| LG ICC Awards 2009 Winners and Nominees | 
                  
                
                
                  
                    | Thursday, 01 October 2009 16:09 | 
                  
                  
                    
                      
 
                      
                        
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                             Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag have been nominated for the prestigious ICC Awards 2009. 
                            MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and Sehwag are nominated in the ODI player category while Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh and VVS Laxman have got nomination for the Test player of the year award. Indian pacer Zaheer Khan has been nominated for best Twenty20 international performance of the year award. 
                            Leg spinner Amit Mishra nominated for emerging player of the year award. Indian skipper Dhoni has been nominated for all three categories—Best cricketer, Best Test batsman and Best ODI player of the year award. 
                             
                            The nominations for the ICC 2009 Cricket Awards are below 
                             
                            Virender Sehwag and Haroon Lorgat speak to the media during the nominations of ICC Awards 2009 at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. 
                             
                             
                             
                            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 
                            # 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 
                            # Chris Gayle (WI) for hitting 88 off 50 balls against Australia during the ICC WT20 at The Oval on 6 June 
                            # Umar Gul (Pak) for taking 5-6 against New Zealand during the ICC WT20 at The Oval on 13 June 
                             
                            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 
                             
                            The Winners of the ICC Cricket Awards 2009 are 
                             
                            
                              ICC Test Player of the Year Award - Gautam Gambhir 
                               
                              ICC ODI Player of the Year Award - MS Dhoni 
                               
                              ICC Cricketer Of The Year Award - Mitchell Johnson 
                               
                              ICC Spirit Of Cricket Award ‘09 - New Zealand 
                               
                              ICC Emerging Player of the Year Award ‘09 - Australia’s Peter Siddle 
                               
                              Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award - Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan for his 96 not out off 57 balls against the West Indies in the semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 at The Oval. 
                               
                              Associate & Affiliate Player of the Year ‘09 - William Porterfield 
                               
                              ICC Umpire of The Year Award - Pakistan’s Aleem Dar 
                               
                              Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh have been named in the ICC ODI team of the Year ‘09. 
                               
                              Dhoni is also declared Captain of ICC Test World XI. 
                               
                              Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar & MS Dhoni have been included in the ICC Test Team of the Year ‘09. 
                               
                              ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year - Claire Taylor
                             
                            
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