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The ICC Awards is a set of sports awards for cricket. The awards recognise and honour the best international cricket players of the previous 12 months.

The awards are sanctioned and administered by the International Cricket Council. The winners are determined by an academy made up of current captains, umpires, prominent former players, and respected media representatives.

Eight awards are presented:

Cricketer of the Year
Test Player of the Year
One-day Player of the Year
Test Team of the Year
One-day Team of the Year
Emerging Player of the Year

:Players eligible for this award must be under 26 years of age at the start of the voting period and have played no more than five Tests and/or 10 ODIs before that date.

Spirit of Cricket Award

:Described by the ICC as awarded to the team most notable for "upholding the 'Spirit of the Game', involving respect for:

:*Their opponents

:*Their own captain and team

:*The role of the umpires

:*The game's traditional values"

Umpire of the Year

2004 awards

The inaugural ICC Awards ceremony was held on 7 September, 2004, in London. The judging period covered was from 1 August, 2003, to 31 July, 2004, and included all Test matches and one-day internationals played during that period.

The winners of various awards in the inaugural ICC Awards were:

Player of the Year: Rahul Dravid (India)
Test Player of the Year: Rahul Dravid (India)
ODI Player of the Year: Andrew Flintoff (England)
Emerging Player of the Year: Irfan Pathan (India)
Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand

World Test XI: Matthew Hayden, Herschelle Gibbs, Ricky Ponting (captain), Rahul Dravid, Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist, Chaminda Vaas, Shane Warne, Jason Gillespie, Steve Harmison

World one-day XI: Adam Gilchrist, Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Gayle, Ricky Ponting (captain), Brian Lara, Virender Sehwag, Jacques Kallis, Andrew Flintoff, Shaun Pollock, Chaminda Vaas, Jason Gillespie

2005 awards

The second ICC awards ceremony was held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, Australia, on 11 October 2005. The judging period covered was from 1 August, 2004, to 31 July, 2005. This did not include the whole of the 2005 Ashes Series, since the final four matches of this series were played in August and September.

Award winners were:

Player of the Year: Awarded jointly to Andrew Flintoff (England) and Jacques Kallis (S Africa)
Test Player of the Year: Jacques Kallis (S Africa)
ODI Player of the Year: Kevin Pietersen (England)
Emerging Player of the Year: Kevin Pietersen (England)
Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
Spirit of Cricket: England

World Test XI: Virender Sehwag, Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting (captain), Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Andrew Flintoff, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Chaminda Vaas, Glenn McGrath. 12th man: Anil Kumble

World one-day XI: Marvan Attapatu (captain), Adam Gilchrist, Rahul Dravid, Kevin Pietersen, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Andrew Flintoff, Andrew Symonds, Daniel Vettori, Brett Lee, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Glenn McGrath. 12th man: Jacques Kallis.

[List of nominees for 2005 awards]

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