Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq along with star leg-spinner Yasir Shah have been nominated for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards of the Decade.

The former captain has been nominated in the Spirit of Cricket category whereas the 34-year-old has been nominated in the Men's Test Players of the Decade category.

Pakistan won the Spirit of Cricket Award in 2016 for the very first time in Test cricket under Misbah's leadership.

The Swabi-born leggie has represented Pakistan in 42 fixtures in the five-day format in which he has bagged 224 wickets at an average of 30.66.

He became the fastest bowler to reach the 200 wickets milestone in the longest format of the game back in 2018.

He also has 770 runs with a century to his name.

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ICC Men’s Player of the Decade

Virat Kohli (India)

Kane Williamson (New Zealand)

Joe Root (England)

Steve Smith (Australia)

AB de Villiers (South Africa)

Ravichandran Ashwin (India)

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

ICC Women’s Player of the Decade

Ellyse Perry (Australia)

Meg Lanning (Australia)

Suzie Bates (New Zealand)

Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)

Mithali Raj (India)

Sarah Taylor (England)

ICC Men’s Test Player of the Decade

Yasir Shah (Pakistan)

Virat Kohli (India)

Joe Root (England)

Kane Williamson (New Zealand)

Steve Smith (Australia)

Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka)

James Anderson (England)

ICC Men’s ODI Player of the Decade

Virat Kohli (India)

Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)

Mitchell Starc (Australia)

Rohit Sharma (India)

MS Dhoni (India)

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

AB de Villiers (South Africa)

ICC Women’s ODI Player of the Decade

Ellyse Perry (Australia)

Meg Lanning (Australia)

Suzie Bates (New Zealand)

Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)

Mithali Raj (India)

Jhulan Goswami (India)

ICC Men’s T20I Player of the Decade

Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)

Virat Kohli (India)

Aaron Finch (Australia)

Imran Tahir (South Africa)

Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)

Rohit Sharma (India)

Chris Gayle (West Indies)

ICC Women’s T20I Player of the Decade

Meg Lanning (Australia)

Ellyse Perry (Australia)

Sophie Devine (New Zealand)

Deandra Dottin (West Indies)

Anya Shrubsole (England)

ICC Men’s Associate Player of the Decade

Kyle Coetzer (Scotland)

Callum Macleod (Scotland)

Paras Khadka (Nepal)

Asad Vala (Papua New Guinea)

Peter Borren (Netherlands)

Richie Berrington (Scotland)

ICC Women’s Associate Player of the Decade

Nattakan Chantam (Nepal)

Sornnorin Tippoch (Nepal)

Chanida Sutthiruang (Nepal)

Kathryn Bryce (Scotland)

Sarah Bryce (Scotland)

Sterre Kalis (Netherlands)

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade

Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)

Virat Kohli (India)

Kane Williamson (New Zealand) 

Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)

Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)

Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)

MS Dhoni (India)

Katherine Brunt (England)

Anya Shrubsole (England)