Dilshan And Dhoni Feature In ICC Awards Nominations
Sri Lankan all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan and Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, both in operation for three of the awards being handed out by the International Cricket Council (ICC) at the end of the year.
Annual award ceremony will take place in Johannesburg 1 October and the long lists of awards was made by a jury, which included former players Clive Lloyd, Stephen Fleming, Anil Kumble, Mudassar Nazar and Bob Taylor.
Dilshan has long been listed as the ICC cricketer of the Year, Test Player Of The Year and the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year, while the 2008 Dhoni ODI Player of the Year, has been nominated as a Cricket Player of the Year, Test Player of the Year ODI Player Of The Year.
“The LG ICC Awards is an opportunity for the ICC and FICA to recognize and celebrate the remarkable achievements of the world’s best players,” said ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat.
“There is also an opportunity for fans of our great sport to reflect on some of the major crick thing works, they have witnessed in recent years. This will be the sixth time the award was handed out, and again there are so many great performances to remember. Selection of winners will undoubtedly test our voters and the voting academy, “he says.
Long-Lists:
Cricketer of the Year
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
Saqib Al Hasan (Ban)
Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
Graham Onions (Eng)
Thilan Samaraweera (SL)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Harbhajan Singh (Ind)
Graeme Smith (SA)
Andrew Strauss (Eng)
Daniel Vettori (NZ)
AB de Villiers (SA)
Test Player of the Year
Stuart Broad (Eng)
Michael Clarke (Aus)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
Saqib Al Hasan (Ban)
Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
VVS Laxman (Ind)
Jesse Ryder (NZ)
Thilan Samaraweera (SL)
Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI)
Peter Siddle (Aus)
Harbhajan Singh (Ind)
Graeme Smith (SA)
Dale Steyn (SA)
Andrew Strauss (Eng)
Graeme Swann (Eng)
Daniel Vettori (NZ)
AB de Villiers (SA)
ODI Player of the Year
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
Andrew Flintoff (Eng)
Chris Gayle (WI)
Umar Gul (Pak)
Martin Guptill (NZ)
Michael Hussey (Aus)
Nuwan Kulasekara (SL)
Ajantha Mendis (SL)
Muttiah Muralidaran (SL)
Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
Virender Sehwag (Ind)
Thilan Thushara (SL)
Emerging Player
Martin Guptill (NZ)
Ben Hilfenhaus (Aus)
Philip Hughes (Aus)
Amit Mishra (Ind)
Graham Onions (Eng)
Kemar Roach (WI)
Jesse Ryder (NZ)
Peter Siddle (Aus)
Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year
Rizwan Cheema (Can)
Khurram Chohan (Can)
Alex Cusack (Ire)
Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
Trent Johnston (Ire)
Neil McCallum (Sco)
Kevin O’Brien (Ire)
Niall O’Brien (Ire)
William Porterfield (Ire)
Boyd Rankin (Ire)
Edgar Schiferli (Ned)
Steve Tikolo (Ken)
Regan West (Ire)
Bas Zuiderent (Ned)
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Shahid Afridi (Pak) has been nominated for three separate performances, all during the ICC World Twenty20 2009 (WT20) – he took 4-11 against the Netherlands at Lord’s on 9 June; he scored 51 off 34 balls and took 2-16 against South Africa during the semi-final in Nottingham on 18 June; and he took 1-20 and scored 54 not out off 40 balls against Sri Lanka in the final at Lord’s on 21 June
Saeed Ajmal (Pak) – took 4-19 against Ireland at the Oval during the WT20 on 15 June
Dwayne Bravo (WI) – took 4-38 and scored 66 not out off 36 balls against India during the WT20 at Lord’s on 12 June
Alex Cusack (Ire) – took 4-18 against Sri Lanka during the WT20 at Lord’s on 14 June
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) has been nominated for two performances – he scored 96 not out off 57 balls against the West Indies in the semi-final of the WT20 at The Oval on 19 June; he previously scored 74 in 47 balls, also against the West Indies during the WT20 at Nottingham on 10 June
Chris Gayle (WI) – hit 88 off 50 balls against Australia during the WT20 at The Oval on 6 June
Umar Gul (Pak) has been nominated for two performances – took 4-8 against Australia in Dubai on 7 May and took 5-6 against New Zealand during the WT20 at The Oval on 13 June
David Hussey (Aus) – scored 88 not out off 48 balls and took 2-21 against South Africa in Johannesburg on 27 March
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) – hit 81 off 47 balls against the West Indies during the WT20 in Nottingham on 10 June
Zaheer Khan (Ind) – took 4-19 against Ireland during the WT20 in Nottingham on 10 June
Ajantha Mendis (SL) – had figures of 4-15 against Zimbabwe at King City on 10 October
Wayne Parnell (SA) – took 4-13 against the West Indies during the WT20 at The Oval on 13 June
Abdur Razzak (Ban) – took 4-16 against South Africa in Johannesburg on 5 November
David Warner (Aus) – hit 89 off 43 balls against South Africa in Melbourne on 11 January
Women’s Cricketer of the Year
Suzie Bates (NZ)
Holly Colvin (Eng)
Charlotte Edwards (Eng)
Laura Marsh (Eng)
Sana Mir (Pak)
Shelley Nitschke (Aus)
Mithali Raj (Ind)
Karen Rolton (Aus)
Priyanka Roy (Ind)
Lisa Sthalekar (Aus)
Claire Taylor (Eng)
Sarah Taylor (Eng)
Stafanie Taylor (WI)
Haidee Tiffin (NZ)
Aimee Watkins (NZ)
Umpire of the Year
Billy Bowden
Aleem Dar
Steve Davis
Ian Gould
Tony Hill
Daryl Harper
Asad Rauf
Simon Taufel
Source: www.cricketworld.com
