ICC Nominations Dissapointed Pakistan Players and Public

[Super Falcon]

The nominations


Cricketer of the year: Hashim Amla, Doug Bollinger, Michael Clarke, MS Dhoni, Ryan Harris, Mitchell Johnson, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara, Virender Sehwag, Dale Steyn, Sachin Tendulkar, Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson and Graeme Swann*

Test player of the year: Hashim Amla, James Anderson, Mohammad Asif, Doug Bollinger, MS Dhoni, Tamim Iqbal, Mahela Jayawardena, Jacques Kallis, Simon Katich, Kumar Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera, Virender Sehwag, Dale Steyn, Graeme Swann, Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Watson

ODI player of the year: Hashim Amla, Doug Bollinger, MS Dhoni, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Ryan Harris, Michael Hussey, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, AB de Villiers, Daniel Vettori, Shane Watson and Cameron White

Emerging player of the year: Mohammad Amir, Umar Akmal, Tim Bresnan, Steven Finn, Shafiul Islam, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Angelo Mathews, Eoin Morgan, Pragyan Ojha, Tim Paine, Wayne Parnell, Kemar Roac, Steven Smith, Paul Stirling and David Warner

Associate and Affiliate player of the year: Ashish Bagai, Richie Berrington, Muddassar Bukhari, Tom Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Trent Johnston, Kevin O'Brien, Mohammad Shahzad, Samiullah Shenwari and Paul Stirling

Twenty20 international performance of the year: Suleiman Benn 4 for 6 v Zimbabwe, Deandra Dottin 112*v South Africa Women, Chris Gayle 98 v India, Michael Hussey 60*v Pakistan, Mahela Jayawardena 100 v Zimbabwe, Mahela Jayawardena 98* v West Indies, Nuwan Kulasekera 3 for 4 v New Zealand, Ryan McLaren 5 for 19 v West Indies, Brendon McMcllum 116* v Australia, Eoin Morgan 85* v South Africa, Nehemiah Odhiambo 5 for 20 v Scotland, Ellyse Perry 3 for 18 v New Zealand Women, Suresh Raina 101 v South Africa and Darren Sammy 5 for 26 v Zimbabwe

Women's Cricketer of the Year: Suzie Bates, Nicola Browne, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Devine, Jhulan Goswami, Lydia Greenway, Sarah McGlashan, Shelley Nitschke, Ellyse Perry, Laura Poulton, Mithali Raj, Gouher Sultana and Stafanie Taylor

Umpire of the Year: Billy Bowden, Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Asoke de Silva, Billy Doctrove, Marais Erasmus, Ian Gould, Tony Hill, Daryl Harper, Rudi Koertzen, Asad Rauf, Simon Taufel and Rod Tucker



Virender Sehwag who was out of the game for nearly 6 months he is in almost in every nomination hard to believe and im sure this time also im sure no **** players going to win any award for sure even a emerging players award in which pakistan has to best nomination ameer to whom commentators saying better than wasim and akmal best batsman of tT 20 game anyway as always ICC had double standards this time to no afridi even he made 2 centuries in srilanka but sehwag been prefered above from him witn none perfomances just one 90s

 

[Hyde]

was there any good performance by Pakistani players in past 12 months? A part from Afridi none of them were upto the mark

Umar Akmal was good until he toured England
Now he is also not performing well

Mohammad Aamir can be an option in emerging players and he is already there

 

[mrwarrior006]

V Sehwag (India) test 2010

7 matches 71 avg 791runs scored 4centuries highest 165

 

[Gentle Typhoon]

I think Sachin will be Test cricketer of the year, golden form, In just seven Tests this year, Tendulkar has aggregated 867 runs at an average of 86.71, His aggregate includes five hundreds and two fifty. His centuries' tally is the highest this year.

He scored 200 not out in ODI.

In 14 ODI's 2009-2010 season, Tendulkar has aggregated 703 runs at an average of 63.71, His aggregate includes two hundreds and two fifty.

Impressive, Current age - 37 years 118 days

 

[1000VA]

V Sehwag (India) test 2010

7 matches 71 avg 791runs scored 4centuries highest 165

According to cricinfo Sehwag got 1282 runs from 10 matches with 6 centuries and 4 fifties and an avg of 85.46

 

[majesticpankaj]

For the people who have difficulty in understanding the game

Swann, Sehwag, and other nominees

The list of nominations for the ICC Awards 2010 is out, and it's time to delve deeper into the numbers to see how the nominees have fared, and if some deserving names have missed out. The late inclusion of Graeme Swann in the Cricketer of the Year category is obviously welcome, but are there others who should have made the cut as well, and some who are lucky to be there? This column takes a look at the performances of those in the shortlist (if you can call it that), as well as those who've missed out on these nominations. The period under consideration is August 24, 2009 to August 10, 2010.

