LAHORE: Pakistan’s fast bowlers Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer and batsman Umar Akmal have been nominated for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards 2010 to be held in Indian city of Bengaluru in October this year. Asif is nominated in the category of Test Player of the Year while Aamer and Umar are included in the list of Emerging Player of the Year. Pakistan umpires Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf are nominated for the Umpire of the Year award. It is pertinent to mention that Aleem won the prestigious award last year.
Eight players from four teams have each been nominated in three different categories. Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis from South Africa, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag from India, Shane Watson and Doug Bollinger from Australia and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardena feature prominently in the long-lists for the awards, which will take place at a glittering ceremony October 6. In addition, there are nine players who are nominated in two distinct categories.
This year’s ICC Awards, presented in association with the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), includes nine individual prizes and also features the selection of the Test and ODI Teams of the Year and the award to the side that has adhered most to the Spirit of Cricket.
There is also an Emerging Player of the Year award again this year. To qualify for that award a player must be under the age of 26 and have played fewer than five Tests or 10 ODIs at the start of the voting period. The Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year award serves to recognise and reward the efforts in all international matches of the outstanding cricketers from the teams outside the ICC full members. This year, Ireland boasts the most number of nominees with three names on the list. This is followed by the Netherlands, Scotland and Afghanistan with two nominations each and Canada with one name.
For the first time, this year’s awards feature a new category, the People’s Choice Award. This award will be chosen by cricket fans around the world who will get a chance to vote for their favourite player online from a short-list of five cricketers who will be selected by the ICC selection panel. These include innovation, dynamism, strength in decision-making, performing well under pressure and executing a plan to distinction. The winner of this award should demonstrate an ability to engage spectators and should also embody the game’s unique spirit, both on and off the field.
The selection panel will nominate the five People’s Choice Awards candidates and the names will be posted on www.icc-cricket.com on August 23. Cricket fans will then have an opportunity to vote for the cricketer of their choice online until September 10. “The ICC Awards are an opportunity for the ICC and FICA to acknowledge and celebrate the remarkable performances of the world’s top players,” said ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat in a statement.
The long-lists of nominations were made by a five-man ICC selection panel chaired by former West Indies captain and current chairman of the ICC cricket committee Clive Lloyd. The panel also included former international players Angus Fraser of England, Matthew Hayden of Australia, Ravi Shastri of India and Zimbabwe’s Duncan Fletcher. The Spirit of Cricket Award was voted on by all international captains as well as all members of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees. The Umpire of the Year Award was voted on by the captains and the match referees based on the umpires’ performance statistics.
Cricketer of the Year
1: Hashim Amla (SA)
2: Doug Bollinger (Aus)
3: Michael Clarke (Aus)
4: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
5: Ryan Harris (Aus)
6: Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
7: Jacques Kallis (SA)
8: Morne Morkel (SA)
9: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
10: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
11: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
12: Dale Steyn (SA)
13: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
14: Daniel Vettori (NZ)
15: AB de Villiers (SA)
16: Shane Watson (Aus)
Test Player of the Year
1: Hashim Amla (SA)
2: James Anderson (Eng)
3: Mohammad Asif (Pak)
4: Doug Bollinger (Aus)
5: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
6: Tamim Iqbal (BD)
7: Mahela Jayawardena (SL)
8: Jacques Kallis (SA)
9: Simon Katich (Aus)
10: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
11: Thilan Samaraweera (SL)
12: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
13: Dale Steyn (SA)
14: Graeme Swann (Eng)
15: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
16: Shane Watson (Aus)
Emerging Player of the Year
1: Mohammad Amir (Pak)
2: Umar Akmal (Pak)
3: Tim Bresnan (Eng)
4: Steven Finn (Eng)
5: Shafiul Islam (BD)
6: Ravindra Jadeja (Ind)
7: Virat Kohli (Ind)
8: Angelo Mathews (SL)
9: Eoin Morgan (Eng)
10: Pragyan Ojha (Ind)
11: Tim Paine (Aus)
12: Wayne Parnell (SA)
13: Kemar Roach (WI)
14: Steven Smith (Aus)
15: Paul Stirling (Ire)
16: David Warner (Aus)
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
1: Suleiman Benn (WI) – 4-2-6-4 v Zimbabwe, Port of Spain, 28 Feb 2010
2: Chris Gayle (WI) – 98 (66b, 5x4, 7x6) v India, Bridgetown, 9 May 2010
3: Michael Hussey (Aus) – 60 not out (24b, 3x4, 5x6) v Pakistan, St Lucia, 14 May 2010
4: Mahela Jayawardena (SL) – 100 (64b, 10x4 4x6) v Zimbabwe, Guyana, 3 May 2010
5: Mahela Jayawardena (SL) – 98 not out (56b 9x4, 4x6) v West Indies, Bridgetown, 7 May 2010
6: Nuwan Kulasekera (SL) – 3-1-4-3 v New Zealand, Lauderhill, 23 May 2010
7: Ryan McLaren (Aus) – 3-0-19-5 v West Indies, North Stand, 19 May 2010
8: Brendon McMcllum (NZ) – 116 not out (56b, 12x4, 8x6) v Australia, Christchurch, 28 Feb 2010
9: Eoin Morgan (Eng) – 85 not out (45b, 7x4, 5x6) v South Africa, Johannesburg, 13 Nov 2009
10: Nehemiah Odhiambo (Zim) – 4-0-20-5 v Scotland, Nairobi, 4 Feb 2010
11: Suresh Raina (Ind) – 101 (60b, 9x4, 5x6) v South Africa, St Lucia, 2 May 2010
12: Darren Sammy (WI) – 3.5-0-26-5 v Zimbabwe, Port of Spain, 28 Feb 2010
ODI Player of the Year
1: Hashim Amla (SA)
2: Doug Bollinger (Aus)
3: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
4: Tillekeratne Dilshan (SL)
5: Ryan Harris (Aus)
6: Michael Hussey (Aus)
7: Jacques Kallis (SA)
8: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
9: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
10: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
11: AB de Villiers (SA)
12: Daniel Vettori (NZ)
13: Shane Watson (Aus)
14: Cameron White (Aus)
Umpire of the Year
1: Billy Bowden
2: Aleem Dar
3: Steve Davis
4: Asoke de Silva
5: Billy Doctrove
6: Marais Erasmus
7: Ian Gould
8: Tony Hill
9: Daryl Harper
10: Rudi Koertzen
11: Asad Rauf
12: Simon Taufel
13: Rod Tucker
Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year
1: Ashish Bagai (Can)
2: Richie Berrington (Scot)
3: Muddassar Bukhari (Scot)
4: Tom Cooper (Neth)
5: Ryan ten Doeschate (Neth)
6: Trent Johnston (Ire)
7: Kevin O’Brien (Ire)
8: Mohammad Shahzad (Afg)
9: Samiullah Shenwari (Afg)
10: Paul Stirling (Ire)
Eight players from four teams have each been nominated in three different categories. Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis from South Africa, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag from India, Shane Watson and Doug Bollinger from Australia and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardena feature prominently in the long-lists for the awards, which will take place at a glittering ceremony October 6. In addition, there are nine players who are nominated in two distinct categories.
This year’s ICC Awards, presented in association with the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), includes nine individual prizes and also features the selection of the Test and ODI Teams of the Year and the award to the side that has adhered most to the Spirit of Cricket.
There is also an Emerging Player of the Year award again this year. To qualify for that award a player must be under the age of 26 and have played fewer than five Tests or 10 ODIs at the start of the voting period. The Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year award serves to recognise and reward the efforts in all international matches of the outstanding cricketers from the teams outside the ICC full members. This year, Ireland boasts the most number of nominees with three names on the list. This is followed by the Netherlands, Scotland and Afghanistan with two nominations each and Canada with one name.
For the first time, this year’s awards feature a new category, the People’s Choice Award. This award will be chosen by cricket fans around the world who will get a chance to vote for their favourite player online from a short-list of five cricketers who will be selected by the ICC selection panel. These include innovation, dynamism, strength in decision-making, performing well under pressure and executing a plan to distinction. The winner of this award should demonstrate an ability to engage spectators and should also embody the game’s unique spirit, both on and off the field.
The selection panel will nominate the five People’s Choice Awards candidates and the names will be posted on www.icc-cricket.com on August 23. Cricket fans will then have an opportunity to vote for the cricketer of their choice online until September 10. “The ICC Awards are an opportunity for the ICC and FICA to acknowledge and celebrate the remarkable performances of the world’s top players,” said ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat in a statement.
The long-lists of nominations were made by a five-man ICC selection panel chaired by former West Indies captain and current chairman of the ICC cricket committee Clive Lloyd. The panel also included former international players Angus Fraser of England, Matthew Hayden of Australia, Ravi Shastri of India and Zimbabwe’s Duncan Fletcher. The Spirit of Cricket Award was voted on by all international captains as well as all members of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees. The Umpire of the Year Award was voted on by the captains and the match referees based on the umpires’ performance statistics.
