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Only one New Zealand name appeared in the International Cricket Council awards in Johannesburg last night.
Fast bowler Shane Bond was included in the one-day team of the year alongside Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, Chamina Vass and Australia's Glenn McGrath.
None of the Black Caps made the test
team of the year.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting, as expected, dominated the awards night, taking two awards including cricketer of the year.
Australians won five of the eight individual awards on offer with Ponting becoming the first player in the event's four-year history to receive back-to-back Sir Garfield Sobers Trophies.
He also picked up the captain's gong, but was beaten to the one-day player award by teammate Matthew Hayden.
Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf - who has controversially signed to play in the rebel Indian Cricket League - took out the test player award, for which Ponting was also shortlisted.
The awards capped a superb 2006-07 for Ponting, who led Australia to an Ashes whitewash, Champions Trophy triumph and third straight World Cup title.
He was also named captain of both the test and one-day world teams of the year, beating Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, of the West Indies, and England's Kevin Pietersen for cricketer of the year.
In other awards, Shaun Tait was named emerging player of the year after his starring role for Australia during the World Cup, where he took 23 wickets in 11 games.
South African Mark Boucher was selected as wicketkeeper for the one-day team, while Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara beat out Australia's Adam Gilchrist for the test side.
Awards
Cricketer of the year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Test player of the year: Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan)
ODI player of the year: Matthew Hayden (Australia)
Captain of the year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Emerging player of the year: Shaun Tait (Australia)
Umpire of the year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
Women's cricketer of the year: Jhulan Goswami (India)
Associate ODI player of the year: Thomas Odoyo (Kenya)
Spirit of cricket award: Sri Lanka
Test team of the year
Matthew Hayden (Australia), Michael Vaughan (England), Ricky Ponting (captain), Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan), Kevin Pietersen (England), Michael Hussey (Australia), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Stuart Clark (Australia), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), Mahkaya Ntini (Ssouth Africa), Mohammad Asif (Pakistan), Zaheer Khan (India) (12th man).
ODI team of the year
Matthew Hayden (Australia), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Ricky Ponting (Australia), Kevin Pietersen (England), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Mark Boucher (South Africa), Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka), SHANE BOND (NZ), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), Glenn McGrath (Australia), Michael Hussey (Australia) (12th man).
- AAP
