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ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer Of The Year
The ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year is an annual award presented since 2004 by the International Cricket Council to the best young cricketer. It is one of the annual ICC Awards. Criteria Players eligible for this award must be under 30 years of age at the start of the voting period and have played no more than 5 Tests and/or 10 ODIs before that date, but can only win it one time. Selection The recipient of the annual award is selected by an "academy" of 56 individuals (expanded from 50 in 2004), including the current national team captains of the Test-playing nations (10), members of the elite panel of ICC umpires and referees (18), and certain prominent former players and cricket correspondents (28). In the event of a tie in the voting, the award is shared. List of Winners Wins by country See also * ICC Awards The ICC Awards is an International cricket award presented annually by the sport's governing body, ICC. The first awarding ceremony was held on 7 Sep ...
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ICC Awards
The ICC Awards is an International cricket award presented annually by the sport's governing body, ICC. The first awarding ceremony was held on 7 September 2004 in London, England. Between 2009 and 2014 the awards were known as the LG ICC Awards for sponsorship reasons. Virat Kohli holds the record for most awards by an individual with 10 awards, and most appearances in teams with 14 appearances. In Women's section, Ellyse Perry and Smriti Mandhana hold respective records with 6 awards and 9 appearances. Men's awards Cricketer Of the Decade Cricketer of the Year Test Cricketer Of The Decade Test Cricketer Of The Year ODI Cricketer Of The Decade ODI Cricketer Of The Year T20I Cricketer Of The Decade T20I Cricketer of the Year Emerging Cricketer Of The Year Associate Cricketer Of The Decade Associate Cricketer Of The Year Test Team Of The Decade Test Team Of The Year ODI Team Of The Decade ODI Team Of The Year T20I Team O ...
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Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir (born 14 October 1981) is the Head coach of the Indian cricket team. He is also a former international cricketer, former politician, and philanthropist. He played for India in all formats of the game between 2003 and 2016. He was a member of the 17th Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024 representing East Delhi constituency from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He received the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2019, the fourth highest civilian award in India. As a cricketer, Gambhir was a left-handed opening batsman who played domestic cricket for Delhi, and captained Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Bangladesh in 2003, and played his first Test the following year against Australia. He captained the Indian team in six ODIs from late 2010 to late 2011 with India winning all six matches. He played an integral part in India's wins in the finals of both the 2007 World ...
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Ravi Bopara
Ravinder Singh Bopara (born 4 May 1985) is an English cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire and has represented the England national team. Originally a top-order batsman, his developing medium pace bowling has made him a batting all rounder in the one day game. Bopara has also played for Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League, Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League, and Chittagong Vikings in the Bangladesh Premier League. Bopara was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. Bopara was first called up to the England One Day International team in 2007, before a difficult Test debut in Sri Lanka saw him dropped in early 2008 after a string of three ducks. He regained his place for a Test against the West Indies in the winter of 2008–09; on his return to the side, Bopara became the fifth batsman to score three consecutive Test centuries for England. Despite this success, during the 2009 Ashes Bo ...
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Shaun Tait
Shaun Tait (born 22 February 1983) is a former Australian professional cricketer who was appointed as the bowling coach of the Pakistan national cricket team in February 2022. He played as a right arm fast bowlerShaun Tait – ESPNcricinfo Profile
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2007 ICC Awards
The 2007 ICC Awards were held on 10 September 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Previous events were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005) and Mumbai (2006). Having been hosted since 2004, the ICC Awards were now into their fourth year. They were presented in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) and honours for Associate Player of the Year were also awarded for the first time. 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. Selection Committee Nominees were voted on by a 56-member academy of current and ex-players and officials from among players chosen by the ICC Selection Committee, chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar. Selection Committee members: * Sunil Gavaskar (chairman) * Chris Cairns * Gary Kirsten * Iqbal Qasim * Alec Stewart Winners and nominees The winners and nominees of various individual awards were: ...
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Shahriar Nafees
Shahriar Nafees Ahmed (; born: 1 May 1985) is a former Bangladeshi cricketer, who played all formats of the game, and was also a former T20I captain for Bangladesh. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Bangladesh in 2005 against England, and later the same year played his first Test. In 2008 he joined the Indian Cricket League (ICL) as part of the Dhaka Warriors. The members of the team were given 10-year bans by the Bangladesh Cricket Board which were lifted when they left the league. Nafees has since returned to the national team. Domestically he played for Barisal Division. In February 2021, Nafees announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Personal life Nafees was born on 1 May 1985 at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka Cantonment. He is the eldest of three sons of retired army officer Mohiuddin Ahmed and his wife Salma Anjum. He completed his secondary education from St Joseph Higher Secondary School in 2001 and his higher secondary education fro ...
