2018 ICC Awards

{{short description|Fifteenth edition of International cricket council awards}}

{{Infobox award

| name = 2018 ICC Awards

| image =

| caption =

| date = 22 January 2019

| presenter = ICC

| website = {{URL|https://www.icc-cricket.com/}}

| award1_type = Cricketer of the Year

| award1_winner= Men's:{{cricon|IND}} Virat Kohli
Women's: {{criconw|IND}} Smriti Mandhana

| award2_type = Men's Test Player of the Year

| award2_winner= {{cricon|IND}} Virat Kohli

| award3_type = ODI Player of the Year

| award3_winner= Men's: {{cricon|IND}} Virat Kohli
Women's: {{criconw|IND}} Smriti Mandhana

| award4_type = Women's T20I Player of the Year

| award4_winner= {{criconw|AUS}} Alyssa Healy

| award5_type = Emerging Player of the Year

| award5_winner= Men's: {{cricon|IND}} Rishabh Pant
Women's:{{criconw|ENG}} Sophie Ecclestone

| previous = 2017

| main = ICC Awards

| next = 2019

}}

The 2018 ICC Awards were the fifteenth edition of the ICC Awards. The voting panel took into account players' performance between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018. The announcement of the ICC World XI Teams, along with the winners of the men's individual ICC awards, was made on 22 January 2019.{{Cite web|title=ICC announces men's Test and ODI Teams of the Year|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/980936|website=www.icc-cricket.com|accessdate=29 December 2019|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715174145/https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/980936 |archive-date=2019-07-15 }} The women's awards were announced on 31 December 2018, with Smriti Mandhana winning the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award as the Women's Cricketer of the Year.{{Cite web|title=Smriti Mandhana wins Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/961535|website=www.icc-cricket.com|accessdate=29 December 2019|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231144019/https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/961535 |archive-date=2018-12-31 }} Virat Kohli became the first cricketer in history to win all three major awards.{{Cite web|title=Kohli clean sweep of three major ICC awards|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/980937|website=www.icc-cricket.com|accessdate=29 December 2019|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010131/https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/980937 |archive-date=2019-01-23 }}

Award categories and winners

=Individual awards=

==Men's awards==

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Men's Cricketer of the Year}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Men's Test Player of the Year}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Men's ODI Player of the Year}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Men's Emerging Player of the Year}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Men's Associate Player of the Year}}

==Women's awards==

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Women's Cricketer of the Year}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Women's ODI Player of the Year}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Women's T20I Player of the Year}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Women's Emerging Player of the Year}}

==Other awards==

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Umpire of the Year}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Twenty20 International Performance of the Year}}

  • {{cricon|AUS}} Aaron Finch, for scoring 172 runs off 76 deliveries against {{cr|ZIM}} at Harare Sports Club in Harare on 3 July 2018{{Cite web|title=ICC Awards 2018: Full list of winners|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/icc-awards-2018-full-list-winners-5550137/|website=The Indian Express|accessdate=10 May 2020|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204135103/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/icc-awards-2018-full-list-winners-5550137/ |archive-date=2019-02-04 }}{{Cite web|title=Zimbabwe vs. Australia (3rd match, 2018 Zimbabwean T20I tri-series)|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18633/scorecard/1142915/zimbabwe-vs-australia-3rd-match-zimbabwe-twenty20-tri-series-2018|work=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=10 May 2020|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703122255/http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18633/scorecard/1142915/zimbabwe-vs-australia-3rd-match-zimbabwe-twenty20-tri-series-2018 |archive-date=2018-07-03 }}
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{{Award category|#eedd82|Spirit of Cricket}}

  • {{cricon|NZL}} Kane Williamson, for his behaviour both on and off the field throughout 2018{{Cite web|title=ICC Cricket Awards 2018: Kane Williamson bags Spirit of Cricket Award|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/icc-cricket-awards-2018-kane-williamson-bags-spirit-of-cricket-award|website=www.sportskeeda.com|accessdate=10 May 2020|language=en}}
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{{Award category|#eedd82|Fan's Moment of the Year}}

