ICC Awards of the Decade

ICC Awards of the Decade
Date	27 December 2020
Presented by	ICC
Highlights
Male Cricketer of the Decade	Virat Kohli
Female Cricketer of the Decade	Ellyse Perry
Website	www.icc-cricket.com
ICC Awards

The ICC Awards of the Decade is a one-off edition of the ICC Awards annual awards programme, celebrating the stand-out performers and moments from a ten year period of international cricket. ^[1] The announcement of the ICC World XI Teams, along with the winners of the individual ICC awards, was made on 27 December 2020. ^{[1] [2]} Virat Kohli won Men's Cricketer of the Decade while Ellyse Perry was named as Women's Cricketer of the Decade. ^[3]

Award categories and winners

Individual awards

ICC Men's Cricketer of the Decade (Sir Garfield Sobers Award) Virat Kohli

ICC Women's Cricketer of the Decade (Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award) Ellyse Perry

ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Decade Steve Smith

ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade Virat Kohli

ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Decade Ellyse Perry

ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade Rashid Khan

ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade Ellyse Perry

ICC Men's Associate Cricketer of the Decade Kyle Coetzer

ICC Women's Associate Cricketer of the Decade Kathryn Bryce

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade MS Dhoni

ICC Teams of the Decade

Men's teams

ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade Test Team of the year Test Team of the Decade Batting position Player Team Role Opener Alastair Cook   England Batsman David Warner   Australia Batsman Number 3 Kane Williamson   New Zealand Batsman Number 4 Virat Kohli   India Batsman / Captain Number 5 Steve Smith   Australia Batsman Number 6 Kumar Sangakkara   Sri Lanka Batsman / (wk) Number 7 Ben Stokes   England All-rounder Number 8 Ravichandran Ashwin   India All-rounder Number 9 Dale Steyn   South Africa Bowler Number 10 Stuart Broad   England Bowler Number 11 James Anderson   England Bowler

ICC Men's ODI Team of the Decade ODI Team of the year ODI Team of the Decade Batting position Player Team Role Opener Rohit Sharma   India Batsman David Warner   Australia Batsman Number 3 Virat Kohli   India Batsman Number 4 AB de Villiers   South Africa Batsman Number 5 Shakib Al Hasan   Bangladesh All-rounder Number 6 MS Dhoni   India Batsman / Captain (wk) Number 7 Ben Stokes   England All-rounder Number 8 Mitchell Starc   Australia All-rounder Number 9 Trent Boult   New Zealand Bowler Number 10 Imran Tahir   South Africa Bowler Number 11 Lasith Malinga   Sri Lanka Bowler

ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Decade T20I Team of the Year T20I Team of the Decade Batting position Player Team Role Opener Rohit Sharma   India Batsman Chris Gayle   West Indies Batsman Number 3 Aaron Finch   Australia Batsman Number 4 Virat Kohli   India Batsman Number 5 AB de Villiers   South Africa Batsman Number 6 Glenn Maxwell   Australia All-rounder Number 7 MS Dhoni   India Batsman / captain (wk) Number 8 Kieron Pollard   West Indies All-rounder Number 9 Rashid Khan   Afghanistan Bowler Number 10 Jasprit Bumrah   India Bowler Number 11 Lasith Malinga   Sri Lanka Bowler

Women's teams

ICC Women's ODI Team of the Decade ODI team of the year ODI Team of the Decade Batting position Player Team Role Opener Alyssa Healy   Australia Batsman Suzie Bates   New Zealand Batsman Number 3 Mithali Raj   India Batsman Number 4 Meg Lanning   Australia Batsman / Captain Number 5 Stafanie Taylor   West Indies All-rounder Number 6 Sarah Taylor   England Batsman / (wk) Number 7 Ellyse Perry   Australia All-rounder Number 8 Dane van Niekerk   South Africa Bowler Number 9 Marizanne Kapp   South Africa Bowler Number 10 Jhulan Goswami   India Bowler Number 11 Anisa Mohammed   West Indies Bowler

