Thursday, 15 September 2005
ICC awards
How many New Zealanders got nominated for a 2005 ICC award? One. Dan Vettori made the shortlist of 18 for "one-day international player of the year". Given he did most of his damage last year in test cricket I think he was unlucky not to get a nod in that category too. And how did Hamish Marshall miss out on a mention in the "emerging player of the year" shortlist?
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Good question. The rules say:
"Players eligible for the Emerging Player of the Year award must be under 26-years-of-age at the start of the voting period (1 August 2004) and have played no more than five Test matches and/or 10 One-Day Internationals before the start of the voting period."
Hamish Marshall would have been less than 26 years of age as of 1/Aug/2004, given he is 26 years 212 days old currently. He had played one test before 1/Aug/2004.
But he had already played 20 one-dayers by that date. Hence disqualified since the clause ambiguously says and/or!
Brilliant! I knew there had to be a reason somewhere. Even if it is not an entirely convincing one. "And/or"? What kind of rule has an "and/or" in it? The failure to put in an hard and fast rule will only cause problems.
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