2012 ICC Awards
The 2012 ICC Awards were held on 15 September 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The "ICC" had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004, which were now into their ninth year. Previous events were held in London (2004, 2011), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007, 2009), Dubai (2008) and Bangalore (2010). 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. Selection Committee. 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 32 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories. Selection Committee members: ICC World XI Teams. ICC Test Team of the Year. Michael Clarke was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year, with Matt Prior selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are: ICC ODI Team of the Year. For the third time in his career, MS Dhoni was selected as both captain and  wicket-keeper of the ODI Team of the Year. Other players are: Short lists. The short lists for the 2012 LG ICC Awards were announced by the "ICC" on 30 August 2012. They are the following: Nominations. The following are the nominations for the 2012 LG ICC Awards: