Sangakkara bags three ICC awards

Batsman-wicketkeeper bagged the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named Cricketer of the Year.He also won the Test Cricketer of the Year and People’s Choice awards.Performances over a 12-month period that ended on August 6, 2012 were taken into account.Sangakkara scored 1,444 runs with five centuries in 14 Tests and 1,457 runs in 37 one-day internationals with three hundreds during the year.The Sri Lankan fought off stiff competition from South Africans Hashim Amla and Vernon Philander, and Australian Michael Clarke, to win the trophy.“This is an amazing honour and I’ve seen the people who have won it before me and the nominees too to be named alongside them is wonderful,” said Sangakkara.“I admire them greatly and even more so when I looked up at their records on the screen this evening. It’s great to be amongst them, but now, to receive this honour this evening, is simply fantastic.”