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MS Dhoni and Tillakaratne Dilshan have been nominated in three categories at the sixth ICC Awards, the most by any player. The awards are based on performances during the period August 13, 2008 to August 24, 2009. Eighteen players have received at least two nominations for their performances during this period, which includes the 2009 World Twenty20 in England, the 2009 Women's World Cup in Australia, and the 2009 World Cup Qualifiers in South Africa, in addition to the various bilateral Test and ODI series. Dilshan scored 848 runs in the eight Tests during that period at 70.66 and was also named Player of the Tournament during the World Twenty20 held in England. He was instrumental in Sri Lanka's successful run to the final. His unbeaten 96 off 57 balls against the West Indies in the second semi-final, and his quickfire 74 against the same opponents in the league phase are the two performances he has been nominated for in the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year category. He is also in line for the ICC Cricketer of the Year and Test Player of the Year awards. Dhoni, who was the ODI Player of the Year in 2008, has been nominated for the Cricketer of the Year, Test Player of the Year and ODI Player of the Year. A hugely successful phase resulted in 544 runs from eight Tests at 54.40 and 967 runs in 24 ODIs at 60.43. This year's awards include eight individual prizes, as well as the Spirit of Cricket award for a team. Apart from this, the Test and ODI teams of the year will also be announced. The Emerging Player of the Year nominees include three Australians - Philip Hughes, Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle - along with the New Zealand duo of Martin Guptill and Jesse Ryder. Indian legspinner Amit Mishra, West Indian fast bowler Kemar Roach and England bowler Graham Onions are the other nominees in the category. Ireland boasts the most number of nominees in the Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year award with seven names on the list, followed by Netherlands with three. Canada have two names while Kenya and Scotland have one player each. "The LG ICC Awards are an opportunity for the ICC and FICA to acknowledge and celebrate the remarkable performances of the world's top players," said ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat while announcing the list of nominations in Mumbai. "It is also a chance for followers of our great sport to reflect on some of the great cricketing feats they have witnessed over the past year. This will be the sixth time the awards have been handed out and yet again there are so many great performances to recall. Selecting the winners will no doubt test our selectors and voting academy." The lists were compiled by a five-man ICC selection panel chaired by former West Indies captain and current chairman of the ICC cricket committee, Clive Lloyd. The panel also includes former players such as India's Anil Kumble, Mudassar Nazar of Pakistan, Bob Taylor of England and New Zealand's Stephen Fleming. The ceremony will take place in Johannesburg on October 1, to coincide with the ICC Champions Trophy 2009. The previous editions were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007) and Dubai (2008). The nominations Cricketer of the Year Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tillakaratne Dilshan, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Shakib Al Hasan, Mitchell Johnson, Graham Onions, Thilan Samaraweera, Kumar Sangakkara, Harbhajan Singh, Graeme Smith, Andrew Strauss, Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers Test Player of the Year Stuart Broad, Michael Clarke, MS Dhoni, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Shakib Al Hasan, Mitchell Johnson, VVS Laxman, Jesse Ryder, Thilan Samaraweera, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Peter Siddle, Harbhajan Singh, Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Andrew Strauss, Graeme Swann, Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers ODI Player of the Year Shivnarine Chanderpaul, MS Dhoni, Andrew Flintoff, Chris Gayle, Umar Gul, Martin Guptill, Michael Hussey, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Thilan Thushara Emerging Player of the Year Martin Guptill, Ben Hilfenhaus, Philip Hughes, Amit Mishra, Graham Onions, Kemar Roach, Jesse Ryder, Peter Siddle Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year Rizwan Cheema (Canada), Khurram Chohan (Canada), Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands), Trent Johnston (Ireland), Alex Cusack (Ireland), Neil McCallum (Scotland), Kevin O'Brien (Ireland), Niall O'Brien (Ireland), William Porterfield (Ireland), Boyd Rankin (Ireland), Edgar Schiferli (Netherlands), Steve Tikolo (Kenya), Regan West (Ireland), Bas Zuiderent (Netherlands) Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Dwayne Bravo, Alex Cusack, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Umar Gul, David Hussey, Sanath Jayasuriya, Zaheer Khan, Ajantha Mendis, Wayne Parnell, Abdur Razzak, David Warner Women's Cricketer of the Year Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Holly Colvin (England), Charlotte Edwards (England), Laura Marsh (England), Sana Mir (Pakistan), Shelley Nitschke (Australia), Mithali Raj (India), Karen Rolton (Australia), Priyanka Roy (India), Lisa Sthalekar (Australia), Claire Taylor (England), Sarah Taylor (England), Stefanie Taylor (West Indies), Haidee Tiffin (New Zealand), Aimee Watkins (New Zealand) Umpire of the Year Billy Bowden (New Zealand), Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Steve Davis (Australia), Ian Gould (England), Tony Hill (New Zealand), Daryl Harper (Australia), Asad Rauf (Pakistan), Simon Taufel (Australia)

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Hopefully these statistics will clear a few doubts about the nominees. The period under consideration is from September 1 2008 to August 31 2009. Test batting (by runs): http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;qualmin1=400;qualval1=runs;spanmin1=01+sep+2008;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting Test batting (by averages - qualification: 400 runs) http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=400;qualval1=runs;spanmin1=01+sep+2008;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting Test bowling (by wickets): http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=wickets;qualmin2=20;qualval2=wickets;spanmin1=01+sep+2008;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bowling Test bowling (by averages - qualification: 20 wickets) http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=bowling_average;qualmin2=20;qualval2=wickets;spanmin1=01+sep+2008;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bowling

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ODI batting (by runs) http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;qualmin2=400;qualval2=runs;spanmin1=01+sep+2008;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting ODI batting (by averages - qualification: 400 runs) http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin2=400;qualval2=runs;spanmin1=01+sep+2008;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting ODI bowling (by wickets) http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=wickets;qualmin2=10;qualval2=wickets;spanmin1=01+sep+2008;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bowling ODI bowling (by averages - qualification: 10 wickets) http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=bowling_average;qualmin2=10;qualval2=wickets;spanmin1=01+sep+2008;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bowling

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Based on statistics (I HAVE GONE BY THE AVERAGES - AND NOT MOST RUNS OR WICKETS), the winners for me are: Test player of the year: Gambhir - played vs Aus, Eng, NZ - India won all 3 series. Samaraveera is close, but he played vs BD, Pak, Pak, NZ, which are relatively weaker teams. Shakib has made 498 runs at 35, and taken 45 wickets at 23, and is a strong candidate. ODI player of the year: V. Sehwag. He has made 782 runs at average of 60 at a staggering strike rate of 127, which I value higher than Dhoni's average of 70 and SR of 88. His strike rate is far above any of the other competitors. Yuvraj singh has 13 wickets at 35, along with his 877 runs at 58, and Dhoni has probably kept and captained very well during last year's ODIs too - and might end up winning. Since India won against England, NZ, SL, WI, probably an Indian deserves to win this. Cricketer of the year: CG Smith/ Gambhir/Devillers - This is too close to call. It is quite staggering that India has 100 % series win record in both tests and ODIs in this 12 month period. When was the last time that happened? And strangely, we are in panic mode over Raina and Sharma's ability to play short balls-based on a stupid T20 world cup.

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