were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007 and 2009) and Dubai (2008).
The nominations for seven of the awards was made by a five-man ICC selection panel chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, former West Indies captain and Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee Clive Lloyd. The panel also includes former India captain Ravi Shastri, former England fast bowler Angus Fraser, ex- Zimbabwe batsman and England coach Duncan Fletcher and former Australia opener Matthew Hayden.
The ICC on Wednesday announced its Test and ODI Team of the Year, as chosen by a specially appointed selection panel chaired by West Indian batting legend Clive Lloyd.
ICC Test team of the year (in batting order):
Virender Sehwag (IND), Simon Katich (AUS), Sachin Tendulkar (IND), Hashim Amla (RSA), Kumar Sangakkara (SRI), Jacques Kallis (RSA), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND /capt and wicketkeeper), Graeme Swann (ENG), James Anderson (ENG), Dale Steyn (RSA), Doug Bollinger (AUS).
ICC ODI Team of the Year (in batting order):
Sachin Tendulkar (IND), Shane Watson (AUS), Michael Hussey (AUS), AB de Villiers (RSA), Paul Collingwood (ENG), Ricky Ponting (AUS/capt), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND - wicketkeeper), Daniel Vettori (NZL), Stuart Broad (ENG), Doug Bollinger (AUS), Ryan Harris (AUS).
Winner
Category
Nominees
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Cricketer of the Year
Hashim Amla (SA), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Graeme Swann (Eng), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind).
Virender Sehwag (Ind)
Test Player of the Year
Hashim Amla (SA), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Dale Steyn (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
AB de Villiers (SA)
ODI Player of the Year
Ryan Harris (Aus), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), AB de Villiers (SA), Shane Watson (Aus)
Steven Finn (Eng)
Emerging Player
Umar Akmal (Pak), Steven Finn (Eng), Angelo Mathews (SL), Tim Paine (Aus).
Brendon McCullum
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
.
Michael Hussey, Mahela Jayawardena, Ryan McLaren, Brendon McCullum
Shelley Nitschke (AUS)
Women's Cricketer of the Year
Katherine Brunt (Eng), Shelley Nitschke (Aus), Ellyse Perry (Aus), Stafanie Taylor (WI)
Aleem Dar
Umpire of the Year
Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Tony Hill, Simon Taufel
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
LG People's Choice Award
Michael Hussey (Aus), Mahela Jayawardena (SL), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Andrew Strauss (Eng), AB de Villiers (SA)
New Zealand
Spirit of Cricket
India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe
India
Test Team of the Year
Australia
ODI Team of the Year
MS Dhoni
Test Captain
Ricky Ponting
ODI Captain
Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year
Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
Trent Johnson (Ire)
Kevin O'Brien (Ire)
Mohammed Shahzad (Afg)
Read more: Sachin Tendulkar wins ICC Cricketer of the Year Award - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/Sachin-Tendulkar-wins-ICC-Cricketer-of-the-Year-Award/articleshow/6697993.cms#ixzz11ds09Dzy
