ICC announces shortlist of annual cricket awards

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council Wednesday announced a shortlist for the 2014 annual awards.
The winners will be announced on November 14 in Dubai.

Here is the shortlist of the nominees:

ICC cricketer of the year:

AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

ICC Test cricketer of the year:

Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
David Warner (Australia)

ICC one-day cricketer of the year:

Quinton de Kock (South Africa)
AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Virat Kohli (India)
Dale Steyn (South Africa)

ICC women’s one-day cricketer of the year:

Charlotte Edwards (England)
Mithali Raj (India)
Sarah Taylor (England)
Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)

ICC emerging cricketer of the year:

Corey Anderson (New Zealand)
Gary Ballance (England)
Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand)
Ben Stokes (England)

ICC associate and affiliate cricketer of the year:

Calum MacLeod (Scotland)
Preston Mommsen (Scotland)
Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)
Samiullah Shenwari (Afghanistan)

ICC Twenty20 international performance of the year:

Alex Hales (England) 116 not out vs Sri Lanka 2104
Aaron Finch (Australia) 156 v England 2013
Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka) 3-5 v New Zealand 2014

ICC women’s T20 cricketer of the year:

Charlotte Edwards (England)
Meg Lanning (Australia)
Mithali Raj (India)
Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)

ICC umpire of the year:

All 12 members of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires have been nominated.