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Aftab on shortlist

Flintoff heads ICC awards nominees

Reuters, New Delhi
Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff heads the final shortlist for the prestigious International Cricket Council (ICC) playcr-of-the-year award, it was announced on Wednesday.
All-rounder Flintoff, man-of-the-series after the 2-1 series triumph. has also been nominated for the IOC one-day pfayer-of-the'-yuar accolade. He was voted the Professional Cricketers' Association player-of-the-year in London on Tuesday
Australia wicketkeeper Adam . Gilchrist, South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis, Pakistan captain InZamamul Haq and Aussie fast bqwler Glenn McGrath are the others in the reckoning for player-of-the-year.
Gilchrist, who struggled on the Ashes tour, has been named in three of the four categories. Kallis, Inzamam and McGrath have also been nominated for the Test player-of-the-year award.
South African-born England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been nominated for the one-day player-of-the-year and emerging player-of-the-year awards.
The selection was based on performances between August 1,
2004 and July 31 this year. The awards will be presented at a function in Sydney on October 11 during the Super Series between champions Australia and the ICC World XI.
The nominees were voted by a 50-member panel of current and ex-players and officials from
among players selected by a committee headed by India's Sunil Gavaskar.
NOMINATIONS
Player-of-the-year: Andrew Flintoff (England), Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist (both Australia), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Inzamamul
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, Haq (Pakistan).
Test player-of-the-year: Gilchrist. Inzamam. Kallis, McGrath, Shane Wirne (Australia).
One-day player-of-the-year: Flintoff, Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds (both Australia), Kevin Pietersen (England).
Emerging player-of-the-year: Aftab Ahmed (Bangladesh), Ian Bell (England), Dinesh Karthik (India), Pietersen. AB deVillicrs (South Africa).