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Kenya's Odoyo, Women Cricketer Goswami and
Umpire Taufel honoured |
Thomas Odoyo, the Kenyan
all rounder was named as the 'Associate Player
of the Year'. This was the first time in four
years that such an award has been given by the
ICC. Ododyo won the race for the award ahead of
Canada's Ashish Bagai, Netherland's Ryan ten
Doeschate and his skipper Steve Tikolo.
The only award winner
from India happened to be the lesser known
Jhulan Goswami who bagged the 'Women Cricketer
of the Year'. The 23-year-old lady from Bengal
is reckoned to be the fastest bowler in Women's
cricket. Goswamu received the award from India's
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni! The other nominees
for the Women's Cricketer of the Year are Lisa
Sthalekar (Australia) and Claire Taylor
(England). This was the just the second year
that the ICC has put up an award for women
cricketers.
Australia's Simon
Taufel for the fourth time in a row
walked away with the 'Umpire of the
Year' award. It is a great achievement
for an Umpire who is just 36 years of
age! His
competition was with England's Mark
Benson, West Indies' Steve Bucknor and
another Australian Daryl Harper.
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