2005 ICC Awards
The second ICC Awards ceremony was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney, Australia, on 11 October 2005. The judging period covered was from 1 August 2004, to 31 July 2005. This did not include the whole of the 2005 Ashes Series, since the final four matches of this series were played in August and September. The awards were presented at a function in Sydney on 11 October during the Super Series between champions Australia and the ICC World XI.

The Selection Panel 

Nominees were voted by a 50-member panel of current and ex-players and officials from among players selected by a committee headed by India's Sunil Gavaskar.
Selection panel members:
 Sunil Gavaskar (Chairman)
 David Gower 
 Richard Hadlee 
 Rod Marsh  
 Courtney Walsh

Winners and nominees 

The winners and nominees of various individual awards were:

Cricketer of the Year 

Winners: Andrew Flintoff  (England) and Jacques Kallis  (South Africa)
Nominees: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Glenn McGrath (Australia)

Test Player of the Year 

Winner: Jacques Kallis  (South Africa)
Nominees: Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Glenn McGrath (Australia), Shane Warne (Australia)

ODI Player of the Year 

Winner: Kevin Pietersen  (England)
Nominees: Andrew Flintoff (England), Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Brett Lee (Australia), Andrew Symonds (Australia)

Emerging Player of the Year 

Winner: Kevin Pietersen (England)
Nominees: A Ahmed (Bangladesh), IR Bell (England), G Gambhir (India), KKD Karthik (India), KP Pietersen (England), M Rana (Bangladesh), AB de Villiers (South Africa)

Umpire of the Year 

Winner: Simon Taufel (Australia)

Spirit of Cricket 

Winner: England

ICC World XI Teams

ICC Test Team of the Year

Ricky Ponting was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were also announced as follows:
 
  Virender Sehwag
  Graeme Smith  
  Ricky Ponting (captain)
  Jacques Kallis 
  Brian Lara 
  Inzamam-ul-Haq 
  Andrew Flintoff  
  Adam Gilchrist (wicket-keeper)
  Shane Warne 
  Chaminda Vaas 
  Glenn McGrath
  Anil Kumble (12th man)

ICC ODI Team of the Year

Marvan Atapattu was selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year. In addition to a wicket-keeper, 9 other players and a 12th man were also announced as follows:

  Marvan Atapattu (captain) 
  Adam Gilchrist (wicket-keeper)  
  Rahul Dravid  
  Kevin Pietersen  
  Andrew Symonds
  Inzamam-ul-Haq
  Andrew Flintoff
  Daniel Vettori  
  Brett Lee 
  Rana Naved-ul-Hasan  
  Glenn McGrath  
  Jacques Kallis (12th man)