Tigers duo in contention

Test captains Ricky Ponting of Australia and Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka were on Tuesday nominated in four categories for the 2007 International Cricket Council awards.

The winners will be announced at the ICC awards night to be held in Johannesburg on September 10, a day before the inaugural World Twenty20 Championship opens in South Africa.

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim were named in the shortlist for the Emerging Player award along side the likes of Australian pacemen Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait and New Zealand's exciting opener Ross Taylor.

Since his debut last year, Shakib has excelled both with bat and ball, especially in the one-day cricket. He has scored five half-centuries and a 134 not out against Canada. In the World Cup, his unbeaten 57 against England must be the best innings of his short career so far.

Rahim has had a tough time behind the stumps but his batting, especially in the World Cup, where his half-century against India enabled the historic 5-wicket victory in Trinidad.

TEST PLAYER-OF-THE- YEAR
Mohammad Asif (Pak), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Stuart Clark (Aus), Matthew Hayden (Aus), Michael Hussey (Aus), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Zaheer Khan (Ind), Anil Kumble (Ind), Brian Lara (WI), Glenn McGrath (Aus), Muttiah Muralidaran (SL), Makhaya Ntini (SA), Monty Panesar (Eng), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Shaun Pollock (SA), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Ryan Sidebottom (Eng), Shane Warne (Aus), Mohammad Yousuf (Pak).

ONE-DAY PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Shane Bond (NZ), Mark Boucher (SA), Nathan Bracken (Aus), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Stuart Clark (Aus), Michael Clarke (Aus), Matthew Hayden (Aus), Michael Hussey (Aus), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Jacques Kallis (SA), Brett Lee (Aus), Glenn McGrath (Aus), Muttiah Muralidaran (SL), Jacob Oram (NZ), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Shaun Pollock (SA), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Mohammed Yousuf (Pak).

EMERGING-PLAYER-OF-THE- YEAR
Ravinder Bopara (Eng), Shakib Al-Hasan (BD), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Mushfiqur Rahim (BD), Shaun Tait (Aus), Ross Taylor (NZ), Chris Tremlett (Eng).

CRICKETER-OF-THE-YEAR
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Matthew Hayden (Aus), Michael Hussey (Aus), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Jacques Kallis (SA), Glenn McGrath (Aus), Muttiah Muralidaran (SL), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Kumar Sangakkara (SL), Mohammed Yousuf (Pak).

CAPTAIN-OF-THE-YEAR
Mahela Jayawardene (SL) and Ricky Ponting (Aus).

NON-TEST PLAYING NATIONS PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR
Ashish Bagai (Can), Andre Botha (IRL), John Davison (Can), Trent Johnston (IRL), Dwayne Leverock (Ber), Kyle McCallan (IRL), Tanmay Mishra (Ken), Eoin Morgan (IRL), Ashif Mulla (Can), Niall O'Brien (IRL), Thomas Odoyo (Ken), Peter Ongondo (Ken), Irving Romaine (Ber), Abdool Samad (Can), Ryan Doeschate (NED), Steve Tikolo (Ken), Hiren Varaiya (Ken), Ryan Watson (Sco).

UMPIRE-OF-THE-YEAR
Mark Benson (Eng), Steve Bucknor (WI), Daryl Harper (Aus), Simon Taufel (Aus).

WOMEN'S-CRICKETER-OF-THE -YEAR
Caitriona Beggs (IRL), Holly Colvin (Eng), Rumeli Dhar (Ind), Maria Fahey (NZ), Jhulan Goswami (Ind), Ashlyn Kilowan (SA), Johmari Logtenberg (SA), Urooj Mumtaz Khan (Pak), Shelley Nitschke (Aus), Rebecca Rolls (NZ), Sajida Shah (Pak), Lisa Sthalekar (Aus), Claire Taylor (Eng).