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South African cricketer AB de Villiers poses with his One Day International (ODI) Player of the Year trophy during the International Cricket Council (ICC) award 2010, in Bangalore on October 6, 2010. -Photo by AFP

List of winners at the International Cricket Council’s annual awards for the year 2010.

Cricketer of the Year: Sachin Tendulkar (India)

“To win both of these awards tonight is special and it’s the game’s way of appreciating someone’s performance,” said Tendulkar. “It feels great to have two trophies in front of me and I am feeling very proud and happy.”

Other nominees

Hashim Amla (South Africa)

Virender Sehwag (India)

Graeme Swann (England)

Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Shelley Nitschke (Australia)

Other nominees

Katherine Brunt (England)

Ellyse Perry (Australia)

Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)

Test Player of the Year: Virender Sehwag (India)

“I try to play the best I can in Test match cricket and play the same way I do in every format of the game,” Sehwag said. “I’m a huge fan of Test cricket and I love to play it more than Twenty20 or one-day cricket.”

Other nominees

Hashim Amla (South Africa)

Dale Steyn (South Africa)

Sachin Tendulkar (India) ODI Player of the Year: AB de Villiers (South Africa)

Other nominees

Ryan Harris (Australia)

Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Shane Watson (Australia)

Emerging Player of the Year: Steven Finn (England)

Other nominees

Umar Akmal (Pakistan)

Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)

Tim Paine (Australia)

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)

Other nominees

Trent Johnson (Ireland)

Kevin O’Brien (Ireland)

Mohammed Shahzad (Afghanistan)

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) for his 116 not out in 56 balls against Australia in Christchurch, New Zealand on 28 February.

Other nominees

Michael Hussey (Australia) for his 60 not out in 24 balls against Pakistan in the World Twenty20 semi-final in St Lucia on 14 May.

Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) for his 100 in 64 balls against Zimbabwe and his 98 not out in 56 balls against West Indies during World Twenty20.

Ryan McLaren (South Africa) for 5-19 against the West Indies on 19 May in Antigua.

Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

Other nominees

Steve Davis (Australia)

Tony Hill (New Zealand)

Simon Taufel (Australia)

People’s Choice Award: Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Other nominees

Michael Hussey (Australia)

Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)

Andrew Strauss (England)

AB de Villiers (South Africa)

Spirit of Cricket Award: New Zealand

Other nominees

India

Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe

ICC Test team of the year (in batting order): Virender Sehwag (India), Simon Katich (Australia), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Hashim Amla (South Africa), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India - capt and wicketkeeper), Graeme Swann (England), James Anderson (England), Dale Steyn (South Africa), Doug Bollinger (Australia).

ICC ODI Team of the Year (in batting order): Sachin Tendulkar (India), Shane Watson (Australia), Michael Hussey (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Paul Collingwood (England), Ricky Ponting (Australia - capt), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India - wicketkeeper), Daniel Vettori (New Zealand), Stuart Broad (England), Doug Bollinger (Australia), Ryan Harris (Australia).

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