Five Pakistani Cricketers in race to win ICC Award 2009

Nominations for the ICC 2009 awards have been announced which include Pakistani players Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal and Sana Mir. India's recent run in Test and one-day cricket reflected in the annual awards as seven Indian players are contenting the list of nominees for winning awards. Gul is nominated for the Cricket of the Year and T20 International Performance Awards, Afridi and Ajmal for T20 while Razaq is dominated for One Day Cricketer of the Year Award. Pakistan Women Cricket Team Captain Sana Mir is nominated for the Woman Cricketer of the Year Award. In a ceremony held in Mumbai, Dhoni was nominated for ICC Cricketer of the Year, Test Player of the Year and ODI Player of the Year awards. Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh were the other Indian nominees for the prestigious Cricketer of the Year award. VVS Laxman joined the trio of Dhoni, Gambhir and Harbhajan to be in the line for the Test Player of the Year award while Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag were also in the fray for the honour of ODI Player of the Year. Zaheer Khan was nominated for Twenty20 Performer of the Year award while Amit Mishra will be vying for the honour in the Emerging Player of the year category as Indians led the overall nominations for the award. Mithali Raj was nominated for the Women's Cricketer of the year award. The nominations were announced by Indian opener Virender Sehwag and former captain Ravi Shastri in the presence of International Cricket Council Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat while the awards will be presented on October 1 in Johannesburg, South Africa during the Champions Trophy.

Ref. by Dunya News