Star Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is a step closer to completing a remarkable double at the annual ICC Awards to be held next month.
Johnson is one of four nominations in both the Cricketer of the Year and Test Player of the Year awards after the ICC announced its shortlists for each honour on Tuesday.
Johnson is joined by Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir and English skipper Andrew Strauss as the only players who are in the running for both awards.
India captain MS Dhoni is the other nominee for the Cricketer of the Year and Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera is the fourth player still in contention for Test Player of the Year.
Johnson has had a breakout 12 months during the voting period between August 2008 and August 2009, claiming 80 Test wickets at 27.08 including two five-wicket innings and a 10-wicket match and achieved best figures of 8-61 against South Africa in Perth in December.
The 27-year-old also played a pivotal role in Australia defeating the Proteas 2-1 in their Test series in South Africa earlier this year and was his country's best player in its first-ever home Test series defeat to Graeme Smith's men last summer.
The Aussie quick was no slouch with the bat either, hitting 632 runs at 30.09 including three fifties and an unbeaten 123 against South Africa in Cape Town in March which is his highest score.
Johnson also shone in the shorter versions of the game, taking 37 wickets at 23.30 in the one-day arena and 14 scalps at 19.71 in Twenty20s.
Australia didn't have any nominations for the ODI Player of the Year but Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle made the final cut for the Emerging Player award.
Shelley Nitschke is the only Aussie left in the running for the Women's Cricketer of the Year gong while Australian Simon Taufel is a nominee for the Umpire of the Year.
Australia, England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka will battle it out for the Spirit of Cricket award.
The 25-person independent voting academy is made up of:
Former players: Ian Healy (Australia), Ramiz Raja (Pakistan), Athar Ali Khan (Bangladesh), Allan Donald (South Africa), Bob Willis (England), Sidath Wettimuny (Sri Lanka), Srinivas Venkataraghavan (India), Ian Bishop (West Indies), Jeremy Coney (New Zealand), Dave Houghton (Zimbabwe), Roland Lefebvre (Netherlands).
Media: Jim Maxwell (Australia), Osman Samiuddin (Pakistan), Sayeed Uzzaman (Bangladesh), Neil Manthorp (South Africa), Scyld Berry (England), Ramil Abeynaike (Sri Lanka), Sharda Ugra (India), Fazeer Mohammed (West Indies), Richard Boock (New Zealand), Enock Nuchinjo (Zimbabwe), Jon Coates (Associate Representative).
Elite Panel of ICC Referees Representative: Alan Hurst (Australia).
Elite Panel of ICC Umpires Representative: Billy Bowden (New Zealand).
Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee: Clive Lloyd (West Indies).