ICC Awards 2024 set to launch with shortlists revealed from today
- ICC Awards 2024 will honour the outstanding performers from a blockbuster year of international cricket
- Nominees in nine of the twelve award categories will be unveiled across ICC website, app and social channels from 28 to 30 December
- Winners will be selected by fans registered at icc-cricket.com, and a prominent panel of international cricket media, with results announced in late January
The International Cricket Council (ICC) will today begin unveiling shortlists in the ICC Awards 2024, where the outstanding performers from an action-packed calendar year of international cricket will be acknowledged.
The year witnessed no shortage of highlights and exceptional individual performances, and contenders for the top prizes in the ICC Awards 2024 are drawn from pinnacle global events including the dramatic ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies, the landmark ICC Women’s T20 World Cup hosted by Bangladesh in the UAE, and a host of other international competition.
The ICC Awards 2024 will celebrate the very best performers over the course of the year, through 12 categories spanning specific formats of men’s and women’s cricket, as well as the best overall performers who stand in contention to claim the coveted Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year and the iconic Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year.
Shortlists for nine of the 12 award categories will be revealed between 28 and 30 December 2024 on the ICC’s website, app and social channels, with each shortlist featuring four names.
Shortlist Announcements
28 December: Shortlists for ICC Emerging Men’s and Women’s Cricketers of the Year revealed
29 December: Shortlists for ICC Men’s and Women’s T20I and ODI Cricketers of the Year revealed
30 December: Shortlists for ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year, the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year, and the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year revealed.
Shortlists for these categories have been determined by a specialist panel of cricket writers and broadcasters, who identified the star performers according to on-field performances and overall achievements in international cricket through the calendar year.
Voting
ICC Awards 2024 winners will be determined by global cricket fans registered at icc-cricket.com, together with a larger panel of global media representatives - the ICC Voting Academy, with voting set to begin once the final shortlists have been revealed on 30 December.
Results of the ICC Voting Academy selections and the fans’ vote will be combined to determine the winner in each of these nine categories.
Three other categories will be celebrated in the ICC Awards 2024; the ICC Men’s and Women’s Associate Cricketers of the Year (determined solely by the Voting Academy) and the ICC Umpire of the Year, making a total of 12 prizes.
In addition to the individual honours, five ICC Teams of the Year will be revealed when the winners are announced, selected by the ICC Voting Academy and identifying the standout XIs from the international stage in men’s and women’s cricket.
Following the conclusion of the voting period, winners of the ICC Awards 2024 will be announced in late January 2025.
ICC Awards 2024 – full list of award categories:
- Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year
- ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year
- ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
- ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
- ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year
- ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year
- ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year
- ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year
- ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year
- ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Year
- ICC Umpire of the Year