A look, first, at those who were nominated in the Test Player of the Year category: of the 16 in this list, nine have made it largely for their batting, two - Shane Watson and MS Dhoni - for their multiple skills, and five largely for their bowling.

At first glance the criteria seem to have been rather simple: among those who've scored 750 or more during this period, the top eight in terms of averages have all made the cut, with Tamim Iqbal in eighth place. Thilan Samaraweera has scored fewer than 750, but then his has been a remarkable story of fighting back from a bullet wound sustained during the attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in March 2009, and then scoring a bucketful of runs on his return. The captaincy and wicketkeeping skills of Dhoni have obviously helped him win a place, but a couple of batsmen who'll feel hard done by are VVS Laxman and Michael Clarke. Laxman scored 49 runs more than Samaraweera at an average that was six points more than Samaraweera's, but doesn't find a place in the list. In 12 innings, Laxman topped 50 eight times and scored two centuries, including a match-winning unbeaten 103 against Sri Lanka earlier this month, and averaged nearly 85.

Clarke's was a marginal case: in 10 Tests he scored 862 runs, averaged more than 57, and had two innings of more than 150 in consecutive matches. Among the others who missed out were Ian Bell and Rahul Dravid: both averaged more than 60, but neither had an aggregate of more than 750. (Click here for the full list of batsmen who scored at least 500 runs during this period.)

The Test players of the year - batting
Batsman Tests Runs Average 100s/ 50s
Virender Sehwag 10 1282 85.46 6/ 4
Sachin Tendulkar 10 1064 81.84 6/ 3
Kumar Sangakkara 7 867 78.81 4/ 2
Thilan Samaraweera 7 625 78.12 2/ 4
Mahela Jayawardene 7 849 70.75 2/ 3
Hashim Amla 9 923 65.92 4/ 2
Simon Katich 9 991 61.93 2/ 8
Jacques Kallis 9 849 60.64 4/ 2
MS Dhoni 9 594 66.00 3/ 2
Tamim Iqbal 7 837 59.78 3/ 6
Shane Watson 9 750 46.87 1/ 5
Among the bowlers, only six took more than 40 wickets during this period. Five of them have made the list, with Mitchell Johnson the only one to miss out, with some justification - his 44 wickets have come at a cost of 29.06 each - higher than the averages of the other five. Swann's exclusion would have been a travesty, for he has taken 49 wickets during this period - the second-highest, after Mohammad Asif's 51. Swann has also taken six five-fors, which is twice as many as the next-best bowler.

In terms of averages, though, the outstanding Dale Steyn heads the list: his 41 wickets have come at 20.78 each. Watson has been superb too, with a bowling average that is less than half his batting one, thanks largely to two five-fors against Pakistan earlier this summer.

The Test players of the year - bowling
Bowler Tests Wickets Average 5WI/10WM
Dale Steyn 8 41 20.78 3/ 1
Shane Watson 9 24 20.87 2/ 0
James Anderson 8 41 22.53 3/ 1
Doug Bollinger 9 42 22.71 2/ 0
Mohammad Asif 10 51 23.39 3/ 0
Graeme Swann 10 49 27.55 6/ 1
The six batsmen who've scored more than 1000 runs in ODIs have all been nominated in that category and deservedly so, for they've all averaged more than 40 at a strike rate of over 80. Tillakaratne Dilshan has the stand-out numbers among these six, averaging more than 57 at a strike rate of more than 107, but there are three other batsmen who've scored less than 1000 runs at an outstanding rate: Sachin Tendulkar, Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers have all averaged more than 60 at excellent strike rates. (Click here for the top run-getters during this period.)

Among the bowlers, Daniel Vettori and Ryan Harris have terrific stats: Vettori's economy rate of 3.74 alone makes him a deserving candidate, while Harris has averaged two-and-a-half wickets per match, with three five-wicket hauls. Like in the Tests category, Johnson is among the highest wicket-takers in this format too, with 41, but his average (28.07) and economy rate (5.10) are both among the higher ones. Watson too has been outstanding in ODIs - he is the second-highest run-getter and the highest wicket-taker during this period, with 48 scalps at an average of less than 22.

The surprise candidate in this list is Sehwag. No one doubts his merits in the Test list, but his merits as an ODI batsman are somewhat dodgy. In 18 innings he has only one 50-plus innings, and an average of less than 30. His strike rate is admittedly superb, but even taking that into account, his inclusion is a surprise. Shahid Afridi would be justified in feeling aggrieved at his exclusion, as he has a higher average and strike rate than Sehwag. Plus, he has contributed more as a bowler.

