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Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy

ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year


ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year

FieldValue
image[[File:Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.jpeg]]
nameICC Award for Best Men's Cricketer
presenterICC
year2004
year22024
holderJasprit Bumrah (1st award)
most_awardsRicky Ponting
Mitchell Johnson
Virat Kohli
(2 awards each)
websiteICC Awards

Mitchell Johnson Virat Kohli (2 awards each)

The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a Cricket trophy that is awarded annually by the International Cricket Council to the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year. It is considered to be the most prestigious of the annual ICC Awards and was first awarded in 2004 to Rahul Dravid.

The trophy is named after former West Indies cricket captain Sir Garfield Sobers, whose name was chosen by a panel consisting of Richie Benaud, Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Holding. They were asked by the ICC to select "an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award".

Selection

The recipient of the annual award is selected by an "academy" of 56 individuals (expanded from 50 in 2004), including the current national team captains of the Test-playing nations (10), members of the elite panel of ICC umpires and referees (18), and certain prominent former players and cricket correspondents (28). In the event of a tie in the voting, the award is shared.

List of winners

§
Indicates individual was shortlisted
YearImageWinnerTeamNomineesNotesRef(s)Pat CumminsJasprit Bumrah
2004[[File:Rahul Dravid Candid.jpg100pxalt=Rahul Dravid in 2010]]{{ublAndrew Flintoff () §Steve Harmison ()Shane Warne () §Jacques Kallis () §Brian Lara ()V. V. S. Laxman ()
2005[[File:Jacques Kallis 2.jpg100pxalt=Jacques Kallis in 2009]]Adam Gilchrist ()Inzamam-ul-Haq ()Rahul Dravid ()Shane Warne ()}}Also named Test Player of the Year and selected as 12th man for the ODI Team of the Year
[[File:Andrew Flintoff.jpg100pxalt=Andrew Flintoff in 2006]]Also named in the Test Team of the Year and ODI Team of the Year
2006[[File:Ricky Ponting.jpg100pxalt=Ricky Ponting in 2006]]{{ublAndrew Flintoff ()Rahul Dravid ()Mahela Jayawardene ()Younis Khan ()Monty Panesar ()Brett Lee ()
2007[[File:Ricky Ponting YM.jpg100pxalt=Ricky Ponting in 2009]]{{ublMatthew Hayden ()Michael Hussey ()Jacques Kallis ()Glenn McGrath ()Muttiah Muralitharan ()Kevin Pietersen ()Shaun Pollock ()
2008[[File:Shivnarine Chanderpaul.jpg100pxalt=Shivnarine Chanderpaul in 2006]]Also named in the Test Team of the Year
2009[[File:Mitchell Johnson in profile, 2009.jpg100pxalt=Mitchell Johnson in 2009]]{{ublGautam Gambhir () §Thilan Samaraweera () §Andrew Strauss () §Shivnarine Chanderpaul ()Tillakaratne Dilshan ()MS Dhoni ()
2010[[File:Sachin at Castrol Golden Spanner Awards (crop).jpg100pxalt=Sachin Tendulkar in 2013]]{{ublMS Dhoni ()Doug Bollinger ()Michael Clarke ()Ryan Harris ()Mitchell Johnson ()Jacques Kallis ()
2011[[File:Jonathan Trott1.jpg100pxalt=Jonathan Trott in 2010]]{{ublIan Bell ()Stuart Broad ()Graeme Swann ()Chris Tremlett ()James Anderson ()Shane Watson ()
2012[[File:Kumar Sangakkara bat in hand.JPG100pxalt=Kumar Sangakkara in 2014]]{{ublSaeed Ajmal ()Hashim Amla () §Stuart Broad ()Michael Clarke ( §Alastair Cook ()Virat Kohli ()
2013[[File:Clarke playing cricket at Birmingham 2009 crop.jpg100pxalt=Michael Clarke in 2009]]James Anderson () §Hashim Amla () §MS Dhoni () §Kumar Sangakkara () §}}Also named Test Player of the Year
2014[[File:MITCHELL JOHNSON (11705174114) (cropped).jpg100pxalt=Mitchell Johnson in 2014]]Angelo Mathews () §Kumar Sangakkara () §}}Also named Test Player of the Year
2015[[File:2018.01.05.17.43.25-Usman Khawaja & Steve Smith (38876757994) (Smith cropped).jpg100pxalt=Steve Smith in 2018]]Also named Test Player of the Year and named in the ODI Team of the Year
2016[[File:Ravichandran Ashwin (cropped).jpg100pxalt=Ravichandran Ashwin in 2014]]Also named Test Player of the Year
2017[[File:Virat Kohli portrait.jpg100pxalt=Virat Kohli in 2017]]Also named captain of the Test Team of the Year, named ODI Player of the Year and captain of the ODI Team of the Year
2018[[File:Shri Virat Kohli for Cricket, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on September 25, 2018 (cropped).JPGalt=Virat Kohli in 2017150x150px]]Also named Test Player of the Year, named captain of the Test Team of the Year, named ODI Player of the Year and captain of the ODI Team of the Year
2019[[File:BEN STOKES (11704837023) (cropped).jpg100pxalt=Ben Stokes in 2014]]Also named in the Test Team of the Year and ODI Team of the Year
2021[[File:Shaheen Afridi (2).jpg100px]]Mohammad Rizwan () §Kane Williamson () §}}Also named in the Test Team of the Year and T20I Team of the Year
2022[[File:Babar Azam in 2020.png100px]]Sikandar Raza () §Tim Southee () §}}Also named in the Test Team of the Year, named ODI Player of the Year and captain of the ODI Team of the Year
2023[[File:Pat Cummins fielding Ashes 2021 (cropped).jpg100px]]Virat Kohli () §Ravindra Jadeja () §}}Also named captain of the Test Team of the Year
2024[[File:Jasprit Bumrah in PMO New Delhi.jpg100px]]Travis Head () §Joe Root () §}}Also named the Test Cricketer of the Year, and named in the Test Team of the Year and T20I Team of the Year

