ICC award for Ajantha Mendis
The ICC awards were announced on Wednesday. Sri Lanka's Ajantha
Mendis pipped Ishant Sharma of India to win the ICC Emerging Player of
the Year award.
The Sri Lankan team won the ICC Spirit of Cricket award for the
second year in a row.
ICC Umpire of the year was awarded to Australia's Simon Taufel who
won it for the fifth straight time. Yuvraj Singh of India won the ICC
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award. Both Sachin
Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni were included in the 12-man ICC World
ODI Team of the Year with Australian Ricky Ponting as captain. Mahendra
Singh Dhoni won the ICC ODI Player of the Year 2008. PTI |