ICC awards, 2009

Johnson and Gambhir scoop top awards

Oct 1, 2009: Mitchell Johnson capped a tumultuous year by becoming the sixth winner of the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, after being named as the ICC World Player of the Year

ICC awards 2009

Taylor named Women's Player of the Year

Oct 1, 2009: England batsman Claire Taylor has been named Women's Cricketer of the Year at the ICC Awards ceremony in Johannesburg

England women in West Indies 2009-10

Sarah Taylor and Claire Taylor miss WI tour

Sep 22, 2009: England Women will be without wicketkeeper-batsman Sarah Taylor and their best batsman Claire Taylor for their upcoming tour of West Indies scheduled between October 31 and November 14 this year

England Women v Australia Women, 2nd ODI, Chelmsford

Taylor's all-round class powers England win

Jun 30, 2009: Sarah Taylor's sublime 120 led England to another convincing win over Australia

England Women v Australia Women, Twenty20, Derby

Nitschke and Rolton star in Australia win

Jun 25, 2009: England's double World Cup-winners came crashing back down to earth with a bump as Australia romped to victory

ICC Women's World Twenty20 2009

The first ladies

Jun 22, 2009: The ICC's panel of experts picked the best XI from the players in the Women's World Twenty20. Here's the XI and what they did in the tournament

Australia Women tour of England 2009

Victorious England stick with the tried and tested

Jun 22, 2009: The England women's selectors have stuck with the tried, tested and successful to name an unchanged squad for Australia's forthcoming tour

ICC Women's World Twenty20 2009 review

Records tumble in inaugural championship

Jun 22, 2009: The inaugural ICC Women's World Twenty20 witnessed several statistical highlights. Cricinfo looks at some of the interesting numbers from the tournament

England v New Zealand, Women's World Twenty20 final, Lord's

All-conquering England take title

Jun 21, 2009: England prevailed to become Women's Twenty20 champions at Lord's

ICC Women's World Twenty20, 2009

Claire Taylor reaping the fruits of hard labour

Jun 19, 2009: Claire Taylor has worked hard over the last ten years to become the world's premier batter

England v Australia, Women's World Twenty20, 2nd semi-final, The Oval

Claire Taylor seals stunning chase

Jun 19, 2009: Claire Taylor's brilliant 76 not out from 53 balls helped England chase down a formidable target of 164

England Team Awards

Strauss named Player of the Year

May 4, 2009: Andrew Strauss has capped a memorable 12 months, which began with his recall to the Test team and culminated in his accession to the Test captaincy, by being named as England's Player of the Year for the second time in four years

Wisden 2009

Twenty20 changing players' priorities - Wisden

Apr 8, 2009: The 146th edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is launched today and reflects on 12 months where Twenty20 has continued to reshape the game and the sport has had to confront a range of major challenges

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2009

Claire Taylor

Apr 8, 2009: England's Claire Taylor - the leading female batsman in world cricket, and a member of the side that won the Ashes in 2008 and the World Cup in 2009 - has become the first woman to be named as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year. Her profile was w

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2009

Claire Taylor named as Wisden Cricketer of the Year

Apr 3, 2009: Claire Taylor, the leading run-scorer in England's recent victory in the Women's World Cup in Australia, has made further history by being named as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year

Women's World Cup 2009

A great advertisement for women's cricket

Mar 24, 2009: The pitches, slower at the end of Australia's summer season, aided spin but did not let the bowlers to dominate the batsmen; the two-week format allowed each side a minimum of four games

Women's World Cup 2009

Five England players in World Cup XI

Mar 23, 2009: Five England players have made it to the women's World Cup 2009 XI announced by the ICC day after the team lifted their third world title by beating New Zealand by four wickets in Sydney

England v New Zealand, women's World Cup final, Sydney

Shaw proves a point

Mar 22, 2009: A modest Nicki Shaw, named Player of the Match, put her bowling down to luck, while crediting the opening pace bowler Katherine Brunt for building up the pressure ahead of her own spell

Australia v England, Women's World Cup, Super Six, Sydney

Australia upset England but miss the final

Mar 19, 2009: Australia saved their best for late in the tournament with a commanding win over the finalists England

England v West Indies, women's World Cup, Sydney

Unstoppable England march into World Cup final

Mar 17, 2009: England marched into the final and further cemented themselves as favourites with a strong win against West Indies at Drummoyne Oval on Tuesday. It will be England's first appearance in a final since their victorious home campaign in 1993