| ICC Award for Best Player | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | ICC |
| First awarded | 2004 |
| Currently held by | Jonathan Trott |
The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a cricket trophy awarded annually by the International Cricket Council to its chosen world player of the Year. It was first awarded in 2004 to Rahul Dravid.
The trophy is handcrafted by leading international crystal manufacturer Swarovski. The design features a red crystal cricket ball studded with over 4200 Swarovski crystal chantons, resting on a brass hand extended from a gold-plated base.
The trophy is named after former West Indies cricket captain Sir Garfield Sobers, whose name was chosen by a panel consisting of Richie Benaud, Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Holding. They were asked by the ICC to select "an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award".[1]
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The recipient of the annual award is selected by an "academy" of 56 individuals (expanded from 50 in 2004), including the current national team captains of the Test-playing nations (10), members of the elite panel of ICC umpires and referees (18), and certain prominent former players and cricket correspondents (28). In the event of a tie in the voting, the award is shared.
| Superlative | ICC Player of the Year | ICC Test Player of The Year | ICC ODI Player of The Year | Overall | ||||
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| Player with most awards | Ricky Ponting | 2 | - | - | MS Dhoni | 2 | Ricky Ponting | 3 |
| Player with most nominations | Ricky Ponting Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
3 | Jacques Kallis Ricky Ponting |
3 | Sachin Tendulkar Mohammed Yousuf |
3 | Mohammed Yousuf Ricky Ponting |
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| Player with most nominations (without ever winning) |
Mohammed Yousuf | 2 | Mahela Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
2 | Sachin Tendulkar Mohammed Yousuf |
3 | Mahela Jayawardene | 6 |
| Oldest winner | Sachin Tendulkar | 37 | Mohammad Yousuf | 33 | Matthew Hayden | 36 | Sachin Tendulkar | 37 |
| Youngest winner | Andrew Flintoff | 27 | Dale Steyn | 25 | Kevin Pietersen | 25 | Kevin Pietersen Dale Steyn |
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