Icc Cricket : On this week's LG ICC Awards 2011 special ICC Cricket World Radio Show,
South Africa's Hashim Amla talks exclusively about being short-listed in
three categories - ICC Cricketer of the Year, ICC ODI Cricketer of the
Year and the LG People's Choice Award - for this year's event which is
due to be held in London on 12 September."It's a huge honour and privilege to be nominated alongside such great
players who have also had great years, it means a lot to me. I'm proud
to be nominated against all these guys, but no matter what happens it's a
big enough honour to be nominated and I'm hoping that regardless of
what happens in the awards I hope I can continue to perform," says AmlaThe ICC Cricket World Cup was a highlight for me this year, I really
enjoyed it, it was my first World Cup, it was well organised and even
though we didn't perform as well as we could have, the team spirit was
truly fantastic," reflects the opening batsman who also featured in the
recently announced ICC Test Team of the Year.Based on the period between 11 August 2010 and 3 August 2011, the LG ICC
Awards 2011 - presented in association with FICA - take into account
performances by players and officials in a remarkable period for the
game Also on this week's show, fellow nominee Pakistan's Azhar Ali talks
about being short-listed for the ICC Emerging Player of the Year and
looks ahead to the current series against Zimbabwe. The 26-year-old
batsman is up against fellow countryman Wahab Riaz and West Indies duo
Darren Bravo and Devendra Bishoo for the title."It feels good to be nominated alongside Wahab Riaz as we play cricket
together not only in the national team but also in Lahore for our
domestic team. It's great he's on the short-list too, it helps that one
of my team-mates is competitive as well and pushing for the same award,"
says Azhar."Lots of people have helped me throughout my career, I can't name them
all but especially Waqar Younis have given me a lot of confidence that I
can play my best game and that I am good enough to be here. Lots of
people have supported me from the Pakistan National Cricket Academy
along with my own domestic side's coaches and captains."The awards are a good incentive, if you keep performing well you'll get the recognition you deserve," adds Azhar.Finally, former India captain-turned-commentator Ravi Shastri looks
ahead to the upcoming ODI series between England the ICC Cricket World
Cup 2011 champions, India, that begins tomorrow in Durham."England will start as favourites for this series, at home, fielding in
home conditions and they are in fact a far superior fielding side to
India. Fielding is the key here, that will keep India in with a chance
in these games. It will be interesting to see where they place Rahul
Dravid, he could be handy even at number five or six, unless the
conditions dictate otherwise," observes Shastri.This show has been put together by the ICC's global broadcast partner, ESPN STAR Sports.
