Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne, Jacques Kallis shortlisted for ESPN Cricinfo's Cricketer of the Generation award

Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne and Jacques Kallis have been nominated for cricketer of the generation award to be given by ESPN Cricinfo. This award has been created to mark the 20 year presence of ESPNcricinfo and also to felicitate the most extraordinary cricketer between 1993-2013.

“The 20 years of ESPNcricinfo’s existence have coincided with one of the great periods in cricket. The 1990s would count among the most competitive eras in the history of the game – both in terms of the contest between bat and ball, and the overall standard of teams. So it seemed right for us to wind up our 20th anniversary celebrations by honouring the most outstanding cricketer of this generation,” editor-in-chief Sambit Bal said.

These three were selected by a powerful jury which included current and past cricketers, cricket writers and commentators. Other than this prestigious award, prizes like contribution to cricket award and Statsguru award will also be given in a ceremony to be organised on March 14, 2014.

Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne and Jacques Kallis are widely regarded as the world’s best batsman, bowler and all-rounder respectively over the last couple of decades.

The 50 member-jury includes:

Russel Arnold, Sambit Bal, Habibul Bashar, Ian Bell, Rahul Bhattacharya, Harsha Bhogle, Lawrence Booth, Geoffrey Boycott, Daniel Brettig, Mark Butcher, Ian Chappell, Aakash Chopra, Ed Cowan, Mike Coward, Tony Cozier, Martin Crowe, Daryll Cullinan, George Dobell, Rahul Dravid, Jeffrey Dujon, Ramachandra Guha, Gideon Haigh, Michael Holding, David Hopps, Tamim Iqbal, Mahela Jayawardene, Gaurav Kalra, Akram Khan, Athar Ali Khan, Younis Khan, VVS Laxman, Ranjan Madugalle, Sanjay Manjrekar, Suresh Menon, Andrew Miller, Mark Nicholas, Iain O’Brien, Mike Procter, Ramiz Raja, Barry Richards, Mark Richardson, Osman Samiuddin, Kumar Sangakkara, Mike Selvey, Ed Smith, Heath Streak, Mark Taylor, Sharda Ugra, John Wright, Waqar Younis.