Jhulan, Ponting win top ICC honours
Posted on Sep 11, 2007 at 09:59 | Updated Sep 11, 2007 at 20:19
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Johannesburg: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards for August 2006 to August 2007 were announced in Johannesburg on Monday.
And the lone Indian cricketer to be nominated walked away with the award. All-rounder Jhulan Goswami won the Women's Cricketer of the Year Award with Australia sweeping away most of the awards.
It will probably be a night that Jhulan will probably never forget as her name was announced by the Indian Twenty20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
"It goes to Princess of Kolkata Jhulan Goswami," a smiling Dhoni announced.
Being the lone Indian cricket nominee in the ICC Awards list Goswami got a pleasant surprise when her name was announced to receive the Women's Cricketer of the Year Award.
Jhulan took 20 wickets in 16 ODIs and 10 in the second Test against England as India clinched the series and these performances earned her the award.
And it's been another good year at the office for Australian skipper Ricky Ponting. The explosive batsman has accumulated 576 runs in five Tests and has had a prolific stint in the One-Dayers during the August 2006 to August 2007 period.
That has meant that no one was going to deny Ponting the Player of the Year Award. He also lifted the ICC Captain of the Year Award as the Australian team won not only the Ashes and the ICC Champions Trophy but also the World Cup in the West Indies.
"That' the sort of momentum that we created through the Champions Trophy and the ashes spilled over into the World Cup and we managed to play an unbelievable 12 months of cricket. For me as an individual player and a captain and as a part of the Australian team, I think we all should be very proud of what we have achieved," Ponting said.
And the Aussie domination continued.
Matthew Hayden's bat did all the talking particularly at the World Cup earning him the One-Day International Player of the Year Award. Shaun Tait picked up the award for Emerging Talent of the Year Award. It was also a good year for another Australian Simon Taufel who was the Umpire of the Year.
Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf though was not present to receive his award for Test Player of the Year.
While Sri Lanka won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award, Thomas Odoyo of Kenya won the Associate Player of the Year Award.
ICC Test Team of the Year: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Michael Vaughan (Eng), Ricky Ponting (Aus, C), Mohammad Yousuf (Pak), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Michael Hussey (Aus), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, WK), Stuart Clark (Aus), Makhaya Ntini (SAF), Mohammad Asif (Pak) , Muttiah Muralitharan (SL). 12th man: Zaheer Khan (Ind).
ICC ODI Team of the Year: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus, C), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Jacques Kallis (SAF), Mark Boucher (SAF, WK), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Shane Bond (NZ), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Glenn McGrath (Aus). 12th man: Michael Hussey (Aus).
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Posted By M.Ravindran
It is ridiculous;this award for the captain of a team.What can Ricky Ponting do if he is to captain a
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Posted By Dr. S.C. Basu
Congratulations Jhulan ! You have made us extremely proud ! Once again Kolkata has produced anoter star in the field
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Posted By sudden
Australia had been nominated for the \"Spirit of Cricket\" award !!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha !!! And Glenn McGrath should get \"Most sporting
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Posted By Dr. Cajetan Coelho
Jhulan, Ponting win ICC Awards !
Congratulations to the \"Princess of Kolkata\".
For over a decade the \"Prince of Kolkata\"
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