For the second year in a row a highly respected quintet of former international cricketers has agreed to take undertake the important responsibility of sitting on the Selection Panel for the ICC Awards,
It is now an established part of the global cricket calendar taking place every two years and when the ICC comes to sell television rights for all its events up to 2015 later this year it will form part of the package available to broadcasters.
Both formats could be played in a number of countries at different times of the year to fit in with the overall demands on international teams.
This is the second year of the ICC Awards after a very successful introduction in London last year,