The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the winners of 17th edition of ICC Awards for the year 2021 to recognise and honour the best international cricket players of the previous 12 months, between January 01, 2021 and December 31, 2021.
Notably, these awards honour players for their performances for their respective national side in a year. The apex international cricket governing body has named the winners in the different categories such as: Emerging Cricketer of the Year, T20I Cricketer of the Year and Associate Cricketer of the Year for both men’s and women’s cricket.
The winners are listed below:
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Smriti Mandhana (India)
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year – Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan)
- ICC Umpire of the Year – Marais Erasmus
- ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year – Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)
- ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year – Tammy Beaumont (England)
- ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year – Janneman Malan (South Africa)
- ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Fatima Sana (Pakistan)
- ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year – Zeeshan Maqsood (Oman)
- ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Year – Andrea-Mae Zepeda (Austria)
- ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Babar Azam (Pakistan)
- ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Lizelle Lee (South Africa)
- ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year – Joe Root (England)
