ICC awards

Well, the ICC international awards were held last night. Not that they are really that "international". The judges came from India, Australia, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Pakistan and - oddly enough - they awarded 11 places out of 12 in the test team of the year and 10 out of 12 in the ODI team of the year to players from India, Australia, Sri Lanka, South Africa or Pakistan. Andrew Flintoff (test and ODI team) and Shane Bond (ODI team) were the only players from England, New Zealand, the West Indies, Zimbabwe or Bangladesh who won selection.

For the record, Ricky Ponting won test player of the year and Michael Hussey won ODI player of the year.