The list of nominees
Test player: Michael Hussey (Aus), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Mohammed Yousuf (Pak), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Shane Warne (Aus), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Younis Khan (Pak), Matthew Hayden (Aus) and Makhaya Ntini (RSA).
ODI player: Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Michael Hussey (Aus), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Shane Bond (NZ), Irfan Pathan (Ind), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Mohammed Yousuf (Pak), Herschelle Gibbs (RSA), Brett Lee (Aus), Shahid Afridi (Pak), Inzamam-ul Haq (Pak), Adam Gilchrist (Aus) and Kumar Sangakkara (SL).
Emerging player: Monty Panesar (Eng), Alastair Cook (Eng), Denesh Ramdin (WI), Malinga Bandara (SL), Mohammed Asif (Pak), Upul Tharanga (SL), Ian Bell (Eng) and Shahriar Nafees (Ban).
Captain: Michael Vaughan (Eng), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus) and Mahela Jayawardene (SL).
Umpire: Simon Taufel (Aus), Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA).
Woman cricketer: Karen Rolton (Aus), Cathryn Fitzpatrick (Aus), Anjum Chopra (Ind), Neetu David (Ind), Claire Taylor (Eng), Katherine Brunt (Eng) and Emily Drumm (NZ).