Cricketer of the Year
1: Hashim Amla (SA)
2: Doug Bollinger (Aus)
3: Michael Clarke (Aus)
4: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
5: Ryan Harris (Aus)
6: Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
7: Jacques Kallis (SA)
8: Morne Morkel (SA)
9: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
10: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
11: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
12: Dale Steyn (SA)
13: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
14: Daniel Vettori (NZ)
15: AB de Villiers (SA)
16: Shane Watson (Aus)
Test Player of the Year
1: Hashim Amla (SA)
2: James Anderson (Eng)
3: Mohammad Asif (Pak)
4: Doug Bollinger (Aus)
5: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
6: Tamim Iqbal (BD)
7: Mahela Jayawardena (SL)
8: Jacques Kallis (SA)
9: Simon Katich (Aus)
10: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
11: Thilan Samaraweera (SL)
12: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
13: Dale Steyn (SA)
14: Graeme Swann (Eng)
15: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
16: Shane Watson (Aus)
Emerging Player of the Year
1: Mohammad Amir (Pak)
2: Umar Akmal (Pak)
3: Tim Bresnan (Eng)
4: Steven Finn (Eng)
5: Shafiul Islam (BD)
6: Ravindra Jadeja (Ind)
7: Virat Kohli (Ind)
8: Angelo Mathews (SL)
9: Eoin Morgan (Eng)
10: Pragyan Ojha (Ind)
11: Tim Paine (Aus)
12: Wayne Parnell (SA)
13: Kemar Roach (WI)
14: Steven Smith (Aus)
15: Paul Stirling (Ire)
16: David Warner (Aus)
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
1: Suleiman Benn (WI) – 4-2-6-4 v Zimbabwe, Port of Spain, 28 Feb 2010
2: Chris Gayle (WI) – 98 (66b, 5x4, 7x6) v India, Bridgetown, 9 May 2010
3: Michael Hussey (Aus) – 60 not out (24b, 3x4, 5x6) v Pakistan, St Lucia, 14 May 2010
4: Mahela Jayawardena (SL) – 100 (64b, 10x4 4x6) v Zimbabwe, Guyana, 3 May 2010
5: Mahela Jayawardena (SL) – 98 not out (56b 9x4, 4x6) v West Indies, Bridgetown, 7 May 2010
6: Nuwan Kulasekera (SL) – 3-1-4-3 v New Zealand, Lauderhill, 23 May 2010
7: Ryan McLaren (Aus) – 3-0-19-5 v West Indies, North Stand, 19 May 2010
8: Brendon McMcllum (NZ) – 116 not out (56b, 12x4, 8x6) v Australia, Christchurch, 28 Feb 2010
9: Eoin Morgan (Eng) – 85 not out (45b, 7x4, 5x6) v South Africa, Johannesburg, 13 Nov 2009
10: Nehemiah Odhiambo (Zim) – 4-0-20-5 v Scotland, Nairobi, 4 Feb 2010
11: Suresh Raina (Ind) – 101 (60b, 9x4, 5x6) v South Africa, St Lucia, 2 May 2010
12: Darren Sammy (WI) – 3.5-0-26-5 v Zimbabwe, Port of Spain, 28 Feb 2010
ODI Player of the Year
1: Hashim Amla (SA)
2: Doug Bollinger (Aus)
3: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
4: Tillekeratne Dilshan (SL)
5: Ryan Harris (Aus)
6: Michael Hussey (Aus)
7: Jacques Kallis (SA)
8: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
9: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
10: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
11: AB de Villiers (SA)
12: Daniel Vettori (NZ)
13: Shane Watson (Aus)
14: Cameron White (Aus)
Umpire of the Year
1: Billy Bowden
2: Aleem Dar
3: Steve Davis
4: Asoke de Silva
5: Billy Doctrove
6: Marais Erasmus
7: Ian Gould
8: Tony Hill
9: Daryl Harper
10: Rudi Koertzen
11: Asad Rauf
12: Simon Taufel
13: Rod Tucker
Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year
1: Ashish Bagai (Can)
2: Richie Berrington (Scot)
3: Muddassar Bukhari (Scot)
4: Tom Cooper (Neth)
5: Ryan ten Doeschate (Neth)
6: Trent Johnston (Ire)
7: Kevin O’Brien (Ire)
8: Mohammad Shahzad (Afg)
9: Samiullah Shenwari (Afg)
10: Paul Stirling (Ire)
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