Two Pakistanis nominated in ICC Awards of the Decade

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The International Cricket Council (ICC), on Thursday, announced the nominations for the awards of the decade in the men’s and women’s categories which included Pakistan’s former captain and current head coach Misbahul Haq and leg-spinner Yasir Shah.

60 nominations have been made and the winners for each category will be selected through votes cast by fans around the world. The final announcements regarding the winners of their respective categories will be made on December 18.

Misbah was nominated for the ICC’s Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade whereas Shah was nominated for the prestigious category of Men’s Test Player of the Decade.

The former captain of the Pakistan side had won the ICC’s Spirit of Cricket Award for the year 2016 after leading his side to the number-one spot in the ICC’s Test rankings for the very first time since its inception.

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Shah has been the mainstay of the Men in Green’s Test side for a long time. He has taken 224 wickets in just 42 matches while being the second joint-fastest bowler to 100 wickets and the fastest to claim 200 scalps in the longer format of the sport.

The nominations for each category are as follows:

ICC Men’s Player of the Decade

Virat Kohli (India), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Joe Root (England), Steve Smith (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Ravichandran Ashwin (India), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

ICC Women’s Player of the Decade

Ellyse Perry (Australia), Meg Lanning (Australia), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), Mithali Raj (India), Sarah Taylor (England)

ICC Men’s Test Player of the Decade

Virat Kohli (India), Joe Root (England), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Steve Smith (Australia), Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka), James Anderson (England), Yasir Shah (Pakistan)

ICC Men’s ODI Player of the Decade

Virat Kohli (India), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Mitchell Starc (Australia), Rohit Sharma (India), MS Dhoni (India), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), AB de Villiers (South Africa)

ICC Women’s ODI Player of the Decade

Ellyse Perry (Australia), Meg Lanning (Australia), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), Mithali Raj (India), Jhulan Goswami (India)

ICC Men’s T20I Player of the Decade

Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Virat Kohli (India), Aaron Finch (Australia), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Rohit Sharma (India), Chris Gayle (West Indies)

ICC Women’s T20I Player of the Decade

Meg Lanning (Australia), Ellyse Perry (Australia), Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Deandra Dottin (West Indies), Anya Shrubsole (England)

ICC Men’s Associate Player of the Decade

Kyle Coetzer (Scotland), Callum Macleod (Scotland), Paras Khadka (Nepal), Asad Vala (Papua New Guinea), Peter Borren (Netherlands), Richie Berrington (Scotland)

ICC Women’s Associate Player of the Decade

Nattakan Chantam (Nepal), Sornnorin Tippoch (Nepal), Chanida Sutthiruang (Nepal), Kathryn Bryce (Scotland), Sarah Bryce (Scotland), Sterre Kalis (Netherlands)

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade

Virat Kohli (India), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Misbahul Haq (Pakistan), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Daniel Vettori (New Zealand), MS Dhoni (India), Katherine Brunt (England), Anya Shrubsole (England)