ICC Men's Test Team of the Year

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The ICC Men's Test Team of the Year is an honour awarded each year by the International Cricket Council. It recognises the top cricket players from around the world in the Test format of the game. The team does not actually compete, but exists solely as an honorary entity.

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ICC Men's Test Team of Year

Winners

Players marked bold won the ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year in that respective year:

YearNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6No. 7No. 8No. 9No. 10No. 1112th man
2004 [1] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Hayden Flag of South Africa.svg Herschelle Gibbs Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ricky Ponting (c) Flag of India.svg Rahul Dravid WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Brian Lara Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Kallis Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Gilchrist (wk) Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Chaminda Vaas Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Warne Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Gillespie Flag of England.svg Steve Harmison
2005 [2] Flag of India.svg Virender Sehwag Flag of South Africa.svg Graeme Smith Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Kallis Flag of Pakistan.svg Inzamam-ul-Haq Flag of England.svg Andrew Flintoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Gilchrist (wk) Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Chaminda Vaas Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn McGrath Flag of India.svg Anil Kumble
2006 [3] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Hayden Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Hussey Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ricky Ponting Flag of India.svg Rahul Dravid (c) Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammad Yousuf Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Flag of England.svg Andrew Flintoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Warne Flag of South Africa.svg Makhaya Ntini Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Muttiah Muralitharan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Lee
2007 [4] Flag of England.svg Michael Vaughan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ricky Ponting (c) Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammad Yousuf Flag of England.svg Kevin Pietersen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Hussey Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stuart Clark Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammad Asif Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Muttiah Muralitharan Flag of India.svg Zaheer Khan
2008 [5] Flag of South Africa.svg Graeme Smith (c) Flag of India.svg Virender Sehwag Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Mahela Jayawardene WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Shivnarine Chanderpaul Flag of England.svg Kevin Pietersen Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Kallis Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Lee Flag of England.svg Ryan Sidebottom Flag of South Africa.svg Dale Steyn Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stuart Clark
2009 [6] Flag of India.svg Gautam Gambhir Flag of England.svg Andrew Strauss Flag of South Africa.svg AB de Villiers Flag of India.svg Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Thilan Samaraweera Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Clarke Flag of India.svg MS Dhoni (c/wk) Flag of Bangladesh.svg Shakib Al Hasan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Johnson Flag of England.svg Stuart Broad Flag of South Africa.svg Dale Steyn Flag of India.svg Harbhajan Singh
2010 [7] [8] Flag of India.svg Virender Sehwag Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Katich Flag of India.svg Sachin Tendulkar Flag of South Africa.svg Hashim Amla Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kumar Sangakkara Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Kallis Flag of England.svg Graeme Swann Flag of England.svg James Anderson Flag of South Africa.svg Dale Steyn Flag of Australia (converted).svg Doug Bollinger
2011 [9] Flag of England.svg Alastair Cook Flag of South Africa.svg Hashim Amla Flag of England.svg Jonathan Trott Flag of India.svg Sachin Tendulkar Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kumar Sangakkara (c/wk) Flag of South Africa.svg AB de Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Kallis Flag of England.svg Stuart Broad Flag of England.svg Graeme Swann Flag of England.svg James Anderson Flag of India.svg Zaheer Khan
2012 [10] Flag of England.svg Alastair Cook Flag of South Africa.svg Hashim Amla Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kumar Sangakkara Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Kallis Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Clarke (c) WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Shivnarine Chanderpaul Flag of England.svg Matt Prior (wk) Flag of Pakistan.svg Saeed Ajmal Flag of South Africa.svg Vernon Philander Flag of South Africa.svg Dale Steyn Flag of South Africa.svg AB de Villiers
2013 [11] Flag of England.svg Alastair Cook (c) Flag of India.svg Cheteshwar Pujara Flag of South Africa.svg Hashim Amla Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Clarke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Hussey Flag of South Africa.svg AB de Villiers Flag of India.svg MS Dhoni (wk) Flag of England.svg Graeme Swann Flag of South Africa.svg Dale Steyn Flag of England.svg James Anderson Flag of South Africa.svg Vernon Philander Flag of India.svg Ravichandran Ashwin
2014 [12] [13] Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Warner Flag of New Zealand.svg Kane Williamson Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kumar Sangakkara Flag of South Africa.svg AB de Villiers (wk) Flag of England.svg Joe Root Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Angelo Mathews (c) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Johnson Flag of England.svg Stuart Broad Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Rangana Herath Flag of New Zealand.svg Tim Southee Flag of New Zealand.svg Ross Taylor
2015 [14] Flag of England.svg Alastair Cook (c) Flag of New Zealand.svg Kane Williamson Flag of Pakistan.svg Younis Khan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Smith Flag of England.svg Joe Root Flag of Pakistan.svg Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) Flag of New Zealand.svg Trent Boult Flag of Pakistan.svg Yasir Shah Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Hazlewood Flag of India.svg Ravichandran Ashwin
2016 [15] Flag of England.svg Joe Root Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Voges Flag of England.svg Jonny Bairstow (wk) Flag of England.svg Ben Stokes Flag of India.svg Ravichandran Ashwin Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Rangana Herath Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Starc Flag of South Africa.svg Dale Steyn Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Smith
2017 [16] Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Elgar Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Warner Flag of India.svg Virat Kohli (c) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Smith Flag of India.svg Cheteshwar Pujara Flag of England.svg Ben Stokes Flag of South Africa.svg Quinton de Kock (wk) Flag of India.svg Ravichandran Ashwin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Starc Flag of South Africa.svg Kagiso Rabada Flag of England.svg James Anderson
2018 [17] Flag of New Zealand.svg Tom Latham Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Dimuth Karunaratne Flag of New Zealand.svg Kane Williamson Flag of India.svg Virat Kohli (c) Flag of New Zealand.svg Henry Nicholls Flag of India.svg Rishabh Pant (wk) WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Jason Holder Flag of South Africa.svg Kagiso Rabada Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Lyon Flag of India.svg Jasprit Bumrah Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammad Abbas
2019 [18] Flag of India.svg Mayank Agarwal Flag of New Zealand.svg Tom Latham Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marnus Labuschagne Flag of India.svg Virat Kohli (c) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Smith Flag of England.svg Ben Stokes Flag of New Zealand.svg BJ Watling (wk) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Cummins Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Starc Flag of New Zealand.svg Neil Wagner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Lyon
2021 [19] Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Dimuth Karunaratne Flag of India.svg Rohit Sharma Flag of England.svg Joe Root Flag of New Zealand.svg Kane Williamson (c) Flag of Pakistan.svg Fawad Alam Flag of India.svg Rishabh Pant (wk) Flag of India.svg Ravichandran Ashwin Flag of New Zealand.svg Kyle Jamieson Flag of Pakistan.svg Hasan Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg Shaheen Afridi
2022 [20] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Usman Khawaja WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Kraigg Brathwaite Flag of Pakistan.svg Babar Azam Flag of England.svg Jonny Bairstow Flag of England.svg Ben Stokes (c) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Cummins Flag of South Africa.svg Kagiso Rabada Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Lyon Flag of England.svg James Anderson
2023 [21] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Usman Khawaja Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Dimuth Karunaratne Flag of New Zealand.svg Kane Williamson Flag of England.svg Joe Root Flag of Australia (converted).svg Travis Head Flag of India.svg Ravindra Jadeja Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Carey (wk) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Cummins (c) Flag of India.svg Ravichandran Ashwin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Starc Flag of England.svg Stuart Broad
2024 [22] Flag of India.svg Yashasvi Jaiswal Flag of England.svg Ben Duckett Flag of England.svg Harry Brook Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kamindu Mendis Flag of England.svg Jamie Smith (wk) Flag of India.svg Ravindra Jadeja Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Cummins (c) Flag of New Zealand.svg Matt Henry Flag of India.svg Jasprit Bumrah