=ICC Teams of the Year=

==Men's teams==

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;ICC Men's Test Team of the Year

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!colspan="5"| ICC Men's Test Team of the Year

Batting position

! Player

! Team

! Role

scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2 | Opener

| Tom Latham

| {{cr|NZL}}

| Batsman

Dimuth Karunaratne

| {{cr|SRI}}

| Batsman

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 3

| Kane Williamson

| {{cr|NZL}}

| Batsman

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 4

| Virat Kohli

| {{cr|IND}}

| Batsman / Captain

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 5

| Henry Nicholls

| {{cr|NZL}}

| Batsman

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 6

| Rishabh Pant

| {{cr|IND}}

| Batsman / Wicket-keeper

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 7

| Jason Holder

| {{cr|WIN}}

| All-rounder

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 8

| Kagiso Rabada

| {{cr|RSA}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 9

| Nathan Lyon

| {{cr|AUS}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 10

| Jasprit Bumrah

| {{cr|IND}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 11

| Mohammad Abbas

| {{cr|PAK}}

| Bowler

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;ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year

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!colspan="5"| ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year

Batting position

! Player

! Team

! Role

scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2 | Opener

| Rohit Sharma

| {{cr|IND}}

| Batsman

Jonny Bairstow

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Batsman

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 3

| Virat Kohli

| {{cr|IND}}

| Batsman / Captain

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 4

| Joe Root

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Batsman

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 5

| Ross Taylor

| {{cr|NZ}}

| Batsman

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 6

| Jos Buttler

| {{cr|ENG}}

| Batsman / Wicket-keeper

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 7

| Ben Stokes

| {{cr|ENG}}

| All-rounder

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 8

| Mustafizur Rahman

| {{cr|BAN}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 9

| Kuldeep Yadav

| {{cr|IND}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 10

| Rashid Khan

| {{cr|AFG}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 11

| Jasprit Bumrah

| {{cr|IND}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 12

| Shikhar Dhawan

| {{cr|IND}}

| 12th Man

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==Women's teams==

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;ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year

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!colspan="5"| ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year

Batting position

! Player

! Team

! Role

scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2 | Opener

| Smriti Mandhana

| {{crw|IND}}

| Batsman

Tammy Beaumont

| {{crw|SRI}}

| Batsman

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 3

| Suzie Bates

| {{crw|NZL}}

| Batsman

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 4

| Dane van Niekerk

| {{crw|RSA}}

| Batsman

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 5

| Sophie Devine

| {{crw|NZL}}

| All-rounder

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 6

| Alyssa Healy

| {{crw|AUS}}

| Batsman / Wicket-keeper

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 7

| Marizanne Kapp

| {{crw|RSA}}

| All-rounder

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 8

| Deandra Dottin

| {{crw|WIN}}

| All-rounder

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 9

| Sana Mir

| {{crw|PAK}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 10

| Sophie Ecclestone

| {{crw|ENG}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 11

| Poonam Yadav

| {{crw|IND}}

| Bowler

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;ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year

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!colspan="5"| ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year

Batting position

! Player

! Team

! Role

scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2 | Opener

| Smriti Mandhana

| {{crw|IND}}

| Batsman

Alyssa Healy

| {{crw|AUS}}

| Batsman / Wicket-keeper

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 3

| Suzie Bates

| {{crw|NZL}}

| Batsman

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 4

| Harmanpreet Kaur

| {{crw|IND}}

| Batsman / Captain

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 5

| Natalie Sciver

| {{crw|ENG}}

| Batsman

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 6

| Ellyse Perry

| {{crw|AUS}}

| All-rounder

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 7

| Ashleigh Gardner

| {{crw|AUS}}

| All-rounder

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 8

| Leigh Kasperek

| {{crw|NZL}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 9

| Megan Schutt

| {{crw|AUS}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 10

| Rumana Ahmed

| {{crw|BAN}}

| Bowler

scope=row style=text-align:center;| Number 11

| Poonam Yadav

| {{crw|IND}}

| Bowler

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See also

References