Sakib al Hasan is the only cricketer from Bangladesh to have been nominated in any category for the International Cricket Council’s annual awards ceremony to be held in London on September 12. Sakib has been shortlisted for the one-day cricketer of the year category.
Last year Bangladesh had two cricketers nominated for an award at the ceremony with Tamim Iqbal making the list for the test cricketer of the year award while Shafiul Islam was nominated for the emerging player of the year award.
This is the third time that Sakib has been nominated for an ICC award
In 2006, he was nominated for the emerging player of the year award before featuring in the list of nominees for the Test player of the year in 2009.
The long-lists of nominations were made 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 international players Mike Gatting of England, Danny Morrison of New Zealand, Paul Adams of South Africa and Pakistan’s Zaheer Abbas.
The awards will be given to the players based on their performances between August 11, 2010 and August 3, 2011.
During the period, Sakib played 17 ODI scoring 580 runs at an average of 38.66 with a highest score of 106 runs. He also took 29 wickets at an average of 24.34, making him one of the prime contenders for the award.
Meanwhile, Eight of England’s Ashes winners were nominated for the International Cricket Council Cricketer of the Year award in a ‘long list’ of candidates.
Andrew Strauss, the England captain, led the way and he was joined among the contenders by fellow opener Alastair Cook, who scored 766 runs at 127.66 during the 3-1 Test series win in Australia.
Also included in the 17-man list were England’s Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Chris Tremlett and James Anderson.
Australia had just the one nomination in either the Cricketer of the Year or Test Player of the Year categories—all-rounder Shane Watson.
Meanwhile, Trott was also one of five nominees for the People’s Choice Award—alongside India’s World Cup-winning skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, West Indies’ Chris Gayle and South Africa’s Hashim Amla—which will be chosen by fans from around the world.
The award-winners will be named at a ceremony in London on September 12.
If England win the ongoing third Test against India at Edgbaston they will rise to the top of the ICC’s Test Championship table and replace India at the summit of the five-day game.
India have just the three nominess for player of the year.
Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and injured paceman Zaheer Khan are all contenders for the Sir Garfield Sobers award, while they are joined by bowlers Ishant Sharma and Harbhajan Singh in the Test category.
India won the World Cup on home soil in April and this is reflected in their seven nominations for the One-Day International Player of the Year award including captain Dhoni.
Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy):
Hashim Amla (RSA), James Anderson (ENG), Ian Bell (ENG), Stuart Broad (ENG), Alastair Cook (ENG), Rahul Dravid (IND), Jacques Kallis (RSA), Zaheer Khan (IND), Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK), Kumar Sangakkara (SRI), Andrew Strauss (ENG), Graeme Swann (ENG), Sachin Tendulkar (IND), Chris Tremlett (ENG), Jonathan Trott (ENG), AB de Villiers (RSA), Shane Watson (AUS).
Test Player of the Year:
Hashim Amla (RSA), James Anderson (ENG), Ian Bell (ENG), Stuart Broad (ENG), Alastair Cook (ENG), Rahul Dravid (IND), Jacques Kallis (RSA), Zaheer Khan (IND), Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK), Kevin Pietersen (ENG), Ishant Sharma (IND), Harbhajan Singh (IND), Dale Steyn (RSA), Graeme Swann (ENG), Sachin Tendulkar (IND), Chris Tremlett (ENG), Jonathan Trott (ENG), AB de Villiers (RSA), Shane Watson (AUS).
ODI Player of the Year:
Hashim Amla (RSA), Michael Clarke (AUS), MS Dhoni (IND), Gautam Gambhir (IND), Mohammed Hafeez (PAK), Mahela Jayawardene (SRI), Zaheer Khan (IND), Virat Kohli (IND), Lasith Malinga (SRI), Munaf Patel (IND), Saeed Ajmal (PAK), Sakib al Hasan (BAN), Kumar Sangakkara (SRI), Virender Sehwag (IND), Yuvraj Singh (IND), Tim Southee (NZL), Dale Steyn (RSA), Graeme Swann (ENG), Jonathan Trott (ENG), AB de Villiers (RSA), Shane Watson (AUS).
-With New Age input
