Ponting and Jayawardene lead ICC Awards nominations

Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain and Mahela Jayawardene, his Sri Lanka counterpart have both been nominated in four categories for the 2007 ICC Awards.

Eight other players - Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Glenn McGrath, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kevin Pietersen, Shaun Pollock and Mohammad Yousuf - have been nominated for three individual awards. The Emerging Player nominees include Shaun Tait, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Ross Taylor, Chris Tremlett and Ravi Bopara.

Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, said he was looking forward to the awards ceremony. "There is so much great cricket to reflect upon during the voting period," he said, adding, "There were runs galore from the likes of Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Kevin Pietersen, Kumar Sangakkara and Mohammad Yousuf, and outstanding bowling displays by established champions such as Glenn McGrath, Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne and newcomers like Shaun Tait and Monty Panesar".

Ponting and Jayawardene are also the sole nominees for the Captain of the Year after the ICC released a long list of nominees for various awards. The nominations were made by a five-man ICC selection committee led by Sunil Gavaskar and including Chris Cairns, Gary Kirsten, Iqbal Qasim and Alec Stewart. The panel also chose the Test and ODI Teams of the Year

The nominees for the individual awards will be voted-upon by a 56-person voting academy comprising the captains of the 10 Full Member nations, the 10 umpires in the elite panel, eight match referees in the elite panel, and 28 former players and select members of the media. The voting academy will also decide on the Spirit of Cricket Award, given to the ODI team that has played according to the spirit of the game.

The ICC has introduced the Associate ODI Player of the Year award for this year's ceremony. Each of the six Associate Members of the ICC - Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland - were invited to nominate players for the award.

For the Women's Cricketer of the Year, each Full Member is eligible to nominate two players. The resulting nominees are then voted upon by 17 former cricketers and key figures in the women's game, including members of the media. The nominations for the Umpire of the Year were made by the ICC.


The ICC will announce a shortlist for the awards on September 4, while the final winners will be announced at the fourth annual ICC Awards set to take place in Johannesburg on September 10, a day before the opening match of the Twenty20 World Championship.

The long list of nominations announced by the ICC

Test Player
Mohammad Asif (Pak) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) Stuart Clark (Aus) Matthew Hayden (Aus) Michael Hussey (Aus) Mahela Jayawardene (SL) Zaheer Khan (Ind) Anil Kumble (Ind) Brian Lara (WI) Glenn McGrath (Aus) Muttiah Muralitharan (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)


ODI Player
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 Jayawardene (SL) Jacques Kallis (SA) Brett Lee (Aus) Glenn McGrath (Aus) Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) Jacob Oram (NZ) Kevin Pietersen (Eng) Shaun Pollock (SA) Ricky Ponting (Aus) Yuvraj Singh (Ind) Mohammed Yousuf (Pak)


Emerging Player
Ravinder Bopara (Eng) Shakib Al Hasan (Bang) Mitchell Johnson (Aus) Mushfiqur Rahim (Bang) Shaun Tait (Aus) Ross Taylor (NZ) Chris Tremlett (Eng)


Cricketer of the Year
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) Matthew Hayden (Aus) Michael Hussey (Aus) Mahela Jayawardene (SL) Jacques Kallis (SA) Glenn McGrath (Aus) Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) Kevin Pietersen (Eng) Ricky Ponting (Aus) Kumar Sangakkara (SL) Mohammed Yousuf (Pak) Shaun Pollock (SA)

Captain of the Year
Mahela Jayawardene (SL) Ricky Ponting (Aus)


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)


Umpire of the Year
Mark Benson Steve Bucknor Daryl Harper Simon Taufel


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)

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Who do you think/want to win the awards?????

Test Player: Mohammad Asif (Pak)
ODI Player: Mohammed Yousuf (Pak)
Emerging Player: Mitchell Johnson (Aus)b This dude will go far
Cricketer of the Year: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
Captain of the Year: Ricky Ponting (Aus) No Brainer
Associate ODI Player of the Year: Steve Tikolo (Ken)
Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel
Women's Cricketer of the Year: Im gonna need more info and m/b some pics
Crickets biggest fan of the year: Cricket Fan (Pakpassion :-)

Yousuf should take home the Test Player and the Cricketer of the year awards

cricket fan - can you stop reposting this already posted thread once its been removed??