The 20th edition of the ICC Awards celebrates standout performances from both men’s and women’s games for the 2024 calendar year. With nine categories in total, cricket fans around the world will have the opportunity to cast votes for their favourite player and help decide the winners of the ICC Awards 2024.
The deadline for casting the votes is January 10, and the ICC Awards 2024 winners list will be revealed in late January.
The ICC Awards 2024 categories are as follows:
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year – The overall performer in men’s international cricket (All formats) during the Calendar year.
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year – The overall performer in women’s international cricket (All formats) during the calendar year.
- ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year – The overall performer in men’s Test cricket during the Calendar year will be eligible.
- ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – The overall performer in men’s ODI cricket during the Calendar year will be eligible.
- ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – The overall performer in women’s ODI cricket during the Calendar year will be eligible in this category.
- ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year – The overall performer in men’s T20I cricket during the Calendar year will be eligible in this category.
- ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year – The overall performer in women’s T20I cricket during the Calendar year will be eligible.
- ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year – The overall performer in men’s international cricket under the age of 26 and has played a maximum of 5 Tests, 10 ODIs and 10 T20Is prior to the Calendar year will be eligible in this category.
- ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year – The overall performer in women’s international cricket who is under the age of 26 and has played a maximum of 6 ODIs and 10 T20Is prior to the Calendar year will be eligible.
- ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year – The overall performer in men’s Associate cricket during the Calendar year will be eligible.
- ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Year – The overall performer in women’s Associate cricket during the Calendar year will be eligible in this category.
- ICC Umpire of the Year – The overall umpire in international cricket (Tests, ODIs and T20Is) during the Calendar year will be eligible in this category.
Furthermore, Teams of the Year (TOTY) will be compiled for the following five formats:
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- ICC Men’s Test TOTY
- ICC Men’s ODI TOTY
- ICC Women’s ODI TOTY
- ICC Men’s T20I TOTY
- ICC Women’s T20I TOTY
ICC Awards 2024 Voting Process
The Award panel comprises famous cricket journalists and broadcasters from across the globe and the ICC General Manager will determine a shortlist of nominees for each category.
- Wasim Khan, ICC General Manager
- Ian Bishop, Broadcaster
- Natalie Germanos, Broadcaster
- Katey Martin, Broadcaster
- Shahid Hashmi, Journalist
- Elizabeth Ammon, Journalist
- Faisal Kamal, Journalist
The nominees for various categories will be voted by a Voting Academy comprising a wider selection of global cricket journalists and broadcasters, with cricket fans also contributing to the vote via the ICC’s digitals channels.
The stats relevant to all the above categories will be distributed among the voting academy, and they will cast their votes online, outlining their first, second and third choices for each category.
The scores for votes from Voting academy will be as follows.
- 1st choice – 3 points
- 2nd choice – 2 points
- 3rd choice – 1 point
The result of the Voting Academy selections and the fans’ vote will be combines to determine the winner in each of these categories.
In the event of a tie, player with the most first choice votes from the voting Academy will be declared as the winner. If a tie still exists, the player with the most second choice voters from Voting Academy will be declared as the winner.
Meanwhile, if the tie continues, then the process will continue with third choice. However, if a tie still exists, the Awards Panel will make the final selection from the tied nominations.
Awards 10 and 11
Apart from nine categories Awards 10 and 11 will be considered for the tied nominations. Stats and accompanying narratives for the performance period will be considered by the Voting Academy after which the votes will be collected via online for their chosen player in each catergory.
The winner in theses categories will be determined by the Voting Academy only. In the event of a tie, the Awards Panel will be approached to make a final selection from the tied nominations.
Award 12 – ICC Umpire of the Year Award
Elite Panel Match Referees and captains of ICC Full Member men’s international teams will vote to determine the ICC umpire of the Year from the ICC’s Elite Panel.
ICC Teams of the Year
The Voting Academy will determine the selections in TOTY categories by online reviews, identifying their teams in batting order, selecting a balanced team of batters, bowlers and one one wicketkeeper, while also nominating a captain from their selections for each format.
Vote Weighting
- For Awards 1 to 9 as listed above, the results of the Voting Academy’s selections will amount to a 90% share of the vote, with the fans’ vote counting for 10%.
- The other award winners will be determined as specified above.
- The ICC Teams of the Year will be determined from selections submitted by the Voting Academy.
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