The ICC called on the public to vote for Clarke, Cook, Dhoni, Kohli and de Villiers who have been nominated for this year’s people’s choice award
Fans are requested to vote for their choice via www.lgiccawards.com and via Twitter using #lgiccawards
The public are once again reminded to go online to cast their vote for who they think should win this year’s LG People’s Choice Award. Voting for the award closes midnight (UAE time) on Saturday 23 November.
This year’s fourth LG People’s Choice Award sees five players from four different countries nominated to win the only award voted for by the public at the annual LG ICC Awards.
The quintet of players nominated for the award are Australia’s Michael Clarke, England’s Alastair Cook, India’s duo of MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, and South Africa’s AB de Villiers
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara who won the award twice has missed out and speculation is that he was short of the number of tests which are needed in order to be in contention.
The short list was nominated by an elite panel of cricket experts, which is headed by ICC Cricket Committee Chairman and former India captain Anil Kumble. Other members of the panel are England’s Alec Stewart, New Zealand’s Catherine Campbell, Pakistan’s Waqar Younis and South Africa’s Graeme Pollock.
The five players were selected by the panel using the criteria set out by LG and the ICC.
This dictated that the nominees should have displayed some of the attributes regarded by LG as being in line with its corporate qualities such as innovation, dynamism, strength in decision-making, performing well under pressure and executing a plan to distinction.
ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: “This is the fourth year of the LG People’s Choice Award and it continues to be hugely popular among fans across the globe.
“This year we see a number of new names nominated for the title, all tremendous entertainers who play with style and skill. I’m sure all the fans will come out in force to vote for their favourite.”
This year marks the 10th year of the LG ICC Awards, and will see a change in the format of the Awards. The formal event will be replaced with a special TV show that will be broadcast towards the end of the year. The show is set to recap the last year in world cricket and will feature interviews with many nominees and winners.
Based on the period between 7 August 2012 and 25 August 2013, the LG ICC Awards 2013 take into account performances by players and officials in a remarkable period for the game.
That period includes such high-profile events as the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012, the ICC Women’s World Cup 2013 held in India, the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 held in England and Wales, various rounds of the ICC Intercontinental Cup, numerous Pepsi ICC World Cricket League and Championship fixtures, plus several bilateral Test and ODI series.
The voting academy for this year’s LG ICC Awards is as follows:
Former cricketers – Brendon Julien (Aus), Shelley Nitschke (Aus Women), Bhabibul Bashar (Bang), John Emburey (Eng), Claire Taylor (Eng Women), Kiran More (Ind), Sudha Shah (Ind Women), Mark Richardson (NZ), Lesley Murdoch (NZ Women), Mudassar Nazar (Pak), Jonty Rhodes (SA), Kerri Lang (SA Women), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Daren Ganga (WI), Mpumelelo Mbangwa (Zim), Gavin Hamilton (Scot – Assoc & Aff Rep)
Media – Jesse Hogan (Aus), Atif Azam (Bang), Dean Wilson (Eng), Alison Mitchell (Women’s Media Rep), Sanjeev Samyal (Ind), Mark Geenty (NZ), Saleem Khaliq (Pak), Firdose Moonda (SA), Callistus Davy (SL), Barry Wilkinson (WI), Michael Madyira (Zimbabwe), Liaquat Ali (Assoc & Aff Rep), Josina Luke (Women’s Committee Rep)
Representative of Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees – Andy Pycroft
Representative of Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires – Steve Davis
Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee – Anil Kumble.
