LG ICC Awards-2015

ICC Awards 2015

Ques : Who has been awarded with Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year-2015’?

(a) AB de Villiers

(b) Khurram Khan

(c) Steven Smith

(d) Stafanie Taylor

Ans: (c)

Related facts:

  • In December 23, 2015 International Cricket Council has announced its annual awards.
  • Captain Steven Smith (Australia) was awarded with Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year-2015.

LG ICC AWARDS AT A GLANCE

  • ICC Test Cricketer of the Year-Steven Smith (Australia)
  • ICC ODI (One Day International) Cricketer of the Year-AB de Villiers (South Africa)
  • ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year-Meg Lanning (Australia)
  • ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year-Josh Hazlewood (Australia)
  • ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year-Khurram Khan (UAE)
  • ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year-Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
  • ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year-Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
  • David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year-Richard Kettleborough
  • ICC Spirit of Cricket Award-Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
  • LG People’s Choice Award-Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India)
  • South Africa’s AB de Villiers has been selected as the first ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year (Fourth time as a member of team).
  • Alastair Cook (England) has been announced as the captain of ICC Test Team of the Year 2015.
  • Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami (Both from India) have been selected for the ICC Test Team and ICC ODI Team respectively.

Reference:

http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-awards/nominees

http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-awards/news/2015/media-releases/91181/steve-smith-wins-the-sir-garfield-sobers-trophy-for-icc-cricketer-of-the-year-2015

http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/82827/bhuvneshwar-kumar-wins-lg-peoples-choice-award