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Wisden names andrew flintoff as the leading ciricketer of the world for the year 2005.He is the third recipient of the award.The previous two are warne and ponting.Ponting,brett lee,hoggard,simen jones and pieterson were named cricketers of the year 2005.Ricky ponting becomes only second person to score two centuries in a test match on three occasions after sunil gavaskar.Australian cricketer gillespie smashed the record for the highest run scoring night watchman on april 19,2006,cracking a carrier best 201.Mahendra singh dhoni,s half century against Pakistan in the second ODI in abu dhabi has propelled him to the top spot in the rating for the year 2005.Dhoni holds the highest individual score for a innings for an keeper.He got that against srilanka by scoring 183 not out.Asia has won the bid to host the 2011 ciricket world cup,pipping a joint bid by Australia and newzeland.