Australia captain Ricky Ponting and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahela Jayawardena have been nominated in four categories for this years ICC Awards.
Dubai, Aug 28 : Australia captain Ricky Ponting and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahela Jayawardena have been nominated in four categories for this year's ICC Awards.
Only three Indians-- Zaheer Khan, Anil Kumble and Yuvraj Singh-- have been nominated in the men's category.
Eight other players- West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the Australian trio of Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Glenn McGrath, Muttiah Muralidaran of Sri Lanka, England's Kevin Pietersen, Shaun Pollock of South Africa and Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf- have each been put forward for three individual honours, which will be presented in Johannesburg on September 10, the day before the opening match of the inaugural World Twenty20 tournament.
The nominations were made by a five-man ICC selection panel led by former India captain Sunil Gavaskar. The other members of the panel were former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns, ex-South Africa batsman Gary Kirsten, Iqbal Qasim, the former Pakistan left-arm spinner, and former England captain Alec Stewart.
Ponting, who secured the Cricketer of the Year and Test Player of the Year awards in 2006, has once again been named among the nominees in those categories and also appears among the names for ODI Player and Captain of the Year.
2006 Captain of the Year Jayawardena has a chance of winning that award again this time and, like Ponting, is also up for consideration in three other individual categories.
This year's ICC Awards includes eight individual prizes, including a new one for the Associate ODI Player of the Year.
Nominees for Test Player of the Year:
Mohammad Asif (Pak)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
Stuart Clark (Aus)
Matthew Hayden (Aus)
Michael Hussey (Aus)
Mahela Jayawardena (SL)
Zaheer Khan (Ind)
Anil Kumble (Ind)
Brian Lara (WI)
Glenn McGrath (Aus)
Muttiah Muralidaran (SL)
Makhaya Ntini (SA)
Monty Panesar (Eng)
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
Shaun Pollock (SA)
Ricky Ponting (Aus)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Ryan Sidebottom (Eng)
Shane Warne (Aus)
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)
Nominees for ODI Player of the Year:
Shane Bond (NZ)
Mark Boucher (SA)
Nathan Bracken (Aus)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
Stuart Clark (Aus)
Michael Clarke (Aus)
Matthew Hayden (Aus)
Michael Hussey (Aus)
Mahela Jayawardena (SL)
Jacques Kallis (SA)
Brett Lee (Aus)
Glenn McGrath (Aus)
Muttiah Muralidaran (SL)
Jacob Oram (NZ)
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
Shaun Pollock (SA)
Ricky Ponting (Aus)
Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
Mohammed Yousuf (Pak)
Nominees for Emerging Player:
Ravinder Bopara (Eng)
Shakib Al Hasan (Bang)
Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
Mushfiqur Rahim (Bang)
Shaun Tait (Aus)
Ross Taylor (NZ)
Chris Tremlett (Eng)
Nominees Cricketer of the Year:
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
Matthew Hayden (Aus)
Michael Hussey (Aus)
Mahela Jayawardena (SL)
Jacques Kallis (SA)
Glenn McGrath (Aus)
Muttiah Muralidaran (SL)
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
Ricky Ponting (Aus)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Mohammed Yousuf (Pak)
Nominees for the Captain of the Year:
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
Ricky Ponting (Aus)
Nominees for the Associate ODI Player of the Year:
Ashish Bagai (Can)
Andre Botha (Ire)
John Davison (Can)
Trent Johnston (Ire)
Dwayne Leverock (Ber)
Kyle McCallan (Ire)
Tanmay Mishra (Ken)
Eoin Morgan (Ire)
Ashif Mulla (Can)
Niall O'Brien (Ire)
Thomas Odoyo (Ken)
Peter Ongondo (Ken)
Irving Romaine (Ber)
Abdool Samad (Can)
Ryan Ten Doeschate (Neth)
Steve Tikolo (Ken)
Hiren Varaiya (Ken)
Ryan Watson (Sco)
Nominees for the Umpire of the Year:
Mark Benson
Steve Bucknor
Daryl Harper
Simon Taufel
Nominees for Women's Cricketer of the Year:
Caitriona Beggs (Ire)
Holly Colvin (Eng)
Rumeli Dhar (Ind)
Maria Fahey (NZ)
Jhulan Goswami (Ind)
Ashlyn Kilowan (SA)
Johmari Logtenberg (SA)
Urooj Mumtaz Khan (Pak)
Shelley Nitschke (Aus)
Rebecca Rolls (NZ)
Sajida Shah (Pak)
Lisa Sthalekar (Aus)
Claire Taylor (Eng).
ANI