Sangakkara named ODI player of the year

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara has been named the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year.

The former captain also won the ICC People's Choice Award.

Sangakkara, 33, played 25 ODIs in the voting period, making 1,049 runs at an average of 55.21, including a century and seven half-centuries.

"It's a great honour first of all to have been nominated for this award and a great honour to have actually won it," said Sangakkara.

"I would like to thank the rest of my teammates, they have done a great job over the years in one-day cricket and I am privileged to be part of this and led these guys for just over two years. I thank you again, I feel very very proud."

The Sri Lankan test team are currently hosting Australia in a test series, which the Aussies lead 1-0.