Sangakkara nominated to top four categories in ICC awards – Most Popular Sri Lankan Website in the UK

Former Sri Lanka captain, Kumar Sangakkara has been nominated to the top three ICC Awards 2012 in addition to that he is being one of the top contenders of the LG people’s award, which is chosen by cricket fans around the world. The ICC announced a long list on Monday, August 13, with the annual awards ceremony set for 15 September in Colombo.

Out of the short listed five cricketers for LG People’s award, Kumar Sangakkara has been the only cricketer to be nominated for the top three awards as well. Sachin Tendulkar, Vernon Philander, Jacques Kallis and James Anderson are the other four cricketers who will compete with Sangakkara for LG People’s award.

Cricketers are chosen by an independent selection panel of experts based on their performances in the period between 4 August 2011 and 6 August 2012. For the LG People’s Choice Award, the player will be chosen by cricket fans around the world, who get a chance to vote for their favorite player online from a short-list of five cricketers.

These cricketers were initially selected by the ICC selection panel and released to the public for voting earlier this month. They were chosen on the basis of some innovative parameters, in line with the values that embody the LG brand, such as innovation, dynamism, strength in decision-making, performing well under pressure and executing a plan to distinction.

Cricket fans around the world, will have the opportunity to vote for the cricketer of their choice online until 31 August at www.facebook.com/cricketicc. The most prestigious of all awards remains as the ICC Cricketer of the Year award for Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.

This year’s LG ICC Awards includes 11 individual prizes and also features the selection of the Test and ODI Teams of the Year. The individual player awards will be selected by an academy of 32 highly credentialed cricket personalities from around the world. The academy includes a host of former players and respected members of the media, representatives of the Emirates Elite Panels of ICC Umpires and ICC Match Referees.

Sri Lanka’s young sensation, Dinesh Chandimal, has been nominated to ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year award this year. To qualify for that award, a player must be under the age of 26 and have played fewer than five Tests and/or 10 ODIs and five T20Is at the start of the voting period.

The ninth annual LG ICC Awards will be held on 15 September in Colombo ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012. Previous ceremonies were held in London (2004 and 2011), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007 and 2009), Dubai (2008) and Bengaluru (2010).

Source: Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)