Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a Cricket trophy that is awarded annually by the International Cricket Council to the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year. It is considered to be the most prestigious of the annual ICC Awards and was first awarded in 2004 to Rahul Dravid.
| ICC Award for Best Men's Cricketer | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | ICC |
| First awarded | 2004 |
| Last awarded | 2023 |
| Currently held by | Pat Cummins (1st award) |
| Most awards | Ricky Ponting Mitchell Johnson Virat Kohli (2 awards each) |
| Website | ICC Awards |
The trophy is named after former West Indies cricket captain Sir Garfield Sobers, whose name was chosen by a panel consisting of Richie Benaud, Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Holding. They were asked by the ICC to select "an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award".
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