England all rounder Andrew Flintoff and South African all rounder Jacques Kallis shared the Sir Garifield Sobers Trophy for being voted as the ‘Player of the year’. England’s new sensation Kevin Pietersen won 2 awards – Emerging player and the ODI Player of the year. Kallis also won the Test Player of the year along with the main ‘Player of the year’ award.
The Award Winners under various categories are:
Emerging player : Kevin Pietersen (England)
Other Nominees : Aftab Ahmed (Bangladesh), Ian Bell (England), Dinesh Karthik (India), Abraham de Villiers (South Africa)
ODI player : Kevin Pietersen (England)
Other Nominees : Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds (Australia) and Andrew Flintoff (England)
Test player : Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
Other Nominees : Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne (Australia), Inzamam-ul Haq (Pakistan)
Player of the year : Andrew Flintoff (England) and Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
Other Nominees : Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath (Australia), Inzamam-ul Haq (Pakistan)
Umpire of the year : Simon Taufel (Australia)
Spirit of Cricket Award : England
ICC World Test Team of the year (in batting order) :
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Virender Sehwag (India)
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Graeme Smith (South Africa)
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Ricky Ponting (Captain, Australia)
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Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
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Brian Lara (West Indies)
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Inzamam Ul Haq (Pakistan)
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Andrew Flintoff (England)
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Adam Gilchrist (Wicketkeeper, Australia)
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Shane Warne (Australia)
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Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)
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Glenn McGrath (Australia)
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12th man: Anil Kumble (India)
ICC World ODI Team of the year (in batting order) :
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Marvan Atapattu (Captain, Sri Lanka)
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Adam Gilchrist (Wicketkeeper, Australia)
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Rahul Dravid (India)
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Kevin Pietersen (England)
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Inzamam Ul Haq (Pakistan)
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Andrew Flintoff (England)
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Andrew Symonds (Australia)
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Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
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Brett Lee (Australia)
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Naved ul Hasan (Pakistan)
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Glenn McGrath (Australia)
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12th man: Jacques Kallis (South Africa)