| 2009 ICC Awards | |
| Date: | 1 October 2009 |
| Presenter: | ICC |
| Award1 Type: | Cricketer of the Year |
| Award1 Winner: | Mitchell Johnson (1st award) |
| Award2 Type: | Test Player of the Year |
| Award2 Winner: | Gautam Gambhir (1st award) |
| Award3 Type: | ODI Player of the Year |
| Award3 Winner: | MS Dhoni (2nd award) |
| Award4 Type: | Emerging Player of the Year |
| Award4 Winner: | Peter Siddle |
| Previous: | 2008 |
| Main: | ICC Awards |
| Next: | 2010 |
The 2009 ICC Awards were held on 1 October 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa before the semi-finals of 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Nominations were announced in Mumbai in early September while short lists were announced on 15 September. These awards were given on the performance of the players between 13 August 2008 and 24 August 2009 and were presented in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA). Performances from both players and officials were taken into account during this period of time for the game.
The ICC had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004, which were now into their sixth year. Previous events were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006) and Dubai (2008), with Johannesburg also hosting in 2007. 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.
As the logo of these awards suggests, LG, one of the world's leading electronic brands, sponsored these awards along with other ICC sponsors.[1]
Chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Clive Lloyd, the ICC Selection Committee was charged with two main tasks. Using their experience, knowledge and appreciation of the game, they selected the ICC World XI Teams and provided a long list of nominations to the 25 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories.
Selection Committee members:[2]
See main article: Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.
See main article: ICC Test Player of the Year.
See main article: ICC ODI Player of the Year.
See main article: ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year.
See main article: David Shepherd Trophy.
See main article: ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year.
See main article: ICC Test Team of the Year.
MS Dhoni was selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the Test Team of the Year. Other players are:[5]
See main article: ICC ODI Team of the Year.
MS Dhoni was also selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the ODI Team of the Year. Other players are:[6]
The short lists for the 2009 ICC Awards were announced by the ICC on 15 September 2009 directly from Dubai.[7] They are the following:
The following are the nominations for the 2009 ICC Awards in different categories. They were announced by Virender Sehwag and Ravi Shastri in the presence of ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat.[8]