Superlatives

Wins by player

PlayerWinnerRicky PontingMitchell JohnsonVirat KohliRahul DravidJacques KallisAndrew FlintoffShivnarine ChanderpaulSachin TendulkarJonathan TrottKumar SangakkaraMichael ClarkeSteve SmithRavichandran AshwinBen StokesShaheen AfridiBabar AzamPat CumminsJasprit Bumrah
2 (2006, 2007)
2 (2009, 2014)
2 (2017, 2018)
1 (2004)
1 (2005)
1 (2005)
1 (2008)
1 (2010)
1 (2011)
1 (2012)
1 (2013)
1 (2015)
1 (2016)
1 (2019)
1 (2021)
1 (2022)
1 (2023)
1 (2024)

Wins by country

CountryPlayersTotal
57
56
33
22
11
11
11

References

References

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  10. Fitzgerald, James. (28 August 2007). "Ponting and Jayawardena head nominees for 2007 ICC Awards". [[ESPNcricinfo]].
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  18. (10 August 2011). "Eight England internationals in running for ICC Cricketer of the Year award". The Daily Telegraph.
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  20. (13 August 2012). "Cook named on ICC nomination list". Eurosport.
  21. (13 December 2013). "Michael Clarke named ICC player of the year". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
  22. (3 December 2013). "Alastair Cook and James Anderson make shortlist for ICC Cricketer of the year award 2013". The Daily Telegraph.
  23. (5 November 2014). "Johnson, Sangakkara lead ICC awards nominees". [[ESPNcricinfo]].
  24. (14 November 2014). "ICC awards: Mitchell Johnson wins top two accolades". [[BBC Sport]].
  25. (23 December 2015). "ICC awards: Steve Smith wins cricketer and Test cricketer award". [[BBC Sport]].
  26. (28 March 2017). "Ashwin receives Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy". [[The Times of India]].
  27. (18 January 2018). "Kohli and Smith win big at ICC awards". [[ESPNcricinfo]].
  28. (22 January 2019). "Kohli creates history, wins all ICC awards". [[NDTV Sports]].
  29. (15 January 2020). "ICC awards: Ben Stokes named player of the year". [[ESPNcricinfo]].
  30. (2022-01-24). "Shaheen Afridi declared ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year".
  31. "Winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year revealed". International Cricket Council.
  32. "Nominees for Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2023 revealed". International Cricket Council.
  33. "Winner crowned of the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year". [[International Cricket Council]].
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