Strauss nominated for cricketer of the year by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:

AJ Strauss, MS Dhoni

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DateLine: 15th September 2009

 

England's Ashes-winning captain Andrew Strauss is one among the four players short-listed for the ICC's cricketer of the year award.

 

Indians Gautam Gambhir and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are also in the running for the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy, as is Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, despite his disappointing run in the Ashes.

 

Strauss, Gambhir and Johnson are also in with a chance of the Test player-of-the-year award, alongside Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera.

 

They will discover who has won when the awards are presented at the sixth annual LG ICC awards in Johannesburg on October 1.

 

There are eight individual prizes, as well as awards for the Test and one-day international teams of the Year and the Spirit of Cricket.

 

England captain Charlotte Edwards and batsman Claire Taylor are the short-list for the women's cricketer-of-the-year award, and Graham Onions is still in with a chance of winning the emerging player-of-the-year category.

 

Full ICC Awards short-lists:

 

Cricketer of the Year: MS Dhoni (Ind), G Gambhir (Ind), M Johnson (Aus), A Strauss (Eng).

 

Test Player of the Year: G Gambhir (Ind), M Johnson (Aus), T Samaraweera (SL), A Strauss (Eng).

 

ODI Player of the Year: S Chanderpaul (WI), MS Dhoni (Ind), V Sehwag (Ind), Y Singh (Ind).

 

Emerging Player: B Hilfenhaus (Aus), G Onions (Eng), J Ryder (NZ), P Siddle (Aus).

 

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year: R Cheema (Can), R ten Doeschate (Ned), W Porterfield (Irl), E Schiferli (Ned).

 

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: S Afridi (Pak), T Dilshan (SL), C Gayle (WI), U Gul (Pak).

 

Women's Cricketer of the Year: C Edwards (Eng), S Nitschke (Aus), C Taylor (Eng).

 

Umpire of the Year: A Dar (SL), T Hill (Nzl), A Rauf (Pak), S Taufel (Aus).

 

Spirit of Cricket: Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka.