2008 ICC Awards
# 2008 ICC Awards

The 2008 ICC Awards were held on 10 September 2008 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Previous events were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006) and Johannesburg (2007). The ICC had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004 and was into its fifth year. They were presented in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) and honours for the Twenty20 International Performance 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 25-person panel of current and ex-players and officials from among players chosen by the ICC Selection Committee, chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Clive Lloyd.

Selection Committee members:

* Clive Lloyd (chairman)
* Greg Chappell
* Shaun Pollock
* Sidath Wettimuny
* Athar Ali Khan

## Award categories and winners

### Cricketer of the Year

* Shivnarine Chanderpaul

### Test Player of the Year

* Dale Steyn

### ODI Player of the Year

* MS Dhoni

### Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

* Yuvraj Singh, for scoring 58 runs off 16 deliveries against England at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa on 19 September 2007

### Emerging Player of the Year

* Ajantha Mendis

### Associate Player of the Year

* Ryan ten Doeschate

### Umpire of the Year

* Simon Taufel

### Women's Cricketer of the Year

* Charlotte Edwards

### Spirit of Cricket

* Sri Lanka

## ICC World XI Teams

### ICC Test Team of the Year

Graeme Smith was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were announced as follows:

* Graeme Smith
* Virender Sehwag
* Mahela Jayawardene
* Shivnarine Chanderpaul
* Kevin Pietersen
* Jacques Kallis
* Kumar Sangakkara (wicket-keeper)
* Brett Lee
* Ryan Sidebottom
* Dale Steyn
* Muttiah Muralitharan
* Stuart Clark (12th man)

### ICC ODI Team of the Year

Ricky Ponting was selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were announced as follows:

* Herschelle Gibbs
* Sachin Tendulkar
* Ricky Ponting
* Younis Khan
* Andrew Symonds
* MS Dhoni (wicket-keeper)
* Farveez Maharoof
* Daniel Vettori
* Brett Lee
* Mitchell Johnson
* Nathan Bracken
* Salman Butt (12th man)

## Short lists

### Cricketer of the Year

* Shivnarine Chanderpaul
* Mahela Jayawardene
* Graeme Smith
* Dale Steyn

### Test Player of the Year

* Shivnarine Chanderpaul
* Mahela Jayawardene
* Jacques Kallis
* Dale Steyn

### ODI Player of the Year

* Nathan Bracken
* MS Dhoni
* Sachin Tendulkar
* Mohammad Yousuf

### Twenty20 International Performance of the Year

* Chris Gayle
* MS Dhoni
* Brett Lee
* Yuvraj Singh

### Emerging Player of the Year

* Stuart Broad
* Ajantha Mendis
* Morné Morkel
* Ishant Sharma

### Associate Player of the Year

* Ryan ten Doeschate
* Niall O'Brien
* Alex Obanda
* Thomas Odoyo

### Umpire of the Year

* Mark Benson
* Aleem Dar
* Steve Davis
* Rudi Koertzen
* Simon Taufel

### Women's Cricketer of the Year

* Nicola Browne
* Charlotte Edwards
* Lisa Sthalekar
* Claire Taylor

### Spirit of Cricket

* Bangladesh
* New Zealand
* Sri Lanka
* West Indies
