ICC MEDIA ADVISORY

Dubai, Aug 24: There will be a media conference on Friday 26 August to announce the short-lists for the LG ICC Awards 2011. The media conference will start at 1130 and will take place in the Chiesman Pavilion at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, Kent.

All working members of the media are invited to the function which will be attended by Clive Lloyd who is the Chairman of the LG ICC Awards Selection Panel and is also the Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee.

The announcement will also include the naming of the ICC Test Team of the Year 2011.

What: Announcement of short-lists for LG ICC Awards 2011 and ICC Test Team of the Year 2011

When: 1130 on Friday 26 August, entrance to the ground will open from 1000

Where: Chiesman Pavilion, St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, Kent

Who: Clive Lloyd, Chairman of the LG ICC Awards Selection Panel and Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee

Members of the media are requested to arrive no later than 1100 to ensure an on-time start and to not encroach the warm-up match being played between Kent and India.

Based on the period between 11 August 2010 and 3 August 2011, the LG ICC Awards 2011 – presented in association with the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) – will take into account performances by players and officials in a remarkable period for the game.

That period includes such high-profile events as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the ICC Intercontinental Cup, numerous Pepsi ICC World Cricket Leagues and several bilateral Test and ODI series.

The LG ICC Awards ceremony is now in its eighth year and this year it will be held in London on 12 September. Previous ceremonies were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007 and 2009), Dubai (2008) and Bengaluru 2010.