2018 ICC Awards

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2018 ICC Awards
Date22 January 2019
Presented by ICC
Highlights
Cricketer of the YearMen's: Flag of India.svg Virat Kohli
Women's: Flag of India.svg Smriti Mandhana
Men's Test Player of the Year Flag of India.svg Virat Kohli
ODI Player of the YearMen's: Flag of India.svg Virat Kohli
Women's: Flag of India.svg Smriti Mandhana
Women's T20I Player of the Year Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alyssa Healy
Emerging Player of the YearMen's: Flag of India.svg Rishabh Pant
Women's: Flag of England.svg Sophie Ecclestone
Website www.icc-cricket.com
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The 2018 ICC Awards were the fifteenth edition of the ICC Awards. The voting panel took into account players' performance between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018. The announcement of the ICC World XI Teams, along with the winners of the men's individual ICC awards, was made on 22 January 2019. [1] The women's awards were announced on 31 December 2018, with Smriti Mandhana winning the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award as the Women's Cricketer of the Year. [2] Virat Kohli became the first cricketer in history to win all three major awards. [3]

Contents

Award categories and winners

Individual awards

Men's awards

Men's Associate Player of the Year

Women's awards

Other awards

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Spirit of Cricket
Fan's Moment of the Year

ICC Teams of the Year

Men's teams

Women's teams

See also

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