Graeme Swann was a surprise omission from the Cricketer of the Year category as the International Cricket Council announced the long-lists for their annual awards.
Nominees were revealed today with eight players each up for three awards, but no England player in consideration for the top honour.
Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis from South Africa, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag from India, Shane Watson and Doug Bollinger from Australia and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene are the men who feature in the Test, ODI and player of the year categories.
Swann might feel aggrieved not to have joined the 16-strong shortlist for the top gong, having taken 49 Test wickets at 27.55 and 28 one-day wickets at 23 in the qualification period.
The off-spinner, currently ranked number three in the world, is on the Test long-list alongside James Anderson, while team-mates Eoin Morgan, Steven Finn and Tim Bresnan are all up for the Emerging Player award.
Ireland batsman Paul Stirling is also in the running for that title, and is joined on the Associate Player of the Year list by compatriots Trent Johnston and Kevin O'Brien and Scotland's Richie Berrington and Mudassar Bukhari.
Short-lists for each award will be produced before the ceremony on October 6 in Bengaluru, India.
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