The Oscars have their final nomination list. And it has Indian cricketers, not surprisingly, on multiple nomination lists even as they return from the successful trip to Sri Lanka for the tri series and the Compaq Cup.
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The LG ICC awards, the ICC annual awards now in its sixth year, is slated for the 1st of October in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Without further ado,
Here are...the nominees!
Test Player of the Year
Gautam Gambhir, Mitchell Johnson, Thilan Samaraweera, Andrew Strauss
ODI Player of the Year
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Shahid Afridi - 51 runs off 34 balls and 2-16 v South Africa,
Tillakaratne Dilshan - 96 runs off 57 balls v West Indies,
Chris Gayle - 88 runs off 50 v Australia, Umar Gul 5-6 v New Zealand
Emerging Player of the Year
Ben Hilfenhaus, Graham Onions, Jesse Ryder, Peter Siddle
Women's Cricketer of the Year
Charlotte Edwards (England), Shelley Nitschke (Australia), Claire Taylor (England)
Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year
Rizwan Cheema (Canada), Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands), William Porterfield (Ireland), Edgar Schiferli (Netherlands)
Umpire of the Year
Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Tony Hill (New Zealand), Asad Rauf (Pakistan), Simon Taufel (Australia)
Spirit of Cricket
Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
Cricketer of the Year
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Mitchell Johnson, Andrew Strauss
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