Cook last year won the Test cricketer category, and his England team-mate Jonathan Trott took the overall award, following their exploits in the historic 2010/11 Ashes success.
Opener Cook is joined in the 2012 list by his team-mate Stuart Broad, Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal, South Africa's Hashim Amla and Vernon Philander, Australia captain Michael Clarke, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, India's Virat Kohli and West Indies' Stafanie Taylor - the first woman to be nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.
The awards will be presented at the ninth annual ceremony, before the start of the ICC World Twenty20, in Colombo on September 15.
Cook, and his rivals, will be judged on performances between August 4 last year and August 6 this year - a period which began with his career-best 294 as England went to the top of the ICC world Test rankings with a series-clinching victory over India at Edgbaston.
Further England interest in next month's awards includes seamer Broad, wicketkeeper Matt Prior and Cook for Test cricketer of the year, fast bowler Steven Finn and Cook again - nominated in the one-day international player category - and Ravi Bopara and Alex Hales, for their respective bowling at The Oval and batting at Trent Bridge, as Twenty20 performance of the year.
Lydia Greenway and Sarah Taylor will be up against the Windies' Taylor for the women's cricketer of the year awards - and Irishmen dominate the ICC affiliate and associate category, with six of the 10 nominees.
England fast bowler James Anderson was named earlier this month as one of the five candidates for the people's choice award.
Awards lists in full:
Individual Awards
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
Hashim Amla (SA)
Stuart Broad (Eng)
Michael Clarke (Aus)
Alastair Cook (Eng)
Virat Kohli (Ind)
Vernon Philander (SA)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Stafanie Taylor (WI)
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
Hashim Amla (SA)
Stuart Broad (Eng)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
Michael Clarke (Aus)
Alastair Cook (Eng)
Jacques Kallis (SA)
Vernon Philander (SA)
Matt Prior (Eng)
Marlon Samuels (WI)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Dale Steyn (SA)
AB de Villiers (SA)
Shahid Afridi (Pak)
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)
Michael Clarke (Aus)
Alastair Cook (Eng)
MS Dhoni (Ind)
Steven Finn (Eng)
Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
Shakib Al Hasan (Bang)
Virat Kohli (Ind)
Lasith Malinga (SL)
Brendon McCullum (NZ)
Morne Morkel (SA)
Sunil Narine (WI)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Brendan Taylor (Zim)
Shane Watson (Aus)
Jess Cameron (Aus)
Shanel Daley (WI)
Lydia Greenaway (Eng)
Anisa Mohammed (WI)
Mithali Raj (Ind)
Sarah Taylor (Eng)
Stafanie Taylor (WI)
Jess Cameron (Aus)
Shanel Daley (WI)
Alyssa Healy (Aus)
Anisa Mohammed (WI)
Mithali Raj (Ind)
Lisa Sthalekar (Aus)
Sarah Taylor (Eng)
Stafanie Taylor (WI)
Trent Boult (NZ)
Doug Bracewell (NZ)
Dinesh Chandimal (SL)
Pat Cummins (Aus)
Nasir Hossain (Bang)
Junaid Khan (Pak)
Nathan Lyon (Aus)
Tino Mawoyo (Zim)
Sunil Narine (WI)
James Pattinson (Aus)
Lahiru Thirimanne (SL)
Matthew Wade (Aus)
Shaiman Anwar (UAE)
Peter Borren (Neth)
George Dockrell (Ire)
Trent Johnston (Ire)
Ed Joyce (Ire)
John Mooney (Ire)
Kevin O’Brien (Ire)
Hiran Patel (Can)
Paul Stirling (Ire)
Dawlat Zadran (Afg)
Ravi Bopara (Eng) – 3.4-0-10-4 v West Indies, The Oval, 23 September 2011
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) – 104no (57b, 12x4, 5x6) v Australia, Pallekele, 6 August 2011
Chris Gayle (WI) – 85no (52b, 7x4, 5x6) v New Zealand, Lauderhill, 30 June 2012
Martin Guptill (NZ) – 91no (54b, 5x4, 6x6) v Zimbabwe, Auckland, 11 February 2012
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) – 2.2-0-10-4 v Zimbabwe, Harare, 16 September 2011
Alex Hales (Eng) – 99 (68b, 6x4, 4x6) v West Indies, Nottingham, 24 June 2012
Richard Levi (SA) – 117no (51b, 5x4. 13x6) v New Zealand, Auckland, 22 February 2012
Brendon McCullum (NZ) – 81no (46b, 5x4, 6x6) v Zimbabwe, Harare, 15 October 2011
Ajantha Mendis (SL) – 4-1-16-6 v Australia, Pallekele, 8 August 2011
Sunil Narine (WI) – 4-0-12-4 v New Zealand, Lauderhill, 1 July 2012
Elias Sunny (Bang) – 4-1-13-5 v Ireland, Belfast, 18 July 2012
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
Jacques Kallis (SA)
Kieron Pollard (WI)
Daniel Vettori (NZ)
AB de Villiers (SA)
Billy Bowden
Aleem Dar
Steve Davis
Kumar Dharmasena
Billy Doctrove
Marais Erasmus
Ian Gould
Tony Hill
Richard Kettleborough
Nigel Llong
Asad Rauf
Simon Taufel
Rod Tucker
James Anderson (Eng)
Jacques Kallis (SA)
Vernon Philander (SA)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
