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Ponting wins cricketer of year

 Ricky Ponting’s stellar season has been rewarded with two major gongs at the ICC awards.

Ponting was named cricketer of the year, as well as captain of the year. Shaun Tait handed the ‘emerging cricketer of the year’, after a stellar world cup, while Matt Hayden has gone from limited overs dropout to international one day player of the year.

Cricketer of the year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)

Test player of the year: Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan)

One Day International player of the year: Matt Hayden (Australia)

Captain of the year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)

Emerging player of the year: Shaun Tait (Australia)

Umpire of the year: Simon Taufel (Australia)

Spirit of cricket award: Sri Lanaa

Test team of the year

Matthew Hayden (Australia)

Michael Vaughan (England)

Ricky Ponting (Australia, captain)

Mohammed Yousuf (Pakistan)

Kevin Pietersen (Pakistan)

Mike Hussey (Australia)

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Stuart Clark (Australia)

Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

Mahkaya Ntini (South Africa)

Mohammed Asif (Pakistan)

12th man - Zaheer Khan (India)

One Day International team of the year

Matthew Hayden (Australia)

Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Ricky Ponting (Australia, captain)

Kevin Pietersen (Pakistan)

Shiv Chanderpaul (West Indies)

Jacques Kallis (South Africa)

Mark Boucher (South Africa)
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)

Shane Bond (New Zealand)

Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

Glenn McGrath (Australia)

12th man - Mike Hussey (Australia)