ICC awards 2012

[DoubleO7]

Sangakkara wins big at ICC awards​

ICC awards 2012​

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Kumar Sangakkara has won three awards, including the prestigious Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year at the annual ICC awards ceremony in Colombo. Sangakkara also won the People's Choice prize, an honour he had received last year as well.

Virat Kohli was named ODI Cricketer of the Year. During the period under consideration, Kohli played 31 ODIs and scored 1733 runs at an average of 66.65, including eight hundreds and six half-centuries.

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori received the Spirit of Cricket Award for his sporting recall of a Zimbabwe batsman during a tense Test in Bulawayo.

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[Pera]

Eh, averaged 60 in Sri Lanka. Not that great of an achievement when your batting on a road every 2nd innings.

Would of preferred Philander for Test Cricketer of the Year and then Ajmal for Cricketer of the Year but oh well. Only one bowler has won the award in the last 9 years. Says it all really.

 

[Ducky Tie]

Eh, averaged 60 in Sri Lanka. Not that great of an achievement when your batting on a road every 2nd innings.

Would of preferred Philander for Test Cricketer of the Year and then Ajmal for Cricketer of the Year but oh well. Only one bowler has won the award in the last 9 years. Says it all really.

Bolded words should never be in the same paragraph.

 

[Pera]

haha his action is more legitimate than Murali and I love watching him 'spin' the ball. Im not too against Ajmal.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I love Ajmal; quality bowler.

Love how the PCB were so up in arms when he wasn't on the shortlist for awards, and then not too long later...

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/581697.html

"Saeed Ajmal, we still say you're the No. 1 bowler in the world and the PCB recognises you, and whether someone gives you the prize, that is immaterial, we don't care," Ashraf said. "We congratulate you and when you come back home [after the World T20] we will give you a prize for being the No. 1 bowler in the world. The PCB is with you."

Immaterial. Right. Flogs decided not to attend the ceremony either. Immaterial.

 

[DrVanNostrand]

Eh, averaged 60 in Sri Lanka. Not that great of an achievement when your batting on a road every 2nd innings.

Would of preferred Philander for Test Cricketer of the Year and then Ajmal for Cricketer of the Year but oh well. Only one bowler has won the award in the last 9 years. Says it all really.

This. What a joke. Although I really couldn't care less about these awards, seem pretty redundant to me.

 

[DoubleO7]

I thought Philander would have taken the Test Cricketer of the Year award as well, but it seems the award givers favour batsmen over bowlers.