CRICKET OSCARS

ICC CRICKET AWARDS 2009
Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa

WINNERS OF ICC AWARD 2009

MITCHELL JOHNSON OF AUSTRALIA WINS THE 'SIR GARFIELD SOBERS TROPHY' FOR ICC CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 2009

ICC TEST PLAYER OF YEAR 2009 - GAUTAM GAMBIR(IND)

ICC UMPIRE OF THE YEAR 2009- ALEEM DAR(PAK)

PETER SIDDLE(AUS)- EMERGING PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2009

NEW ZEALAND CAPTAIN DANIEL VETTORI COLLECTS THE SPIRIT OF CRICKET AWARD ON BEHALF OF HIS TEAM

TILAKARATNE DILSHAN(SL)- TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL PERFORMER
(Awarded for 96 not out off 57 balls at the ICC World Twenty20 2009 in England)

WILLIAM PORTERFIELD(IRE)- ASSOCIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2009

ICC WOMEN'S CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 2009- CLAIRE TAYLOR(ENG)

MS DHONI(IND) RETAINS ICC ODI CRICKETER OF THE YEAR AWARD
He also named captain of WORLD ODI and TEST TEAMS.
[He didn't attended the award ceremony, as he flew back to INDIA]

ICC WORLD TEST TEAM 2009:

Gautam Gambhir (Ind),Andrew Strauss (Eng),AB de Villiers (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Thilan Samaraweera (SL), Michael Clarke (Aus), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, WK), Shakib Al Hasan (Ban), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Stuart Broad (Eng), Dale Steyn (SA)
12th man: Harbhajan Singh (Ind)

STRAUSS IN WORLD TEST TEAM

ICC WORLD ODI TEAM OF THE YEAR 2009:

Virender Sehwag (Ind), Chris Gayle (WI), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Martin Guptill (NZ), MS Dhoni (Ind, captain, WK), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Nuwan Kulasekara (SL), Ajantha Mendis (SL), Umar Gul (Pak), 12th man: Thilan Thushara (SL)
YUVRAJ SINGH PICKED IN ICC ODI TEAM