SANGAKKARA WINS TWO AWARDS AT ICC 2011 AWARDS CEREMONY

Both L.G. People’s choice award and best ODI Player of the year award to Sangakkara, but was absent at the ceremony

Kumar Sangakkara was elected as the L.G. People’s choice award as well as the best one day player of the year 2011 organised by the ICC. The ceremony was held in London yesterday sans Sangakkara.
This awards ceremony was held for the 8th time and the selections were made on the basis of performances of each player during the period 25th August 2010 to the 3rd August 2011.Jonathan Trott of England was named as the ‘player of the year’. The best Test player of the year was won by Alastair Cook of England, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni bagged the award for ‘Spirit of Cricket’.
Sangakkara was unable to attend the awards ceremony owing to commitments to his country, playing against Australia in the 2nd Test. He was the only player who was not present to receive his awards. His absence was reported by foreign reporters as a wedding without the bride groom. The list of recipients of the awards is appended below under different categories.
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LG ICC Awards
2011 Winners List

LG People’s Choice Award 2011
* Hashim Amla (South Africa)
* MS Dhoni (India)
* Chris Gayle (West Indies)
* Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – Winner
* Jonathan Trott (England)

ICC ODI Player of the Year 2011
* Hashim Amla (South Africa)
* Gautam Gambhir (India)
* Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – Winner
* Shane Watson (Australia)

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year 2011
* Hashim Amla (South Africa )
* Alastair Cook ( England )
* Sachin Tendulkar (India)
* Jonathan Trott (England) – Winner

ICC Test Player of the Year 2011
* James Anderson (England)
* Alastair Cook (England) – Winner
* Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
* Jonathan Trott (England)


ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2011
* Azhar Ali (Pakistan)
* Devendra Bishoo (West Indies) – Winner
* Darren Bravo(West Indies)
* Wahab Riaz (Pakistan)

ICC Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year 2011
* Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands) - Winner
* Hamid Hassan (Afghanistan)
* Kevin O’Brien (Ireland)
* Paul Stirling (Ireland)

ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year 2011
* Tim Bresnan (England): 3-10-3-4 v Pakistan, Cardiff, 7 September 2010
* JP Duminy (South Africa): 96 not out (54b, 10×4, 4×6) v Zimbabwe, Kimberley, 10 October 2010
* Tim Southee (New Zealand): 4-1-18-5 v Pakistan, Auckland, 26 December 2010 – Winner
* Shane Watson (Australia): 59 (31b, 6×4, 3×6) v England, Adelaide, 12 January 2011

ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2011
* Charlotte Edwards (England)
* Lydia Greenway (England)
* Shelley Nitschke (Australia)
* Stafanie Taylor (West Indies) – Winner

David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year 2011
* Aleem Dar (Pakistan) – Winner
* Steve Davis (England)
* Ian Gould (England)
* Simon Taufel (Australia)

ICC Spirit of Cricket 2011
* MS Dhoni (India) – for his recall of Ian Bell during the second Test match between England and India at Trent Bridge, July/August 2011
* Jacques Kallis (South Africa) – for twice during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 walking after clarifying with the opposition fielder if they had caught the ball cleanly