Nominations for the ICC Awards 2008 - cricket

The nominations are:

* Cricketer of the Year: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dale Steyn, Mahela Jayawardene, Graeme Smith
* Test Player of the Year: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dale Steyn, Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis
* ODI Player of the Year: Nathan Bracken, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Yousuf
* Emerging Player of the Year: Stuart Broad, Ajantha Mendis, Ishant Sharma, Morne Morkel
* Associate Player of the Year: Ryan ten Doeschate, Alex Obanda, Niall O'Brien, Thomas Odoyo
* Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Chris Gayle, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Brett Lee, Yuvraj Singh
* Women's Player of the Year: Lisa Sthalekar, Charlotte Edwards, Claire Taylor, Nicola Browne
* Spirit of Cricket: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, West Indies
* Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel, Mark Benson, Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Rudi Koertzen

The presentation will be on Wednesday.

Read a full story on ICC Award 2008 here
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Australia made it 3-0

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Image: Australia celebrate with the trophy after beating Bangladesh 3-0, Australia v Bangladesh, 3rd ODI, Darwin, September 6, 2008

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Whitewash washed out and its 4-0 win for england

England has to settle for 4-0 and third in the International Cricket Council ODI table - behind Australia and South Africa after rain washed the last ODI vs South Africa. Definitely its a great win for England under the captaincy of Kevin Pietersen.

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Australia tour of India, 2008-09 fixture

The fixture:

Oct Thu 9 - Oct Mon 13
09:30 local, 04:00 GMT 1st Test - India v Australia
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Oct Fri 17 - Oct Tue 21
09:30 local, 04:00 GMT 2nd Test - India v Australia
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Oct Wed 29 - Oct Sun 2
09:30 local, 04:00 GMT 3rd Test - India v Australia
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Oct Thu 6 - Oct Mon 10
09:30 local, 04:00 GMT 4th Test - India v Australia
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

Dhoni climbs to no 1 in ICC ODI batsmen ranking

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni toppled his South African counterpart Greame Smith to regain the top spot in the latest ICC ODI batsmen ranking.

Dhoni had previously occupied the number one position for a brief period in 2006.

See ICC current player Rankings for Test and OID batsman and bowlers here

India's maiden one-day series triumph in Sri Lanka

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India to their maiden one-day series triumph in Sri Lanka, winning the 4th one-day international by 46 runs to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series on Wednesday.


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Bangladesh tour of Australia, 2008 fixture

Fixture:
Aug Sat 30
09:30 local, 00:00 GMT 1st ODI - Australia v Bangladesh
Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin

Sep Wed 3
09:30 local, 00:00 GMT 2nd ODI - Australia v Bangladesh
Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin

Sep Sat 6
09:30 local, 00:00 GMT 3rd ODI - Australia v Bangladesh
Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin