Eight of England's Ashes winner has been nominated for the ICC's Cricketer of the Year award after the long list of candidate was announced today. Skipper Andrew Strauss heads the list after secure England's historic first Test series attainment in Australia in 24 years last winter.
The left-hander is joined by fellow opener Alastair Cook - after his strange return of 766 runs at 127.66 in Australia - in adding to Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Chris Tremlett and James Anderson as England occupied the long list of 17 players.
Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy): Hashim Amla (SA), James Anderson (Eng), Ian Bell (Eng), Stuart Broad (Eng), Alastair Cook (Eng), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Jacques Kallis (SA), Zaheer Khan (Ind), Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Andrew Strauss (Eng), Graeme Swann (Eng), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Chris Tremlett (Eng), Jonathan Trott (Eng), AB de Villiers (SA), Shane Watson (Aus)
Test Player of the Year: Hashim Amla (SA), James Anderson (Eng), Ian Bell (Eng), Stuart Broad (Eng), Alastair Cook (Eng), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Jacques Kallis (SA), Zaheer Khan (Ind), Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Ishant Sharma (Ind), Harbhajan Singh (Ind), Dale Steyn (SA), Graeme Swann (Eng), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Chris Tremlett (Eng), Jonathan Trott (Eng), AB de Villiers (SA), Shane Watson (Aus).
ODI Player of the Year: Hashim Amla (SA), Michael Clarke (Aus), MS Dhoni (Ind), Gautam Gambhir (Ind), Mohammed Hafeez (Pak), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Zaheer Khan (Ind), Virat Kohli (Ind), Lasith Malinga (SL), Munaf Patel (Ind), Saeed Ajmal (Pak), Shakib Al Hasan (Bang), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Tim Southee (NZ), Dale Steyn (SA), Graeme Swann (Eng), Jonathan Trott (Eng), AB de Villiers (SA), Shane Watson (Aus).