ICC Women's T20I Team of the Decade t20i team of the year T20I Team of the Decade Batting position Player Team Role Opener Alyssa Healy   Australia Batsman / (wk) Sophie Devine   New Zealand Batsman Number 3 Suzie Bates   New Zealand Batsman Number 4 Meg Lanning   Australia Batsman / Captain Number 5 Harmanpreet Kaur   India All-rounder Number 6 Stafanie Taylor   West Indies All-rounder Number 7 Deandra Dottin   West Indies Batsman Number 8 Ellyse Perry   Australia All-rounder Number 9 Anya Shrubsole   England Bowler Number 10 Megan Schutt   Australia Bowler Number 11 Poonam Yadav   India Bowler

Criteria

The criteria for nomination for the ICC Player of the Decade award are designed to recognize sustained excellence and significant impact in international cricket over a ten-year period. To be eligible for nomination, a cricketer must have achieved one of the following milestones: winning at least one ICC trophy, including the Cricket World Cup, ICC Test Championship Mace, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, or ICC Champions Trophy. Alternatively, the nominee can qualify by being named the ICC Player of the Tournament in any of these competitions at least once. These criteria highlight both team success and individual brilliance, ensuring that the nominees have not only contributed to their teams' achievements on the world stage but have also exhibited outstanding personal performances in major international tournaments.

Nominations

The following are the nominations and winners for the ICC Awards of the Decade: ^[1]

ICC Mens Cricketer of the Decade

• Virat Kohli - Winner
• Ravichandran Ashwin
• Joe Root
• Kumar Sangakkara
• Steve Smith
• AB de Villiers
• Kane Williamson

(Out of these only Kumar Sangakarra was retired at the time of nomination)

ICC Womens Cricketer of the Decade

• Suzie Bates
• Meg Lanning
• Ellyse Perry - Winner
• Mithali Raj
• Sarah Taylor
• Stafanie Taylor

ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Decade

• James Anderson
• Virat Kohli
• Rangana Herath
• Steve Smith - Winner
• Yasir Shah
• Joe Root
• Kane Williamson

ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade

• Virat Kohli - Winner
• Lasith Malinga
• Kumar Sangakkara
• Rohit Sharma
• Mitchell Starc
• AB de Villiers

ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade

• Suzie Bates
• Meg Lanning
• Ellyse Perry - Winner
• Mithali Raj
• Stafanie Taylor

ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade

• Aaron Finch
• Virat Kohli
• Chris Gayle
• Rashid Khan - Winner
• Lasith Malinga
• Rohit Sharma
• Imran Tahir

ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade

• Sophie Devine
• Deandra Dottin
• Ellyse Perry - Winner
• Meg Lanning
• Anya Shrubsole
• Alyssa Healy

ICC Men's Associate Cricketer of the Decade

• Richie Berrington
• Peter Borren
• Kyle Coetzer - Winner
• Paras Khadka
• Calum MacLeod
• Assad Vala

ICC Women's Associate Cricketer of the Decade

• Kathryn Bryce - Winner
• Sarah Bryce
• Natthakan Chantam
• Sterre Kalis
• Chanida Sutthiruang
• Sornnorin Tippoch

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade

See also: ICC Spirit of Cricket Award

• MS Dhoni (2011 Winner) - Winner
• Daniel Vettori (2012 Winner)
• Mahela Jayawardene (2013 Winner)
• Katherine Brunt (2014 Winner)
• Brendon McCullum (2015 Winner)
• Misbah-ul-Haq (2016 Winner)
• Anya Shrubsole (2017 Winner)
• Kane Williamson (2018 Winner)
• Virat Kohli (2019 Winner)

See also

• Cricket portal

• International Cricket Council
• ICC Awards
• Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (Cricketer of the Year)
• ICC Test Player of the Year
• ICC ODI Player of the Year
• David Shepherd Trophy (Umpire of the Year)
• ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
• ICC Test Team of the Year
• ICC ODI Team of the Year

References

1. "ICC Awards of the Decade announced". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
2. "MS Dhoni captain of ICC's white-ball teams of decade, Virat Kohli voted skipper of Test side". The Times of India. 2020-12-27. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-07-06.
3. "The ICC Awards of the Decade winners announced". ICC. Retrieved 28 December 2020.