Australia's slide from No.1 to No.4 in the ICC Test ratings after their Ashes series loss has been reflected in the nominees for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) annual awards.

Mitchell Johnson is the only member of Ricky Ponting's side in the running for the main award, cricketer of the year, alongside the likes of England captain Andrew Strauss and India's Harbhajan Singh.

Johnson, Michael Clarke and Peter Siddle are among 19 nominees for Test player of the year, while Mike Hussey is the only Australian in the one-day player of the year category.

Siddle, Phil Hughes and Ben Hilfenhaus have been listed in the emerging player of the year section, while fellow Australians Shelley Nitschke, Karen Rolton and Lisa Sthalekar can win the overall women's award.

India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan head the list, with both nominated in three categories.

The long list of nominees in the eight award categories was named on Wednesday, well ahead of the official ceremony in South Africa on October 1.

Dhoni, who was named one-day player of the year last year, was nominated in that category again, along with cricketer of the year and Test player of the year.

Dilshan, yet to win an ICC award, was also nominated for cricketer and Test player of the year, plus Twenty20 performance of the year.

In the cricketer of the year category, India and Sri Lanka topped the number of nominations in the long list with three each.

England and South Africa each had two nominees while the remaining Test-playing nations only had one each.

The West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul won the award last year and was again nominated.

The awards take into account performances between August 13, 2008 and August 24, 2009.

The lists were decided by an ICC panel comprising former players Clive Lloyd, Anil Kumble, Mudassar Nazar, Bob Taylor and Stephen Fleming.