ODI players of the year
Player ODIs Runs Average Strike rate Wickets Average Econ rate
AB de Villiers 16 855 71.25 103.38 0 - -
Sachin Tendulkar 17 914 65.28 98.91 0 - 13.20
Hashim Amla 13 797 61.30 90.67 0 - -
Tillakaratne Dilshan 23 1198 57.04 107.63 7 33.00 5.13
Jacques Kallis 12 599 54.45 91.03 7 37.28 4.92
MS Dhoni 28 1028 54.10 83.30 1 14.00 7.00
Michael Hussey 38 1281 45.75 94.95 0 - 8.57
Ricky Ponting 36 1549 45.55 82.08 0 - -
Cameron White 40 1327 41.46 79.22 1 0.00 0.00
Shane Watson 37 1448 41.37 90.16 48 21.85 5.06
Virender Sehwag 19 539 29.94 120.58 5 31.80 5.32
Daniel Vettori 16 398 30.61 95.90 27 20.29 3.74
Ryan Harris 16 36 9.00 144.00 40 15.17 4.63
Doug Bollinger 23 4 2.00 66.67 37 22.40 4.38
Which brings us to the nominations for the Cricketer of the Year. The revised list has 17 names, after the late inclusion of Swann. Three of those players - Johnson, Clarke and Morne Morkel - have made that list without finding themselves in either the Test or ODI lists. Johnson and Clarke have been among the wickets and runs in both formats - Johnson is also the fourth-highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 internationals during this period, but Morkel's credentials are not as compelling: his Test stats are pretty good - 37 wickets in nine Tests at 24.62 - but he has only played seven ODIs and five Twenty20 internationals during this period. Similarly, Harris has been terrific in ODIs but has played only two Tests and three Twenty20 internationals, which makes his inclusion in the Cricketer of the Year category quite perplexing - even more so since the ICC had initially left out Swann, the second-highest wicket-taker in all categories combined during this period.

One player who deserved a spot ahead of Harris and Morkel is Mahela Jayawardene. Apart from his Test average of 70.75, he averaged 40.20 at a strike rate of 88 in ODIs, and almost 35 at a strike rate of 153 in Twenty20 internationals, in the process also scoring a hundred at the World Twenty20. Was that another oversight by the ICC?

S Rajesh is stats editor of Cricinfo

 

[Super Falcon]

as always indians started fighting here anyway i just wanted to tell why afridi was not picked yes agreed sachin should win test or odi for sure no doubt on it but in emrging players ojha what does he do did he took 10 wickets or 5 wickets 4 times n so why he was there

 

[majesticpankaj]

as always indians started fighting here anyway i just wanted to tell why afridi was not picked yes agreed sachin should win test or odi for sure no doubt on it but in emrging players ojha what does he do did he took 10 wickets or 5 wickets 4 times n so why he was there

nobody is fighting, we are just stating the facts.. is there anything wrong with that?? Kemar Roac, Steven Smith, Paul Stirling what this players are doing in emerging player list?? anyways ojha is not gonna win...but pool is so small for the emerging players, that why his name is their. my vote is for md. Amir, but it would be contest b/w him and morgan

 

[Gentle Typhoon]

There's differance in 2009-2010 season and 2010 only, thats why.

According to cricinfo Sehwag got 1282 runs from 10 matches with 6 centuries and 4 fifties and an avg of 85.46

 

[desiman]

as always indians started fighting here anyway i just wanted to tell why afridi was not picked yes agreed sachin should win test or odi for sure no doubt on it but in emrging players ojha what does he do did he took 10 wickets or 5 wickets 4 times n so why he was there

this is not a controversy so stop making it one, players are picked on their merit and consistent performance against credible teams. Afridi hardly fits that bill and other than Amer, no Pakistani player has shown any sign on consistency over the last year. These players are chosen by an expert panel so please stop thinking that there is any bias here. The ICC is not out to get Pakistan.

 

[majesticpankaj]

how the people can forget the ball eating incident?? the person who brings disgrace to the game and country. how could anyone think of him. amazing

 

[EagleEyes]

Shahid Afridi should be in instead of Sehwag. Good point out by the author.

 

[SpArK]

Mohammad Amir should win emerging player award. none can match his performance this year.

 

[RobbieS]

Shahid Afridi should be in instead of Sehwag. Good point out by the author.

Really? For his Tests or ODI performance? Oh wait, maybe for the emerging player award.

Come on now, except his performance in T20s he hasnt done anything significant. Amir is a sure bet for emerging player, but you gotta be kidding me for Afridi in place of Sehwag. Check the data.

 

[majesticpankaj]

Shahid Afridi should be in instead of Sehwag. Good point out by the author.

i agree that sehwag name should not be there in ODI player list but after the ball eating incident do you think any sane person will nominate his name?? and apart from just one great inning against srilanka (which was eventually lost ) how many games he won for you?? are not you asking too much??