Any nominee that is a former player must not have played an official international match (Test, ODI or T20) in the five years preceding the closing date for nominations.

He must have a Test and/or ODI batting average of 50 or above

He must have scored 8000 Test and/or ODI runs and 20 hundreds in either or both those forms of the game

He must have taken 200 Test wickets in either or both forms of the game and have a strike-rate of a wicket every 50 balls in Tests and/or 30 balls in ODIs

A captain must have led his side in at least 25 Tests and/or 100 ODIs with a win percentage of 50 per cent or more in either or both

A wicketkeeper must have secured 200 dismissals in either or both Tests and ODIs

A woman, in Tests, must have scored 1000 runs at an average of 50 or more and/or taken 50 wickets

In ODIs a women must have scored 2000 runs at an average of 35 or better and/or taken 100 wickets