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And that is all from an evening of celebrating excellence in cricket! Thank you!
"Congratulations to the young man ! For winning the odi player of the year many more to come..." tweets Yuvraj Singh wishing Virat Kohli.
Kumar Sangakkara with three -- ICC Cricketer and Test Cricketer of the Year, and LG People's Choice award -- trophies in Colombo.
"Congrats to Sunil Narine on winning the ICC emerging player of the year.." tweets West Indies skipper Darren Sammy.
"This is an amazing honour and I've seen the people who have won it before me and the nominees too, to be named alongside them is wonderful. I admire them greatly and even more so when I looked up at their records on the screen this evening," says Sangakkara.
Kumar Sangakkara had a stellar 2011-12 to back his Cricketer of the Year title. In 14 Tests, he compiled 1,444 runs at an average of 60.16, including five centuries and five half-centuries. In addition, he played 37 ODIs, hitting 1,457 runs at an average of 42.85, with three centuries and nine half-centuries. In that time he has also proven himself to be the best ODI wicketkeeper in the window under observation with 42 dismissals.
Richard Levi with his Twenty20 International Performance of the Year trophy.
"I think I continue to learn from the youngsters in the team and will continue to grow as a player hopefully and it's a great honour to receive this award this evening," says Kumar Sangakkara, winner of two top awards.
England's Sarah Taylor emerged the ICC Women's T20 Cricketer of the Year.
And here is another click of Kohli as he pays attention to the speaker after receiving his award...
He beat South Africa duo Jacques Kallis and Vernon Philander, India's Sachin Tendulkar and England's James Anderson.
Kumar Sangakkara has won the LG People's Choice Award for the second year in a row.
Secret to Kumar Sangakkara's success? " A lot of hard work," says the former Sri Lanka captain.
Taylor played in 13 ODIs for the West Indies scoring 514 runs at the top of the order at average of 46.72, while the off-spinner also claimed 16 wickets at an average of 13.12.
West Indies Stafanie Taylor has been named the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year.
Sangakkara pipped South Africa's Hashim Amla and Vernon Philander, and Australia's Michael Clarke to clinch the honour.
Kumar Sangakkara is the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2012.
Chris Gayle is in his usual mood at the awards ceremony.
Virat Kohli with his ICC ODI Player of the Year trophy...
George Dockrell with his ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year.
"This award means a lot to me, after playing cricket for 12 years. It's for the Sri Lankan umpires and the community who looked after my growth," says Dharmasena after winning the David Shepherd Trophy for the Umpire of the year.
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara is the Test cricketer of the Year.
Kohli hit seven centuries in this period, with quite a few other match-winning knocks.
Narine with his Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2012 trophy...
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2012 winner Daniel Vettori with his trophy...
And here are the pictures...
Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena is the Umpire of the Year.
India's Virat Kohli is the ODI cricketer of the year.
Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena is the ICC Umpire of the Year.
"I don't remember much of the innings but I regularly get reminded of it. When any sportsman performs well, with T20 cricket it either comes off or it doesn't and for me it came off that day," says the 24-year-old Levi.
On 19 February 2012, during the Proteas' Twenty20 International match against New Zealand in Hamilton, Levi on his debut tour for South Africa smashed his way to 117 not out with a swashbuckling innings that included five fours and 13 sixes. Levi took just 45 balls to reach his century, making him the current record holder for the fastest century in T20I cricket, ahead of former holder Chris Gayle who managed the feat in 50 balls.
South Africa batsman Richard Levi has won the ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year in recognition of his 51-ball 117 not out against New Zealand.
"It was the right thing to do at the time and we as a team try and play with the right spirit of cricket. It's hard to define the spirit of cricket, but go out on the field with the general mind sight to play the game in the right way and always in the right frame of mind," says Vettori.
During New Zealand's first Test against Zimbabwe in November 2011 in Bulwayo, Zimbabwe required 64 runs with five wickets in hand to win the Test. Regis Chakabva played a ball from the New Zealand spinner to mid-on, however, during his follow through Vettori proceeded to get in the way of Malcolm Waller, at the non-striker's end, preventing the Zimbabwean from running. Vettori immediately held up his hand to the wicketkeeper, Reece Young, to indicate there had been a collision, accidentally which hindered the non-striker. As this happened, Chakabva by this point was too far down the wicket to get back to his crease in time, the bails are whipped off at the striker's end but New Zealand elected not to appeal because of Vettori's admittance to blocking Waller's path.
New Zealand's Daniel Vettori has won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2012.
Left arm spinner Dockrell was the leading Associate and Affiliate wicket-taker with 43 scalps in all formats under observation (T20I, ODI and Intercontinental Cup), 22 of his wickets came in the Intercontinental Cup, the ICC's four-day competition for the top eight Associate and Affiliate Members.
George Dockrell of Ireland has become the ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year.
"We've a good junior set-up so hopefully the awards keep coming for us. I think this has been the best 12 months for me and I just keep adapting the best as possible. Hopefully I can keep going the best I can and keep competing for the West Indies."
West Indies bowler Sunil Narine has been named as the Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2012.
