ICC Awards 2011

Misbah Ul Haq is the only Pakistan Cricketer to be a nomination for “ICC cricketer of the year.” Misbah scored 7 half centuries and a century in his 11 test innings as captain and also scored 7 ODI half centuries this year. He was Pakistan’s leading run scorer at the World Cup as well as averaging in the 90s as test skipper and claiming 2 MOM awards in his last 5 Tests.

Wahab Riaz, Adnan Akmal and Azhar Ali have been nominated as emerging player of the year.

Mohammad Hafeez has been nominated as ODI cricketer of the year along with Saeed Ajmal whereas national captain Misbah Ul Haq has been nominated for test cricket as well as the overall cricketer of the year for the Sir Garfields Sobers Trophy.

Proud Pakistani Stat: Mohammad Hafeez is the only player to have 1000+ runs and 20+ wickets between 11 August 2010 and 2 August 2011 - period for ICC's annual awards.

Umpires Asad Rauf and Aleem Dar are in contention for umpire of the year.

I am backing Misbah to be one of the winners of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy even if he does not end up being the overall winner of the show. He throroughly well deserves some recognition as his comeback has been one of the finest and greatest the game has ever seen.

The awards ceremony will be taking place on the 12th of September in London.

ICC award nominees

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), Shakib 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).