De Villiers became the first player to win back-to-back Cricketer of the Year awards
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South Africa captain AB de Villiers dominated the Cricket South Africa (CSA) awards ceremony as he won five out of the nine major awards that were up for grabs.
Kumar scored 247 runs and took 19 wickets during the Test series against England
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India pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has won the Polly Umrigar Award, which is given to the player of the year, for the 2013-14 season.
Mathews and Sangakkara were both named Test Batsman of the Year
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Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has been named Cricketer of the Year at this year’s Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) awards ceremony.
Ashwin is the fastest bowler to take 100 Test wickets since 1931
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India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been bestowed with the Arjuna award, which is an Indian government honour for recognition of outstanding achievement in national sport.
Bravo was named Cricketer of the Year
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne and Darren Bravo, Sunil Narine and Stafanie Taylor took home the top prizes at the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA)/West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) awards.
De Villiers was named the cricketer of the year, Test cricketer of the year, players’ player and fans’ player of the year
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South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman AB de Villiers took home four awards at the annual Cricket South Africa ceremony on June 4.
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“If you are passionate about Test cricket, it has to be from within”
Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has announced that the International Cricket Council (ICC) needs to “organise more Test matches if they want Test cricket to survive”.
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“Ross showed with those three centuries against the Windies that he is well on the way to being our greatest-ever batsman”
New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor and women’s captain Suzie Bates walked away with the top awards at the New Zealand awards night in Auckland.
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“It is a prestigious award and an honour, and something I’m certainly proud of”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has admitted that he “was very surprised” to be crowned Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year.
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Dhoni has been nominated for the Cricketer of the Year and ODI Cricketer of the Year awards
After being named captain of the International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI Team of the Year, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has also been nominated for the Cricketer of the Year and ODI Cricketer of the Year awards.
