Mitchell Johnson leads ICC Cricketer of Year nominations

By Joe Fish, Reporter | 05 November 2014

Australia's Mitchell Johnson leads the nominations for the 2014 ICC awards, while England's Gary Ballance and Ben Stokes are shortlisted for the Emerging Cricketer prize.

Mitchell Johnson, Kumar Sangakkara, AB de Villiers and Angelo Mathews have been nominated for the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2014 award.

Australia paceman Johnson ripped apart England in the 2013-14 Ashes series and has since maintained his form to become a feared force once again.

Australia cricketer Mitchell Johnson celebrates with team-mates after taking a wicket of South Africa's Alviro Petersen, during the 4th day of the first test match on February 15, 2014 © Getty Images

Johnson, and Sri Lanka batsman Sangakkara, who is the leading run getter in all formats between the voting period of August 26, 2013 and September 17, 2014, are in contention to be the first second-time winners of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.

The pair, along with Sri Lanka skipper Mathews, are also shortlisted for the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, while South Africa's De Villiers is up for the ODI equivalent.

England's award hopefuls are Gary Ballance and Ben Stokes, who are among the contenders for the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year prize, while women's captain Charlotte Edwards is nominated for Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year, alongside Sarah Taylor, and in the T20 format.

Alex Hales has also been recognised for his remarkable century against Sri Lanka in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup, which is celebrated in the ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year category.

England batsman Alex Hales plays a shot during the ICC World Twenty20 tournament cricket match between England and South Africaat The Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on March 29, 2014 © Getty Images

Full list of nominations:

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year
AB de Villiers (SA)
Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
Angelo Mathews (SL)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

ICC Test Cricketer of the Year
Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
Angelo Mathews (SL)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
David Warner (Aus)

ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year
Quinton de Kock (SA)
AB de Villiers (SA)
Virat Kohli (Ind)
Dale Steyn (SA)

ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year
Charlotte Edwards (Eng)
Mithali Raj (Ind)
Sarah Taylor (Eng)
Stafanie Taylor (WI)

ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year
Corey Anderson (NZ)
Gary Ballance (Eng)
Jimmy Neesham (NZ)
Ben Stokes (Eng)

ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year
Calum MacLeod (Scot)
Preston Mommsen (Scot)
Mohammad Nabi (Afg)
Samiullah Shenwari (Afg)

ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Alex Hales (Eng) - 116 not out (64b, 11x4, 6x6) v Sri Lanka (WT20), 27 Mar 2014
Aaron Finch (Aus) -156 (63b, 11x4, 14x6) v England, 29 August 2013
Rangana Herath (SL) - 3.3-2-3-5 v NZ (WT20), 31 Mar 2014

ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year
Charlotte Edwards (Eng)
Meg Lanning (Aus)
Mithali Raj (Ind)
Stafanie Taylor (WI)

David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year
All 12 members of the ICC Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires have been nominated

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award
To be announced on 14 November via ICC media release