Uganda, Canada bag two ICC awards

Canada bagged the Best Junior Cricket Initiative for the Ontario Junior Program and the Best Cricket Promotional and Marketing Award during the programme here Monday.

Uganda's Rebecca Alwaya won the Volunteer of the Year Award for her outstanding contribution to the game while the Photo of the Year Award featured a wonderful shot of Ugandan cricket.

Africa collected its third award when John Abebe from Nigeria won the Lifetime Service Award, having devoted more than 30 years of cricket work, as a player, official and administrator. He is known as the "father of cricket" in Nigeria.

The Asia Region also did well in the Global Awards, picking up two awards - the Singapore Cricket Association won the coveted Best Overall Cricket Development Program, with the Region Cricket Development Region V in Nepal winning the Women's Cricket Initiative prize.

The Best Spirit of Cricket Initiative in Partnership with UNAIDS was won by Cricket Fiji for its 'Run out AIDS day'.

This year's awards produced a high standard of nominations, as well as an increase in the number of submissions - from 30 in 2002 to more than 140 this year.

"This whole process has once again shown the outstanding work being done in the development of cricket around the world," said ICC president Percy Sonn, who was one of the members of the judging panel for the awards.

"It was immensely difficult to select the winners but those lucky enough to have been chosen reflect the contributions they have made to our wonderful worldwide sport," he said.

(IANS)

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