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SL bag 'Spirit of Cricket Award'; Ponting named
skipper of World teams |
 Mahela
Jayawardene's Sri Lanka bagged the 'Spirit of
Cricket' award for its good on-field behaviour.
Jonty Rhodes, one of the greatest fielders all
time presented the award to Mahela Jayawardene
who had competition from Australia, New Zealand
and surprisingly Ireland! Sri Lanka, the
runners-up of the 2007 World Cup in West Indies
had a close contest with New Zealand.
The ICC has also
announced its World Test and ODI teams which
were selected by a panel headed by former Indian
Captain Sunil Gavaskar. Twelve players were
picked for each side. Ricky Ponting has been
named as the Captain of both the sides.
ICC Test Team of
the Year :
Matthew
Hayden,
Michael
Vaughan,
Ricky Ponting (Captain),
Mohammad
Yousuf,
Kevin
Pietersen,
Michael
Hussey,
Kumar
Sangakkara (Wicket Keeper),
Stuart Clark,
Makhaya
Ntini,
Mohammad Asif,
Muttiah
Muralitharan 12th Man:
Zaheer Khan
ICC ODI Team of the Year :
Matthew
Hayden,
Sachin Tendulkar,
Ricky
Ponting (Captain),
Kevin
Pietersen,
Shivnarine Chanderpaul,
Jacques
Kallis,
Mark Boucher (Wicket Keeper),
Chaminda
Vaas, Shane
Bond,
Muttiah Muralitharan,
Glenn
McGrath 12th man:
Michael
Hussey
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