England all-rounder Ben Stokes has won the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Player of the Year after a fabulous 12 months that saw him play a decisive role in England\u2019s dramatic victory at the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2019 along with a host of other memorable performances.<\/p>\n
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Stokes, who kept his nerve to smash an unbeaten 84 in the final against New Zealand, aggregated 719 runs and bagged 12 wickets in 20 ODIs during the voting period. He also scored 821 runs and took 22 wickets in 11 Tests, the highlight being an unbeaten 135 to win a nail-biting Ashes thriller in Leeds.<\/p>\n
Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins has been named the Test Player of the Year and India opener Rohit Sharma the ODI Player of the Year in other major men\u2019s ICC awards announced on Wednesday. India seamer Deepak Chahar won T20I Performance of the Year, Australia\u2019s Marnus Labuschagne has been named as Emerging Cricketer of the Year, whilst Scotland\u2019s Kyle Coetzer is the Associate Cricketer of the Year.<\/p>\n
India captain Virat Kohli, who had swept the Player of the Year, Test Player of the Year and ODI Player of the Year last year, has won the Spirit of Cricket Award. He won the award for his gesture at the World Cup, when he egged the crowd on to support Steve Smith rather than boo him soon after his return to international cricket from a one-year suspension for changing the condition of the ball. Kohli has also been named captain of both the ICC Test and ODI teams of the year.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, England umpire Richard Illingworth has become the seventh person to win the David Shepherd Trophy for Umpire of the Year. This is the first time that the 56-year-old has won the award named after the late umpire from England.<\/p>\n
ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney congratulated the winners of the awards this year and wished them all the best for the future.<\/p>\n
Manu Sawhney: \u201cOn behalf of the ICC, I would like to congratulate all of the individual 2019 award winners as well as those players named in the ICC Teams of the Year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe awards celebrate the world\u2019s best cricketers and this has undoubtedly been an extraordinary year for men\u2019s cricket. The highlight of course was the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2019 that ended in such dramatic fashion. Ben Stokes was, of course in the midst of all the action during the event from that quite incredible catch at the Oval right through to that epic final at Lord\u2019s and is a very deserving winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old Stokes was elated at winning the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy but remembered to credit his team and support staff.<\/p>\n
Ben Stokes
Ben Stokes
Ben Stokes: \u201cIt is quite flattering to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men\u2019s Cricketer of the Year. The past 12 months have been incredible for England cricket and to lift the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup for the first time was our greatest achievement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis award is testament to my teammates and the support staff that have been there every step of the way. Fundamentally, without the support of these individuals, we would never achieved our objective of lifting a major trophy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is an incredible bond between teammates and to savour our achievements, whether that\u2019s winning the World Cup Final at Lord\u2019s or digging deep to win a Test match against Australia at Headingley. It is satisfying you can accomplish these superb highs together.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe last 12 months have been the best in my career, and I believe what we attained will be the catalyst to achieve further success over the next few years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pat Cummins, who grabbed 59 wickets in 12 Test matches during the period and finished the year as the top-ranked bowler in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings, won the award staving off stiff competition including from compatriots Smith and Labuschagne.<\/p>\n
Pat Cummins
Pat Cummins
Pat Cummins: \u201cIt\u2019s a tremendous honour to be considered the best player of last year and one which was certainly unexpected. I owe much to my team, team-mates and all those involved in Australian cricket for what was a really successful year for the team. The highlight was certainly being able to retain the Ashes which was a great reward for the hard work that went into that tour.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rohit Sharma looked forward to carrying his form in the coming year, after an aggregate of 1409 runs from 28 matches with seven hundreds earned him the award for ODIs.<\/p>\n
Rohit Sharma: \u201cI would like to thank the ICC for giving me this award and the BCCI for giving me the opportunity to represent the country. It is great to be recognised in this fashion. We are very happy with the way we performed as a team in 2019. We could have done better but we have a lot of positives and a lot to look forward to in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chahar said his haul of six for seven against Bangladesh in Nagpur, which included a hat-trick, would always be cherished by him.<\/p>\n
Deepak Chahar: \u201cI am very happy to receive this award. I would like to thank the ICC for this award and to the BCCI for giving me a chance to represent my country. That performance was very special for me. I got an opportunity to play for India after a long time. Taking six wickets conceding only seven runs was a dream performance for me and will always remain close to my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n
