2005 ICC Awards

The 2005 ICC Awards were held at the Four Seasons Hotel in 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. In association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), the awards were presented by Hyundai at a function during the Super Series between champions Australia and the ICC World XI.

Selection Committee
Nominees were voted on by a 50-member academy of current and ex-players and officials from among players chosen by the ICC Selection Committee, chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar.

Selection Committee members:


 * 🇮🇳 Sunil Gavaskar (chairman)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Gower
 * 🇳🇿 Richard Hadlee
 * 🇦🇺 Rod Marsh
 * Courtney Walsh

Winners and nominees
The winners and nominees of various individual awards were:

Cricketer of the Year

 * Winners: Andrew Flintoff (Eng) and Jacques Kallis (SA)
 * Nominees: Rahul Dravid (Ind), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak), Adam Gilchrist (Aus), Glenn McGrath (Aus), Ricky Ponting (Aus)

Test Player of the Year

 * Winner: Jacques Kallis (SA)
 * Nominees: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Adam Gilchrist (Aus), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak), Younis Khan (Pak), Brian Lara (WI), Damien Martyn (Aus), Anil Kumble (Ind), Glenn McGrath (Aus), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Danish Kaneria (Pak), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Harbhajan Singh (Ind), Shane Warne (Aus)

ODI Player of the Year

 * Winner: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
 * Nominees: Rahul Dravid (Ind), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Adam Gilchrist (Aus), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak), Brett Lee (Aus), Glenn McGrath (Aus), Justin Kemp (SA), Shoaib Malik (Pak), Daniel Vettori (NZ), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Graeme Smith (SA), Andrew Symonds (Aus), Marcus Trescothick (Eng), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Yousuf Youhana (Pak)

Emerging Player of the Year

 * Winner: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
 * Nominees: Aftab Ahmed (Ban), Ian Bell (Eng), Gautam Gambhir (Ind), Dinesh Karthik (Ind), Manjural Islam Rana (Ban), AB de Villiers (SA)

Umpire of the Year

 * Winner: Simon Taufel (Aus)

Spirit of Cricket

 * Winner: England

ICC Test Team of the Year
Ricky Ponting was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were announced as follows:


 * 🇮🇳 Virender Sehwag
 * 🇿🇦 Graeme Smith
 * 🇦🇺 Ricky Ponting
 * 🇿🇦 Jacques Kallis
 * Brian Lara
 * 🇵🇰 Inzamam-ul-Haq
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Flintoff
 * 🇦🇺 Adam Gilchrist (wicket-keeper)
 * 🇦🇺 Shane Warne
 * 🇱🇰 Chaminda Vaas
 * 🇦🇺 Glenn McGrath
 * 🇮🇳 Anil Kumble (12th man)

ICC ODI Team of the Year
Marvan Atapattu was selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were announced as follows:


 * 🇱🇰 Marvan Atapattu
 * 🇦🇺 Adam Gilchrist (wicket-keeper)
 * 🇮🇳 Rahul Dravid
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Pietersen
 * 🇵🇰 Inzamam-ul-Haq
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Flintoff
 * 🇦🇺 Andrew Symonds
 * 🇳🇿 Daniel Vettori
 * 🇦🇺 Brett Lee
 * 🇵🇰 Naved-ul-Hasan
 * 🇦🇺 Glenn McGrath
 * 🇿🇦 Jacques Kallis (12th man)

Cricketer of the Year

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Flintoff
 * 🇦🇺 Adam Gilchrist
 * 🇵🇰 Inzamam-ul-Haq
 * 🇿🇦 Jacques Kallis
 * 🇦🇺 Glenn McGrath

Test Player of the Year

 * 🇦🇺 Adam Gilchrist
 * 🇵🇰 Inzamam-ul-Haq
 * 🇿🇦 Jacques Kallis
 * 🇦🇺 Glenn McGrath
 * 🇦🇺 Shane Warne

ODI Player of the Year

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Flintoff
 * 🇦🇺 Adam Gilchrist
 * 🇦🇺 Brett Lee
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Pietersen
 * 🇦🇺 Andrew Symonds

Emerging Player of the Year

 * 🇧🇩 Aftab Ahmed
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Bell
 * 🇮🇳 Dinesh Karthik
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Pietersen
 * 🇿🇦 AB de Villiers