As part of the ICC's celebration of the game's heroes and role models, it stages the annual LG ICC Awards ceremony to recognise the major individual and team achievements in world cricket.

The ceremony features individual awards that over the years have honoured some of the biggest names in men's and women's international cricket and will be voted upon by a strong panel of former players, respected members of the media and an elite umpire and match referee.

The LG ICC Awards ceremony is now in its ninth year and the 2012 Awards will take place in Colombo. The event will be staged in association with Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA). Previous ceremonies were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007 and 2009), Dubai (2008), Bangalore (2010) and London (2011).