The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced the winners of its awards for the year 2020. From Most Valuable Player of the Year award to Spirit of the Cricket award, PCB revealed the complete winners’ list on social media. The winners have been decided by an independent jury.
PCB also live streamed the award announcement on its official YouTube channel. The event was hosted by Zainab Abbas.
Here is complete list of winners
Most Valuable Cricketer of the Year – Babar Azam
Period of consideration: (five Tests, three ODIs and 12 T20Is from 1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2020)
Test Cricketer of the Year – Mohammad Rizwan
Period of consideration: (five Tests between 1 Jan 2020 and 31 Dec 2020)
White-ball Cricketer of the Year – Babar Azam
Period of consideration: (three ODIs and 12 T20Is from 1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2020)
Individual Performance of the Year – Fawad Alam
Period of consideration: (20 international matches played between 1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2020)
Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Aliya Riaz
Period of consideration: (1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2020)
Domestic Cricketer of the Year – Kamran Ghulam
(Events under consideration HBL PSL 2020, National T20 Cup 2020 and first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2020)
Men’s Emerging International Cricketer of the Year – Naseem Shah
(International debut after September 1, 2019)
‘Pakistan team visiting Bangladesh dressing room after their 2-0 win in the T20I series’ – Spirit of Cricket
Period under consideration: (1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2020)
Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year – Rohail Nazir
(Players born on or after August 1, 1999 who are yet to make international debut for Pakistan. Period under consideration September 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020)
Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year – Fatima Sana
(Players born on or after August 1, 1999. Period under consideration 1 Sep 2019 to 31 Dec 2020)
Umpire of the Year – Asif Yaqoob
Period under consideration: (1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2020)
Corporate Achievement of the Year – HBL PSL V
(Period under consideration: January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)
According to a press release, the PCB Awards 2020 are recognition and appreciation of the players and match officials for their achievements, as well as their contributions and sacrifices, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“All cricket in Pakistan was planned, executed and played under strict COVID-19 protocols. This meant Pakistan’s leading cricketers, player support personnel and match officials spent a large chunk of the year under tight restrictions, away from their families and friends,” added the statement.
Winners will be presented specially designed trophies during the home series against South Africa, scheduled to take place later this month.
Meanwhile, Shahid Afridi congratulated the winners and advised them “to build on this so that the country and the fans are proud of you in 2021 and beyond”.