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Upul Tharanga
Warushavithana Upul Tharanga (born 2 February 1985), commonly known as Upul Tharanga () is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer. A former limited-overs captain, Tharanga played all formats of the game. He was a left-handed opening batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper. On 23 February 2021, Upul announced his retirement from international cricket. He is the current national chief selector of both Sri Lanka men's and women's cricket teams. Early and domestic career Born on 2 February 1985 as the youngest of the family, Tharanga was born at Balapitiya General Hospital. His father Warushavithanage Bhadrasoma was a fish market dealer. His mother R.J Padma is a housewife and Tharanga has one elder brother Nuwan Tharanga and one elder sister Kumesha Manori. Though his brother used to enjoy swimming, Tharanga chose cricket at the younger age. He first attended Devananda College, Ambalangoda, and passed grade 5 scholarship in 1995. Since then, Tharanga had his secondary educatio ...
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Mohammad Asif (cricketer)
Mohammad Asif (Punjabi language, Punjabi: , born 20 December 1982) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistani national cricket team between 2005 and 2010. A native of Sheikhupura, Asif played first-class cricket for Khan Research Laboratories, Khan Research Labs, National Bank of Pakistan cricket team, the National Bank, Quetta, Sheikhupura, Sialkot cricket team, Sialkot and Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire. He made his Test cricket, Test match debut for the Pakistan cricket team against Australian cricket team, Australia in January 2005. In 2010, Asif was ranked the second leading Test bowler, behind Dale Steyn. In 2006, Asif tested positive for anabolic steroid Nandrolone, leading to the imposition of a ban which was later overturned on appeal. He was later withdrawn from Pakistan's World Cup squad with an unrelated injury. Further cricket controversy followed when in 2008 he was detained in Dubai suspected of having drugs on his person an ...
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Malinga Bandara
Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara (born 31 December 1979), commonly known as Malinga Bandara, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman who bowled leg breaks. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. He was the coach of the Sri Lankan team which finished as runners-up at the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Domestic career In Sri Lankan domestic cricket, Bandara played for a variety of sides. Having spent the previous two summers at Normandy CC of the Surrey Championship, turning out in 55 games for the club. He also played county cricket for Gloucestershire during the 2005 season, he took 45 wickets in eight matches and was so successful he was named Gloucestershire's Player of the Season. He joined Kent County Cricket Club for the 2010 season. International career Bandara made his Test debut against New Zealand in 1998 but performed poorly and was subsequently dropped. A useful performance against England 'A' in March 2005 (secu ...
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Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin (born 13 March 1985) is a former Trinidadian cricketer who played as a right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman. Ramdin formerly captained the West Indies, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Trinidad and Tobago and the Combined Campuses and Colleges. He was a member of the West Indies team that won both the 2012 T20 World Cup and the 2016 T20 World Cup. Ramdin scored four Test hundreds with a highest innings of 166 against England in 2009, this is the second-highest score made by a West Indies wicket-keeper in Tests. His best ODI score of 169, against Bangladesh in 2014, is also the second-highest made by a West Indies keeper in that format. Ramdin is also third, behind Jeff Dujon and Ridley Jacobs, in both Test and ODI wicketkeeping dismissals for the Windies respectively. Early career Ramdin began playing cricket as a fast bowler but took up wicket-keeping because he was bored when not bowling. According to Ramdin he did not receive much coaching early in his career, thou ...
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Alastair Cook
Sir Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December 1984) is an English former cricketer and former captain (cricket), captain of the England Test Cricket, Test and One-Day International, ODI teams. He is considered one of the greatest opening batsmen in Test cricket. Cook is List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket#Players with 10,000 or more Test runs, the sixth-highest Test run scorer of all time and second-highest run scorer for England ever. He retired from Test cricket in September 2018 and played for Essex County Cricket Club in English domestic cricket until 2023, while also working for the BBC Radio, BBC radio programme ''Test Match Special'', between his commitments for Essex. Cook is England's most-capped specialist test batsman and captained the England team in 59 Tests, as well as in 69 ODIs. He is the second highest run-scorer in Test matches for England, and the youngest player to score 12,000 Test runs (the sixth overall). Cook scored a record ...
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2006 ICC Awards
The 2006 ICC Awards were held on 3 November 2006 in Mumbai, India. The annual awards had been instigated in London in 2004 and in 2005 they were announced in Sydney. They were sponsored by Hyundai and conducted during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. For the first time, honours for both Captain of the Year and Women's Cricketer of the Year were awarded. Selection Committee Nominees were voted on by a 56-member academy of current and ex-players and officials from among players chosen by the ICC Selection Committee, chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar. Selection Committee members: * Sunil Gavaskar (chairman) * Allan Donald * Ian Healy * Arjuna Ranatunga * Waqar Younis Winners and nominees The winners and nominees of various individual awards were: Cricketer of the Year *Winner: Ricky Ponting (Aus) *Nominees: Shane Warne (Aus), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Michael Hussey (Aus), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Mohammad Yousuf (Pak), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Mahela Jayawardene ( ...
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