Jayawardene leads World ODI Team of the Year

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, was today named captain of the World ODI Team of the Year at the annual ICC Awards ceremony being held in Mumbai. Jayawardene also earlier won the Captain of the Year award.

Five countries are represented in the 12-man line-up but only three players - Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Flintoff and Andrew Symonds - also appeared in the World ODI Team of the Year in 2005.

The 12 were chosen by a selection panel made up of Sunil Gavaskar, Waqar Younis, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ian Healy and Allan Donald based on performances between the voting period of August 1 2005 to August 8 2006. Statistics were available as a guide but were not necessarily a determining factor in the choices made.

World ODI Team of the Year (in batting order):
1 Adam Gilchrist (Australia, wk), 2 MS Dhoni (India), 3 Ricky Ponting (Australia), 4 Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka, capt), 5 Yuvraj Singh (India), 6 Michael Hussey (Australia), 7 Andrew Flintoff (England), 8 Irfan Pathan (India), 9 Brett Lee (Australia), 10 Shane Bond (New Zealand), 11 Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), 12 Andrew Symonds (Australia)