Colombo, Jan 22 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lankan umpire Kumar Dharmasena has won the David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year 2018 for the second time.
“It has been a very satisfying year for me and this award from the ICC is a great honor and privilege. This comes six years after I was first named for the award and will inspire me to keep doing the job I love so much. I have always been passionate about cricket, both as a player and an umpire and look forward to keep working hard and challenging myself in order to meet the demands of this great game.”
“I would like to thank my wife for being the strength behind my achievements and also my kids for their support and understanding. I would like to thank Mr. Peter Manuel, my coach, for his guidance from the start of my umpiring career, together with all the other coaches from ICC and Sri Lanka Cricket. I take this opportunity to thank all my fellow colleagues for all the encouragement and support over the years, without which this would not have been possible.”The ICC Awards have honored some of the biggest names in international cricket. The awards are voted by a specially selected academy.
Below is the list of awards given out by ICC:
Women’s Winners 2018
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for Women’s Cricketer of the Year
Smriti Mandhana (IND)
ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
Smriti Mandhana (IND)
ICC Women’s T20I Player of the Year
Alyssa Healy (AUS)
ICC Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year
Sophie Ecclestone (ENG)
Men’s Winners 2018
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year
Virat Kohli (IND)
ICC Test Cricketer of the Year
Virat Kohli (IND)
ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year
Virat Kohli (IND)
ICC Associate Cricketer of the Year
Calum Macleod (SCO)
ICC Test Team of the Year
Tom Latham, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli (c), Henry Nicholls, Rishabh Pant (wk), Jason Holder, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Lyon, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Abbas
ICC ODI Team of the Year
Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Virat Kohli (c), Joe Root, Ross Taylor, Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Mustaifizur Rahman, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.
*The voting academy for the awards was: Javed Hamid Kakar, Emal Pasarly (Afghanistan); Lisa Sthalekar, Andrew Wu, Mike Hussey (Australia) Utpal Shuvro, M. Farid Ahmed, Athar Ali Khan (Bangladesh); Julian Guyer, Lawrence Booth, Nasser Hussain (England); Deep Dasgupta, Sunandan Lele, Jasvinder Sidhu (India); Ian Callendar, Barry Chambers (Ireland); Mark Geenty, Ian Smith (New Zealand); Peter Borren (Netherlands); Ramiz Raja, Abdul Mohi Shah, Mazhar Arshad, Bazid Khan (Pakistan); Shaun Pollock, Neil Manthorp, Firdose Moonda (South Africa); Saroj Pathirana, Russel Arnold, Rex Clementine (Sri Lanka); Peter Della Penna (USA), Ian Bishop, Barry Wilkinson, Vinode Mamchan (West Indies); Trisan Holme, Mehluli Sibanda, Mpumelelo Mbangwa (Zimbabwe).
