ICC Nominees

These are the Nominees for the top award that will be presented by the International Cricket Council in Johannesburg on October 1.

The nominations were finalised by a 25-member international panel comprising former players, media representatives, umpires and regerees. The same panel will also pick the winner.

Cricketer of the year : Mahendra singh Dhoni ( Ind),
Gautam Gambhir ( Ind),
Mitchell Johnson (Aus),
Andrew Strauss ( Eng).

Test player of the year : Gautam Gambhir (Ind),
Mitchel Johnson (Aus),
Thilan Samaraweera (SL),
Andrew Strauss (Eng).

One-day player of the year : Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI),
Mahendra singh Dhoni (Ind),
Virender Sehwag (Ind),
Yuvraj singh (Ind)

Emerging player of the year :Ben Hilfenhaus (Aus),
Graha Onions (Eng),
Jesse Ryder (NZ),
Peter siddle (Aus).

Associate and Affiliate player of the year (non-Test nations) : Rizwan Cheema (Can),
Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned),
William Porterfield (IrI),
Edgar Schiferli (Ned)

Twenty20 International performance of the year :

Shahid Afridi (Pak)-51 off 34 balls and two for 16 against South Africa in the world Twenty20 semi_final in Nottingham on June 18.

Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) -96 not out off 57 balls against the West Indies in the world Twenty20 semi_final at the Oval on June 19.

Chris Gayle (WI) -88 off50 balls against Australia in the World Twenty20 at the Oval in June 6.

Umar Gul (Pak)- 5-6 against New Zealand in the World Twenty20 at the Oval on June 13.

Women's Crickter of the year : Charlotte Edwards (Eng),
Shelley Nitschke (Aus),
Claire Taylor (Eng).

Umpire of the year : Aleem Dar (Pak),
Tony Hill (NZ),
Asad Rauf (Pak),
Simon Taufel (Aus).

Spirit of Cricket Award : Australia,
England,
New Zealand,
Sri Lanka.


Hope appropriate persons will get the awards.




WINNERS DONT DO DIFFERENT THINGS....THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY........