Let us look back some of the cricketing moment in 2011 :
It has been another action-packed year in the world of cricket featuring plenty of the twin imposters, triumph and disaster.
Andy Flower's stock continued to rise as England went unbeaten in Test cricket and finished the year on top of the ICC rankings.
The World Cup had a fairytale ending as India triumphed in Sachin Tendulkar's home city of Mumbai while Tendulkar's team-mate Virender Sehwag took ODI batting into new territory with 219 against West Indies.
In the domestic game, Lancashire ended their long wait in the County Championship, while Somerset once again went close on all fronts only to finish empty-handed.
And on a less positive note, three Pakistan cricketers were sent to jail for their roles in a spot-fixing conspiracy.
Test Team of the Year: England
England started the year by completing their first Ashes win in Australia for 24 years and finished it holding top spot in the ICC Test rankings. Andrew Strauss' men went unbeaten in eight Tests, compiling a record of six wins and two draws, including a 4-0 series whitewash of India, the previous No 1 side.
ODI Team of the Year: India
India's year was full of highs and lows, none higher than their World Cup victory on home soil. After dethroning three-time defending champions Australia in the quarter-final, MS Dhoni's men held their nerve to see off neighbours Pakistan in the semi-final and Sri Lanka in the final. India had an overall 15-2 win-loss record at home in ODIs during the year, including a 5-0 whitewash of England. But they were less solid away from their own conditions with series losses in South Africa and England.
County Team of the Year: Lancashire
The waiting was finally over for Lancashire in September when victory over Somerset on the final day of the season earned them a first outright County Championship title since 1934. Under the guidance of discarded England coach Peter Moores and veteran captain Glen Chapple, a squad built on local talent achieved what so many of their predecessors had failed to do.
International Player of the Year: Alastair Cook
Cook scored heavily in Test cricket and established himself as an ODI player after being handed the England captaincy in the 50-over format following the World Cup. He started the year with 189 in Sydney as the Ashes were retained and scored centuries in his next two Tests at home to Sri Lanka, before a career-best 294 against India at Edgbaston. In all, he scored 927 Test runs at an average of 84.27. Cook was also given a chance to lead the ODI team after Andrew Strauss' retirement from white-ball action and responded with 600 runs in 15 innings.
County Player of the Year: Marcus Trescothick
Somerset endured another season as bridesmaids but that was through no fault of skipper Trescothick. The opening batsman tore into bowling attacks up and down the country, finishing with 1,673 runs in the Championship, 300 more than his nearest rival. Other notable performers included a pair of veteran seam bowlers, Worcestershire's Alan Richardson helping his team avoid relegation with 73 wickets, while David Masters of Essex was the leading wicket taker across both divisions with 93.
Best Innings of the Year: Virender Sehwag, 219, Indore
For the second year in a row, an Indian batsman produced a new benchmark in the 50-over game. Opener Virender Sehwag surpassed team-mate Sachin Tendulkar's 200 with an innings of 219 against West Indies in Indore on December 8. Sehwag hit 25 fours and seven sixes during his 149-ball knock, even declining the offer of some flowers on reaching his double century from a man who ran out to the middle. He was dropped once, by West Indies captain Darren Sammy on 170, before finally being dismissed by Kieron Pollard from the third ball of the 47th over.
Best series: Australia in South Africa
A bit of a stretch to call two Tests a series but Australia's short visit to South Africa served up a pair of thrilling matches. The Proteas took the opener by eight wickets in Cape Town after reducing Australia to 21-9 in their second innings. Australia 'recovered' to 47 all out to avoid the lowest score in history and set South Africa 236 for victory, a target they achieved thanks to centuries from Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla. A week later in Johannesburg and Australia secured a drawn series as teenager Pat Cummins settled a classic in their favour. Cummins, on debut, took 6-79 in South Africa's second innings and saw Australia to their target of 310 and a two-wicket win with a quickfire 13 not out at number 10.
Low Point of the Year: Pakistan spot-fixers jailed
A trio of Pakistan cricketers were put behind bars after being found guilty of plotting to fix parts of Pakistan's Lord's Test against England in 2010. Former captain Salman Butt was jailed for 30 months, seam bowler Mohammad Asif was given a 12-month term and teenage paceman Mohammad Amir a six-month sentence for their roles.