Labuschagne was an easy winner of the Emerging Player award after scoring 1,104 runs in 11 Tests, which saw him zoom in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings from 110 at the start of the year to fourth by the end of the year.<\/p>\n
Marnus Labuschagne: \u201cIt\u2019s been exciting, it has been a great journey and I am very humbled with this award. It has been a great summer but the challenge is when you have a summer like that is to make sure you are backing it up and keep doing it. Being part of such a great team has been amazing, I have been very fortunate to be able to play in what is a great time for Australian cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n
India captain Virat Kohli was surprised to win the Spirit of Cricket Award and explained his reasons for backing Smith the way he did.<\/p>\n
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli: \u201cI\u2019m surprised that I have got it, after many years of being under the scanner for the wrong things. It is part of camaraderie that sportsmen must have with each other. That moment was purely understanding an individual\u2019s situation. I don\u2019t think a guy who is coming out of a situation like that needs to be taken advantage of. You can sledge, can have have banter on the field, you say things to the opposition in wanting to beat them. But booing someone is not in the spirit of any sport, I don\u2019t endorse it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, that should not be a representation of our fans and what we stand as a cricketing nation, a sporting nation. We need to all take responsibility towards that. Intimidate the opposition, definitely try and have an upper hand but in a matter that is not targeting someone emotionally. That is not acceptable at any level and people should be wary of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coetzer was surprised at winning the award in spite of leading the Associate batsmen in ODIs with 880 runs in 18 matches and also aggregating 702 runs in 22 T20Is.<\/p>\n
Kyle Coetzer: \u201cIt is a huge honour to have won the award. It was a huge shock, I certainly did not expect it, which makes it even more special. A big shout out needs to go to everyone who supported me throughout in 2019 \u2013 my family, my friends, all Cricket Scotland supporters who have come out through thick and thin, usually in some poor weather to be honest, everyone in the Cricket Scotland office as well as the backroom staff. A very special mention needs to go out to the players who support me on the field every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Illingworth thanked all of those who supported him over the years and was happy to join his predecessors already on the list.<\/p>\n
Richard Illingworth: \u201cIt\u2019s an honour and a privilege to be named umpire of the year. To join the prestigious list of previous recipients of the award is very humbling.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough umpiring can be seen to be quite individual, there\u2019s a huge amount done as a collective .I\u2019d like to thank all my fellow match officials, the ICC and the ECB offices who have been great sounding boards and inspirations over the years. Also, thank you to my coach Denis Burns who helps me a huge amount and puts a great perspective on tough days.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy family have been a tremendous support over the years and I\u2019m delighted to share this award with them.<\/p>\n
ICC Men\u2019s Cricket Awards<\/p>\n
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Best Cricketer of the Year \u2013 Ben Stokes (England)<\/p>\n
Test Cricketer of the Year \u2013 Pat Cummins (Australia)<\/p>\n
ODI Cricketer of the Year \u2013 Rohit Sharma (India)<\/p>\n
T20I Performance of the Year \u2013 Deepak Chahar (India, 6-7 v Bangladesh)<\/p>\n
Emerging Cricketer of the Year \u2013 Marnus Labuschagne (Australia)<\/p>\n
Associate Cricketer of the Year \u2013 Kyle Coetzer (Scotland)<\/p>\n
Spirit of Cricket Award \u2013 Virat Kohli stopping the fans booing Steve Smith at the Oval<\/p>\n
David Shepherd Trophy for Umpire of the Year \u2013 Richard Illingworth<\/p>\n
ICC Test Team of the Year (in batting order): Mayank Agarwal, Tom Latham, Marnus Labuschagne, Virat Kohli (captain), Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, BJ Watling (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Neil Wagner, Nathan Lyon.<\/p>\n
ICC ODI Team of the Year (in batting order): Rohit Sharma, Shai Hope, Virat Kohli (captain), Babar Azam, Kane Williamson, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav<\/p>\n
Both teams and the annual men\u2019s individual awards sides have been selected by a voting academy, which took into consideration player performances throughout the 2019 calendar year.<\/p>\n
The 2019 voting academy comprised the following members of the media and broadcasters:<\/p>\n
Javed Hamim, Emal Pasarly (Afghanistan); Peter Lalor, Daniel Brettig, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke (Aus); M. Farid Ahmed, Mohammad Isam, Athar Ali Khan (Ban); Lawrence Booth, Julian Guyer, Nasser Hussain, Isa Guha (Eng); Barry Chambers, Ian Callender, Niall O\u2019Brien (Ire); Neeru Bhatia, Gaurav Gupta, Deep Dasgupta, Sanjay Majrekar (Ind); Andrew Alderson, Mark Geenty, Danny Morrison, Ian Smith (NZ); Abdul Mohi Shah, Mazhar Arshad, Bazid Khan, Ramiz Raja (Pak); Lungani Zama, Neil Manthorp, Shaun Pollock (SA); Rex Clementine, Saroj Pathirana, Russel Arnold (SL); Mehluli Sibanda, Tristan Holme, Mpumelelo Mbangwa (Zim); Vinode Mamchan, Stephon Nicholas, Ian Bishop (WI); Peter Della Penna, Peter Borren, Lisa Sthalekar (Others)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Stokes, who kept his nerve to smash an unbeaten 84 in the final against New Zealand, aggregated 719 runs and bagged 12 wickets in 20 ODIs during the voting period. He also scored 821 runs and took 22 wickets in 11 Tests, the highlight being an unbeaten 135 to win a nail-biting Ashes thriller in Leeds.<\/p>\n
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