Cricket
AB, Steyn in ICC ODI Team
2011-09-12 15:15
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Dubai - The ICC has announced its ODI Team of the Year, as chosen by a specially appointed selection panel chaired by West Indian batting legend and former captain Clive Lloyd.
The announcement was made at a special function ahead of the LG ICC Awards ceremony which is being held on Monday evening at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. The ICC Awards recognise the best international players and officials of the past 12 months.
ICC ODI Team of the Year (in batting order):Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
Virender Sehwag (IND)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
AB de Villiers (SA)Shane Watson (AUS)
Yuvraj Singh (IND)
MS Dhoni (IND, wicketkeeper/captain)
Graeme Swann (ENG)
Umar Gul (PAK)
Dale Steyn (SA)Zaheer Khan (IND)
12th-Man - Lasith Malinga (SL)
Six countries are represented in the 12-man line-up and just one player - Mahendra Singh Dhoni of India - four years in a row. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011-winning captain keeps wicket and leads the side and is joined by fellow ICC ODI Team of the Year 2009 members AB de Villiers of South Africa and Shane Watson of Australia.
There are four Indians in the side, all of whom were involved in India’s ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 victory over Sri Lanka in Mumbai in April of the year. Meanwhile Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara and Lasith Malinga, who were all part of the side that lost out to Dhoni’s men in the final on April 2, 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, are selected for the team too.
Chairperson of the ICC Awards selection panel, Lloyd said: “This has been an outstanding year for 50-over cricket. I think everyone saw in the ICC Cricket World Cup how exciting this format can be.
“The ICC Cricket World Cup was rightly applauded as one of the greatest in history and no one who was in Mumbai will forget that remarkable evening.
Lloyd was joined on the panel by former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas, former England captain Mike Gatting, former New Zealand bowler Danny Morrison and former South African bowler Paul Adams.
The ICC ODI Team of the Year was one of two teams selected by the ICC selection panel along with the
Test line-up which was announced last month.
The awards were based on the period between August 11, 2010 and August 3, 2011.
The ICC Awards ceremony is now in its eighth year and this year is being held in London. Previous ceremonies were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007 and 2009), Dubai (2008), Bengaluru (2010).