Tendulkar wins ICC Cricketer of the Year Award - Sehwag Test Player and de Villiers ODI

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has won his first ICC award, the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy being elected as Cricketer of the Year during the 2010 ICC Award ceremony in Bangalore. India's Virender Sehwag won the Test Cricketer of the Year award and South Africa's AB de Villiers claiming the ODI player of the Year award.

Sachin Tendulkar, beat Virender Sehwag, Hashim Amla and Graeme Swann the other nominees in the Cricketer of the Year category. During the year for award August 24, 2009 to August 10, 2010 - Tendulkar scored 1064 runs at an average of 81.84 in ten Tests, also made 914 runs in 17 ODIs at 65.28, on his way to scored first double century of ODI against South Africa in Gwalior.

Indian captain MS Dhoni appointed as captain of the Test Team of the Year, which included Sehwag, Kumar Sangakkara, Swann, Tendulkar, Amla, Simon Katich, Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis, James Anderson and Doug Bollinger.

Australian ODI captain Ricky Ponting appointed as captain of the ODI Team of the Year, leading a side comprising Tendulkar, Shane Watson, Michael Hussey, de Villiers, Paul Collingwood, Dhoni, Daniel Vettori, Stuart Broad, Bollinger and Ryan Harris.

New Zealand's T20 opener, Brendon McCullum, won the award for the best Twenty20 Performance of the Year for his 116 not out against Australia in Christchurch in February, beat edged out Hussey, Mahela Jayawardene and Ryan McLaren.

England fast bowler Steven Finn won the award for Emerging Player of the Year, has taken 32 wickets in 8 matches since his debut. Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate won the Associate Player of the Year award.

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award goes to New Zealand for the second time in a row. Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar won the Umpire of the Year Award for the second time in a row.

ICC Award Ceremony 2010 Summary:

ICC Cricketer of the Year 2010 - Sachin Tendulkar (India)

ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2010 - Virender Sehwag (India)

ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year 2010 - AB de Villiers (South Africa)

ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2010 - Steven Finn (England)

ICC Test Team Captain of the Year 2010 - MS Dhoni (India)

ICC ODI Team Captain of the Year 2010 - Ricky Ponting (Australia)

ICC Twenty20 Performance of the Year 2010 - Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)

ICC Associate Player of the Year 2010 - Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)

ICC Umpire of the Year 2010 - Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

ICC Woman Cricketer of the Year 2010 - Shelley Nitschke (Australia)

ICC Spirit of Cricket Team 2010 - New Zealand