LG ICC Awards 2009

LG ICC Awards 2009 shortlist

The LG ICC Awards 2009 Shortlist were announced on 15th September, 2009 directly from Dubai. They are the following:


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)
* Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
* Thilan Samaraweera (SL)
* Andrew Strauss (Eng)

ODI Player of the Year:

* Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
* Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
* Virender Sehwag (Ind)
* Yuvraj Singh (Ind)

Emerging Player:

* Ben Hilfenhaus (Aus)
* Graham Onions (Eng)
* Jesse Ryder (NZ)
* Peter Siddle (Aus)

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year:

* Rizwan Cheema (Can)
* Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
* William Porterfield (Ire)
* Edgar Schiferli (Ned)

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year:

* Shahid Afridi (Pak) for scoring 51 off 34 balls and taking 2-16 against South Africa during the ICC WT20 semi-final in Nottingham on 18 June, 2009
* Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) for scoring 96 not out off 57 balls against the West Indies in the semi-final of the ICC WT20 at The Oval on 19 June, 2009
* Chris Gayle (WI) for hitting 88 off 50 balls against Australia during the ICC WT20 at The Oval on 6 June, 2009
* Umar Gul (Pak) for taking 5-6 against New Zealand during the ICC WT20 at The Oval on 13 June, 2009

Women’s Cricketer of the Year:

* Charlotte Edwards (Eng)
* Shelley Nitschke (Aus)
* Claire Taylor (Eng)

Umpire of the Year:

* Aleem Dar
* Tony Hill
* Asad Rauf
* Simon Taufel

Spirit of Cricket:

* Australia
* England
* New Zealand
* Sri Lanka

LG ICC Awards 2009 Nominations

ICC announces nominations for Annual Awards 2009 yesterday. ICC Awards 2009: Indians lead nominees list. Indian cricketers bag 14 nominations for ICC Annual Awards; Dhoni gets three nominations.

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 (Pak)-has been nominated for three separate performances, all during the ICC World Twenty20 2009 (WT20) – he took 4-11 against the Netherlands at Lord’s on 9 June; he scored 51 off 34 balls and took 2-16 against South Africa during the semi-final in Nottingham on 18 June; and he took 1-20 and scored 54 not out off 40 balls against Sri Lanka in the final at Lord’s on 21 June.

Saeed Ajmal (Pak) – took 4-19 against Ireland at the Oval during the WT20 on 15 June.

Dwayne Bravo (WI) – took 4-38 and scored 66 not out off 36 balls against India during the WT20 at Lord’s on 12 June.

Alex Cusack (Ire) – took 4-18 against Sri Lanka during the WT20 at Lord’s on 14 June.

Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)-has been nominated for two performances – he scored 96 not out off 57 balls against the West Indies in the semi-final of the WT20 at The Oval on 19 June; he previously scored 74 in 47 balls, also against the West Indies during the WT20 at Nottingham on 10 June.

Chris Gayle (WI) – hit 88 off 50 balls against Australia during the WT20 at The Oval on 6 June

Umar Gul (Pak) has been nominated for two performances – took 4-8 against Australia in Dubai on 7 May and took 5-6 against New Zealand during the WT20 at The Oval on 13 June.

David Hussey (Aus) – scored 88 not out off 48 balls and took 2-21 against South Africa in Johannesburg on 27 March.

Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) – hit 81 off 47 balls against the West Indies during the WT20 in Nottingham on 10 June.

Zaheer Khan (Ind) – took 4-19 against Ireland during the WT20 in Nottingham on 10 June.

Ajantha Mendis (SL) – had figures of 4-15 against Zimbabwe at King City on 10 October.

Wayne Parnell (SA) – took 4-13 against the West Indies during the WT20 at The Oval on 13 June.

Abdur Razzak (Ban) – took 4-16 against South Africa in Johannesburg on 5 November.

David Warner (Aus) – hit 89 off 43 balls against South Africa in Melbourne on 11 January.


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