MUMBAI: India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan head the list of nominees for the annual International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards, with both being nominated in three categories. The long list of nominees in the eight award categories was named today, well ahead of the official ceremony in South Africa on October 1. Dhoni, who was named one-day player of the year last year, was nominated in that category again, along with cricketer of the year, and Test player of the year. Dilshan, yet to win an ICC Award, was also nominated for cricketer of the year and Test player of the year, along with Twenty20 performance of the year. In the cricketer of the year category, India and Sri Lanka topped the number of nominations in the long list with three each. England and South Africa each had two nominees while the remaining Test-playing nations only had one each. West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul won the award last year and was nominated again. The awards take into account performances between August 13, 2008 and August 24, 2009. The lists were decided by an ICC panel comprising five former players: West Indies’ Clive Lloyd, India’s Anil Kumble, Pakistan’s Mudassar Nazar, England’s Bob Taylor and New Zealand’s Stephen Fleming.