Amla, Cook, Tendulkar, Trott Short-Listed For Top ICC Award

Amla, Cook, Tendulkar, Trott Short-Listed For Top ICC Award

Hashim Amla is in the running for both the ICC Cricketer of the Year and the ODI Cricketer of the Year award

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has short-listed Hashim Amla, Alastair Cook, Sachin Tendulkar and Jonathan Trott for the ICC Cricketer of the Year award which will be handed out on 12th September in London.

An independent 25-person academy whittled down the long list to those four names while Cook and Trott are also short-listed for the Test Cricketer of the Year award, along with James Anderson and Jacques Kallis.

Amla has been short-listed for the One-Day International Cricketer of the Year award along with Kumar Sangakkara, Shane Watson and Gautam Gambhir.

Tim Southee, Tim Bresnan, Watson and JP Duminy are in contention to win the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year award.

The ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year Award will go to either Shelley Nitschke, Stafanie Taylor, Lydia Greenway and Charlotte Edwards while the ICC Emerging Player of the Year will go one of Devendra Bishoo, Darren Bravo, Wahab Riaz or Azhar Ali.

Meanwhile, Ryan ten Doeschate, Kevin O'Brien, Paul Stirling and Hamid Hassan have been short-listed for the ICC Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year award.

The qualifying period for awards ran from 11th August 2010 to 3rd August 2011 and the ICC has also named its Test team of the year, which includes South African fast bowler Dale Steyn for the fourth time.

ICC Award Short-Lists

Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla (South Africa), Alastair Cook (England), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Jonathan Trott (England)

Test Cricketer of the Year: James Anderson, Alastair Cook (England), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Jonathan Trott (England)

ODI Cricketer of the Year: Hashim Amla (South Africa), Gautam Gambhir (India), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Shane Watson (Australia)

Emerging Player of the Year: Azhar Ali (Pakistan), Devendra Bishoo, Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Wahab Riaz (Pakistan)

ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands), Hamid Hassan (Afghanistan), Kevin O'Brien, Paul Stirling (Ireland)

ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year:

Tim Bresnan - 4-3 for England v Pakistan, Cardiff, 7th September 2010
JP Duminy - 96 not out in 54 balls for South Africa v Zimbabwe, Kimberley, 10th October 2010
Tim Southee - 5-18 for New Zealand v Pakistan, Auckland, 26th December 2010
Shane Watson - 59 in 31 balls for Australia v England, Adelaide, 12th January 2011

ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year: Charlotte Edwards, Lydia Greenway (England), Shelley Nitschke (Australia), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)

ICC Umpire of the Year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Steve Davis (Australia), Ian Gould (England), Simon Taufel (Australia)

ICC Spirit of Cricket:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India) for recalling Ian Bell during the second Test at Trent Bridge, Jacques Kallis (South Africa) for twice walking having taken a fielder's word on a catch in the World Cup

LG People's Choice Award: Hashim Amla (South Africa), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Jonathan Trott (England)

ICC Test Team of the Year: Alastair Cook, Hashim Amla, Jonathan Trott, Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara (captain & wicket-keeper), AB de Villiers, Jacques Kallis, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Dale Steyn, James Anderson. 12th man: Zaheer Khan

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