The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a
Cricket
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trophy that is awarded annually by the
International Cricket Council
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to the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year. It is considered to be the most prestigious of the annual
ICC Awards
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and was first awarded in 2004 to
Rahul Dravid
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.
The trophy is named after former West Indies cricket captain
Sir Garfield Sobers
The Right Excellent Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, NH, AO, OCC (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a Barbadian born former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowle ...
, whose name was chosen by a panel consisting of
Richie Benaud
Richard Benaud (; 6 October 1930 – 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales cricket team, New South Wales and Australia national cricket team, Australia. Following his retirement from international cricket in ...
,
Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, uniːl ɡaːʋəskəɾ born 10 July 1949), is a former captain of the Indian national cricket team who represented India national cricket team, India and Mumbai crick ...
and
Michael Holding
Michael Anthony Holding (born 16 February 1954) is a Jamaican former cricketer and commentator who played for the West Indies cricket team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pace bowlers in cricket history, he was nicknamed "Whispering De ...
. They were asked by the ICC to select "an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award".
Inauguration of ICC Test Player of the Year trophy
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
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-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
Superlatives
Wins by player
Wins by country
See also
* ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Cricketer of the Year (known as the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award since 2017 in memory of pioneering women's cricket player and administrator Rachael Heyhoe Flint) is an award given annually as part ...
* ICC Test Player of the Year
ICC most commonly refers to:
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* International Cricket Council, the global governing body of cricket
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* ICC ODI Player of the Year
References
External links
ICC Awards
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International Cricket Council awards and rankings
Awards established in 2004