Every nominee in ICC Awards 2021

The nominees for the ICC Awards 2021 have been announced on Tuesday. The ICC Awards is an annual event that celebrates the achievements in cricket for a calendar year. Meanwhile, after a year that comprised major International events like ICC WTC Final 2021 and ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021. However, apart from the world cups, players' performances in bilateral series are also noted for the ICC Awards 2021.

Here's everything you need to know about ICC Awards 2021.

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What are the categories?

This year's awards will comprise a total of 13 individual awards in all. Meanwhile, ICC will also announce five teams of the year for each format including both Men's and Women's cricket.

The individual award categories are:

1. Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year
2. Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
3. ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year
4. ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year
5. ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year
6. ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year
7. ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year
8. ICC Emerging Men's Cricketer of the Year
9. ICC Emerging Women's Cricketer of the Year
10. ICC Men's Associate Cricketer of the Year
11. ICC Women's Associate Cricketer of the Year
12. ICC Spirit of Cricket Award
13. ICC Umpire of the Year

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When will the winners be announced?

The winners for each category will be announced in January 2022.

The ICC team of the year will announce on January 17 and January 18, 2022. Meanwhile, the individual category awards will announce on January 23. The ICC Spirit of Cricket and the ICC Umpire of the year will announce on January 24, 2022.

However, let's take a look at the nominees of all the categories of ICC Awards 2021.

1. Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year 2021 Nominees

• Shaheen Afridi
• Joe Root
• Mohammad Rizwan
• Kane Williamson

2. Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2021 Nominees

• Tammy Beaumont
• Lizelle Lee
• Smriti Mandhana
• Gaby Lewis

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3. ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year 2021 Nominees

• Joe Root
• Kyle Jamieson
• Dimuth Karunaratne
• Ravichandran Ashwin

4. ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2021 Nominees

• Shakib Al Hasan
• Babar Azam
• Janneman Malan
• Paul Stirling

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5. ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2021 Nominees

• Tammy Beaumont
• Lizelle Lee
• Hayley Matthews
• Fatima Sana

6. ICC Men's T20I Cricketer Of The Year 2021 Nominees

• Wanindu Hasaranga
• Mitchell Marsh
• Jos Buttler
• Mohammad Rizwan

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7. ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year 2021 Nominees

• Tammy Beaumont
• Gaby Lewis
• Smriti Mandhana
• Nat Sciver

How the winners will be decided?

The Voting Academy, comprising a wider selection of global cricket journalists and broadcasters, will vote for their first, second, and third choices for each category. The ICC will also take into consideration fans' votes via ICC's digital channels. From 5th January 2022 all the fans can vote for the nominees of the following categories: 

• Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year
• Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
• ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year
• ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year
• ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year
• ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year
• ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year

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The result of the Voting Academy selections and the fans' vote will determine the winner in each of the first seven categories. The fan vote will make up 10% of the voting, while that of the Voting Academy will make up the remaining 90%.