ICC Annual Awards 2016: In the annual awards hosted by International Cricket Council(ICC), the winner names for the respective awards are announced by the international body today. The selective of the players succeeds to leave a mark in the cricketing year 2016 and for that ICC will honour them either.
ICC hosts the annual awards in 10 different categories including two for women cricketers. ICC on Thursday announced the winners List for the year 2016.
And the winners for ICC Annual Awards 2016 are as follows:
1. ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2016
Winner: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
Pakistan's captain, Misbah-ul-Haq, wins the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award! #SpiritofCricket #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/RRLEDcmANe
— ICC (@ICC) December 22, 2016
2. ICC Umpire of the Year 2016
Winner: Marais Erasmus(Originally from South Africa)
Marais Erasmus has been named ICC Umpire of the Year 2016! Congratulations! #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/a1QpWOh8xj
— ICC (@ICC) December 22, 2016
3. ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016
Winner: Ravichandran Ashwin(India)
Ravichandran Ashwin is the ICC Cricketer of the Year, winning the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy! Congratulations! #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/OEEMK7GOda
— ICC (@ICC) December 22, 2016
4. ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2016
Winner: Ravichandran Ashwin(India)
Ravichandran Ashwin also picks up ICC Test Cricketer of the Year after an outstanding year for India! #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/jCjpxDKgjK
— ICC (@ICC) December 22, 2016
5. ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year 2016
Winner Quinton De Kock(South Africa)
Congratulations to Quinton de Kock, ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year! #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/VdvMDk1Dwh
— ICC (@ICC) December 22, 2016
6. ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2016
Winner: Mustafiqur Rahman(Bangladesh)
Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman is the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2016! #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/q3BMTi7TG1
— ICC (@ICC) December 22, 2016
7. ICC T20I Performance of the Year 2016
Winner: Carlos Brathwaite(West Indies)
Carlos Brathwaite wins the ICC T20I Performance of the Year for his outstanding display in the #WT20 Final! #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/w2jfCxgKfV
— ICC (@ICC) December 22, 2016
8. ICC Associate/AffiliateCricketer of the Year 2016
Winner: Mohammad Shahzad(Afghanistan)
Afghanistan's Mohammad Shahzad wins the award for ICC Associate/Affiliate Cricketer of the Year! Congratulations! #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/86TjuGlDyh
— ICC (@ICC) December 22, 2016
9. ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
Winner: Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
10. ICC Women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year
Winner: Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
Massive congrats to @SuzieWBates for cleaning up at the @ICC awards – is this the year that she becomes @BLACKCAPS cricketer of the year? 👌🏻
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) December 22, 2016
Other than the players, ICC also announced its annual Test and ODI Team of the year 2016. In the ICC team of the year, different players from different cricket playing nations are included.
In this year’s ICC Test team of the Year, only one Indian player(R Ashwin) succeeds to make its place despite the fact that India is No. 1 team in the ICC Ranking. The ICC Test team of the year 2016 is as below:
Here is the ICC Test Team of the Year 2016! #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/TjqFeMn4MY
— ICC (@ICC) December 22, 2016
On the other hand, in ICC’s ODI Team of the year, three Indian players are included. ThesePlayerss are Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravinder Jadeja. Also, Virat Kohli was also selected as the Skipper for the team. However, the ICC ODI Team of the year 2016v is as below:
Presenting the ICC ODI Team of the Year 2016! #ICCAwards pic.twitter.com/5rH3XozNIj
— ICC (@ICC) December 22, 2016
Congratulations to all the recipients from the different cricketing nations and especially Ravichandran Ashwin and Suzie Bates for receiving the dual honour.