The ICC Awards is an International cricket award presented annually by the sport's governing body, ICC.
The first awarding ceremony was held on 7 September 2004 in London, England. Between 2009 and 2014 the awards were known as the LG ICC Awards for sponsorship reasons.
Virat Kohli holds the record for most awards by an individual with 10 awards, and most appearances in teams with 14 times along with AB de Villiers. In Women's section, Ellyse Perry holds the record for most awards by an individual with 6 awards and Smriti Mandhana holds the record for most appearances in teams with 9 times.
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Players
In 2021, The award was succeeded by ICC T20I Player of the Year, which is given to a player based on his performance in the whole year. This was from 2008 to 2019, when T20Is weren't usually played frequently enough to have a "Player of the Year" award for this format.
In January 2021, the ICC introduced "Player of the Month" awards to recognise cricketers, male and female, that performed best across all forms of international cricket each month. Nominees and winners are determined by an ICC panel of ex-players and journalists, with a public vote having a 10% contribution to the final results.
The ICC Development Awards was launched in 2002, to recognise the ICC associate member nations for its innovative development programmes and inspiring efforts on the field of play. <br> ICC introduced a new set of awards in 2019. The six categories were: Gray-Nicholls Participation Programme of the Year (now. ICC Development Initiative of the Year), 100% Cricket WomenâÂÂs Cricket Initiative of the Year, ICC Associate Member MenâÂÂs Performance of the Year, ICC Associate Member WomenâÂÂs Performance of the Year, ICC Digital Fan Engagement of the Year and Cricket 4 Good Social Impact Initiative of the Year. The Global winner in each category is chosen from the Regional winners coming from all five ICC regions.
ICC announces the award winners every year separately to annual ICC Awards.
The judging/voting period was originally from 1 August of the current year to 31 July of the next year. It then underwent two changes and used to take place between September of the current year and September of the next year.
The ICC Selection Committee comprised eminent former players (one chairman, four other members) who selected the finalists for the Cricketer of the Year, Test Player of the Year, ODI Player of the Year and the Emerging Player of the Year, as well as the final ICC Test Team of the Year and ICC ODI Team of the Year.
The final selection for the awards were previously voted on by an academy of 56 (expanded from 50 in 2004âÂÂ05), which included current national team captains of Test playing nations (10), members of the Elite panel of ICC umpires and referees (18), prominent former players and cricket correspondents (28). In the event of a tie in the voting, awards are shared.