Castrol Asian Cricket Awards
Eleven years after instituting the very first and most respected Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence for Indian cricketers, Castrol has taken another momentous step with the institution of the Castrol Asian Cricket Awards. The Castrol Asian Cricket Awards will honor and felicitate Asia's best cricketers on a biennial basis across the three major formats Test cricket, One Dayers and T20 Internationals.
The judging methodology for the Awards is based on an objective and simple point system called the Castrol Performance Index. The various categories under which the awards will be given away are as follows:
- Castrol Asian Cricketer of the Year (Overall)
- Castrol Asian Batsman of the Year (Overall)
- Castrol Asian Bowler of the Year (Overall)
- Castrol Asian Fielder of the Year (Overall)
- Castrol Asian Test Batsman of the Year
- Castrol Asian Test Bowler of the Year
- Castrol Asian ODI Batsman of the Year
- Castrol Asian ODI Bowler of the Year
- Castrol Asian Twenty20 Batsman of the Year
- Castrol Asian Twenty20 Bowler of the Year
CASTROL RATING SYSTEM FOR THE ASIAN AWARDS
BATTING
- 25 - 34 runs in an innings - 1 point
- 35 – 49 runs - 2 points
- 50 – 74 runs - 3 points + 2 bonus points
- 75 – 99 runs - 6 pointsA century - 7 + 3 points as bonus
- Double Century - 20 + 3 points as bonus
BOWLING
- One wicket in an inning - 1 point
- Two wickets - 2 points
- Three wickets
- 3 points + 2 bonus points
- Four wickets - 5 points + 1 bonus point
- Five wickets - 7 points + 3 bonus points
- Ten wickets - 20 + 3 points as bonus
FIELDING
- Two catches - 1 point
- Three catches - 2 points
- Four catches - 3 points
- Five catches - 4 points + 1 bonus pt
