ICC Awards 2009 Nominees List Announced

Mumbai: The list of nominees shortlisted for the various ICC Annual Awards for 2009 was announced in Mumbai on Wednesday. In the initial list of nominees, which would be shortlisted in due course of time, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, batsman Gautam Gambhir and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh made the cut for the Cricketer of the Year award.

The trio have also been nominated, in the initial list, for the Test player of the year award along with stylish VVS Laxman.

For the coveted One Day International player of the year, skipper Dhoni, prolific batsman Yuvraj Singh and opener Virender Sehwag have made it to the initial list of nominees.

Indian pacer Zaheer Khan also found his name in the list of nominees, after he was named as a strong contender for the T20 Performer of the Year award.

Indian opener Virender Sehwag and former cricketer Ravi Shastri announced the names of the nominees along with the Chief Executive of the International Cricket Council, Haroon Lorgat.

The sixth ICC annual awards ceremony is scheduled to be held at Johannesburg during the ICC Champions Trophy.

There are eight individual prizes, including the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year. The winners of seven individual awards would be chosen on the basis of voting done by a 25-person panel from around the world made up of former players, media personnel and an elite umpire and match referee.

The nominations for the Women's Cricketer of the Year award would be voted on by another 16-person group featuring former players and other experts on the women's game.

The other three awards are reserved for the Test Team of the Year, the ODI Team of the Year and the Spirit of Cricket award.

Performances of players in the period between August 2008 and August 2009 would be taken into account for deciding the awards, according to the ICC website.

Cricketer of the Year

• Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
• Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
• MS 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

• MS Dhoni (Ind)
• Michael Clarke (Aus)
• Stuart Broad (Eng)
• 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)

ODI Player of the Year

• Andrew Strauss (Eng)
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
• Graeme Swann (Eng)
• MS Dhoni (Ind)
• Daniel Vettori (NZ)
• Andrew Flintoff (Eng)
• AB de Villiers (SA)
• 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)

Twenty20 Int. Performance of the Year

• Shahid Afridi (Pak)
• Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
• Dwayne Bravo (WI)
• Alex Cusack (Ire)
• Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
• Chris Gayle (WI)
• Umar Gul (Pak)
• David Hussey (Aus)
• Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
• Zaheer Khan (Ind)
• Ajantha Mendis (SL)
• Wayne Parnell (SA)
• Abdur Razzak (Ban)
• David Warner (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)

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 (NZ)
• Aleem Dar (Pak)
• Steve Davis (Aus)
• Ian Gould (Eng)
• Tony Hill (NZ)
• Daryl Harper (Aus)
• Asad Rauf (Pak)
• Simon Taufel (Aus)