Kallis and Australia scoop top Awards
Jacques Kallis has become the first Cricket World Player of the Year and Australia is the first Cricket World Team of the Year. The first Cricket World awards have been decided over the course of the 2002 International cricket calendar and are a reflection of the performances of teams and individuals during 2002 in the International arena.
Cricket Worlds team awards are based on a league system in which sides gain two points for a win, one point for a draw, tie or no result and no points for a loss. Each sides points total is then divided by the number of matches they have played to give a Cricket World rating. Australia were undisputedly the best Test side of 2002 as a CW rating of 1.82 indicates, second in the Test table were South Africa on 1.33 and third was New Zealand on 1.25. Australia also picked up the ODI award with a score of 1.38 ahead of Pakistan, South Africa and India. Inevitably Australia pick up the Cricket World team of the Year award having the highest ratings in both Test and ODI cricket in 2002.
Cricket Worlds individual awards have been calculated on a Most Valuable Player (MVP) basis. In each International match of 2002 an MVP was selected for each side and for the match. South African all rounder Jacques Kallis won the Test award while West Indian opener Chris Gayle is the first recipient of the Cricket World ODI Player of the Year Award. The overall award went to Jacques Kallis who weighed in with the highest combined rating for Tests and ODIs. Awards have also been allocated for each individual country in categories of Best Overall, Test and ODI player of 2002, see list below.
Full lists, statistics and breakdowns of the 2002 Cricket World Awards will be published in the February 2003 edition of Cricket World Magazine. In the meantime here is a list of the Award winners.
Team of the Year Australia
Test Team Australia
ODI Team Australia
Player of the Year Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
Test Player - Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
ODI Player Chris Gayle (West Indies)
Australia: Overall Matthew Hayden; Test Shane Warne; ODI Glenn McGrath.
Bangladesh: Overall & Test Alok Kapali; ODI Tapash Baisya.
England: Overall Marcus Trescothick; Test Michael Vaughan; ODI Andrew Flintoff.
India: Overall Sachin Tendulkar; Test VVS Laxman; ODI Virender Sehwag.
New Zealand: Overall & Test Daryl Tuffey; ODI Craig McMillan.
Pakistan: Overall & ODI Yousuf Youhana; Test Abdur Razzaq.
South Africa: Overall & Test Jacques Kallis; ODI Shaun Pollock.
Sri Lanka: Overall & ODI Sanath Jayasuriya; Test Muttiah Muralitharan.
West Indies: Overall & ODI Chris Gayle; Test Carl Hooper.
Zimbabwe: Overall Grant Flower; Test Stuart Carlisle; ODI Doug Marillier.
Kenya: Overall Martin Suji.
I don't get one thing, how is Razzaq awarded best Pakistani test player, his record was horrible this year in test.
And how was Tendulkar the best Indian player of the year, shouldn't it be someone like Dravid, Sehwag, Zaheer Khan.
Jacques Kallis has become the first Cricket World Player of the Year and Australia is the first Cricket World Team of the Year. The first Cricket World awards have been decided over the course of the 2002 International cricket calendar and are a reflection of the performances of teams and individuals during 2002 in the International arena.
Cricket Worlds team awards are based on a league system in which sides gain two points for a win, one point for a draw, tie or no result and no points for a loss. Each sides points total is then divided by the number of matches they have played to give a Cricket World rating. Australia were undisputedly the best Test side of 2002 as a CW rating of 1.82 indicates, second in the Test table were South Africa on 1.33 and third was New Zealand on 1.25. Australia also picked up the ODI award with a score of 1.38 ahead of Pakistan, South Africa and India. Inevitably Australia pick up the Cricket World team of the Year award having the highest ratings in both Test and ODI cricket in 2002.
Cricket Worlds individual awards have been calculated on a Most Valuable Player (MVP) basis. In each International match of 2002 an MVP was selected for each side and for the match. South African all rounder Jacques Kallis won the Test award while West Indian opener Chris Gayle is the first recipient of the Cricket World ODI Player of the Year Award. The overall award went to Jacques Kallis who weighed in with the highest combined rating for Tests and ODIs. Awards have also been allocated for each individual country in categories of Best Overall, Test and ODI player of 2002, see list below.
Full lists, statistics and breakdowns of the 2002 Cricket World Awards will be published in the February 2003 edition of Cricket World Magazine. In the meantime here is a list of the Award winners.
Team of the Year Australia
Test Team Australia
ODI Team Australia
Player of the Year Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
Test Player - Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
ODI Player Chris Gayle (West Indies)
Australia: Overall Matthew Hayden; Test Shane Warne; ODI Glenn McGrath.
Bangladesh: Overall & Test Alok Kapali; ODI Tapash Baisya.
England: Overall Marcus Trescothick; Test Michael Vaughan; ODI Andrew Flintoff.
India: Overall Sachin Tendulkar; Test VVS Laxman; ODI Virender Sehwag.
New Zealand: Overall & Test Daryl Tuffey; ODI Craig McMillan.
Pakistan: Overall & ODI Yousuf Youhana; Test Abdur Razzaq.
South Africa: Overall & Test Jacques Kallis; ODI Shaun Pollock.
Sri Lanka: Overall & ODI Sanath Jayasuriya; Test Muttiah Muralitharan.
West Indies: Overall & ODI Chris Gayle; Test Carl Hooper.
Zimbabwe: Overall Grant Flower; Test Stuart Carlisle; ODI Doug Marillier.
Kenya: Overall Martin Suji.
I don't get one thing, how is Razzaq awarded best Pakistani test player, his record was horrible this year in test.
And how was Tendulkar the best Indian player of the year, shouldn't it be someone like Dravid, Sehwag, Zaheer Khan.
Are the people giving out the awards ok??
Nice One Ehsan Bhai!!
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