ICC Awards 2009 : Indians lead nominees list

The list of nominees shortlisted for the various LG ICC Annual Awards for 2009 was announced in Mumbai on Wednesday.

In the initial list of nominees, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, left-hander Gautam Gambhir and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh made the grade 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 One-day International player of the year, skipper Dhoni, dashing batsman Yuvraj Singh and opener Virender Sehwag are in the initial list of nominees.

Amit Mishra was nominated as the emerging player of 2009.

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.

In the women's section, Mithali Raj and Priyanka Roy were nominated.

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


Individual Awards


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
Saeed Ajmal
Dwayne Bravo
Alex Cusack
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Chris Gayle
Umar Gul
David Hussey
Sanath Jayasuriya
Zaheer Khan
Ajantha Mendis
Wayne Parnell
Abdur Razzak
David Warner


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