Hat-trick of ICC awards for Kumar Sangakkara – Cricket News Roundup – Part II – September 16, 2012
Veteran Sri Lankan batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 bagged three prestigious ICC awards at the annual ICC awards ceremony, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Saturday.
The former Sri Lankan captain was adjudged as the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricketer of the Year, ICC Test Cricketer of the Year for 2012. He also bagged People’s Choice award, an accolade he had won in 2011 as well. For the Player of the Year and Test Player of the Year awards,
the left-hander was picked ahead of Australia’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vernon-Philander-c2753.
Sangakkara scored 1,444 Test and 1,457 ODI runs during the twelve-month voting period, between August 4, 2011 and August 6, 2012.
“...to receive this honour this evening, is simply fantastic," said Sangakkara after receiving the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for Cricketer of the Year from ICC President, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alan-Raymond-Isaac-c42771. “I’ve the support of a great team that helps me to do the best I can,”
the left-hander went on to add after receiving the Test Cricketer of the Year award.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737, hard-hitting Indian batsman, was named as the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year for his impressive run in the last twelve months.
The 23-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755,
during an Asia Cup match, in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, in March this year.
Kohli was competing with skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 for the prestigious award. “It's been an all-round effort and I'm very happy to have won this award. It's always nice to be recognised by the ICC, it's
a great feeling, it's the first time I've won one of these awards," said the Delhi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Anthony-Hibbert-c81005 after receiving the award.
Mysterious http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869 was on Saturday named as the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year for 2012, at the annual ICC awards ceremony, in Colombo.
The 24-year-old Trinidad off-spinner picked up 47 wickets in 23 matches played across all the three formats of game during the 12-month evaluation period. He was picked for the award ahead of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754) and
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746).
"I've enjoyed my first year in the West Indies team,” said Narine. “This makes me look at life and makes me want to dedicate myself more to game and to improve. I dedicate this award to my father who kept pushing me," he added further.
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