Superlatives

Players marked bold are still active in Test matches and years marked bold indicate they won the ICC Test Player of the Year in that respective year:

#PlayerTeamAppearancesFirst XI12th manYears
1 Dale Steyn Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8802008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
2 Kumar Sangakkara Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 772006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Kane Williamson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024
3 Jacques Kallis Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 662004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Stuart Broad Flag of England.svg  England 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2023
Joe Root Flag of England.svg  England 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2023, 2024
Ravichandran Ashwin Flag of India.svg  India 422013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2023
4 Alastair Cook Flag of England.svg  England 5502011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
James Anderson 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2022
AB de Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 412009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
5 Ricky Ponting Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4402004, 2005, 2006, 2007
David Warner 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Hashim Amla Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Ben Stokes Flag of England.svg  England 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
Steve Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 312015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Mitchell Starc 402016, 2017, 2019, 2023
Pat Cummins 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
6 Michael Clarke 3302009, 2012, 2013
Marnus Labuschagne 2019, 2021, 2022
Matthew Hayden 2004, 2006, 2007
Michael Hussey 2006, 2007, 2013
Shane Warne 2004, 2005, 2006
Nathan Lyon 2018, 2019, 2022
Graeme Swann Flag of England.svg  England 2010, 2011, 2013
MS Dhoni Flag of India.svg  India 2009, 2010, 2013
Virat Kohli 2017, 2018, 2019
Virender Sehwag 2005, 2008, 2010
Sachin Tendulkar 2009, 2010, 2011
Kagiso Rabada Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2017, 2018, 2022
Muttiah Muralitharan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2006, 2007, 2008
Dimuth Karunaratne Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2018, 2021, 2023
7 Adam Gilchrist Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2202004, 2005
Mitchell Johnson 2009, 2014
Glenn McGrath 2005, 2006
Andrew Flintoff Flag of England.svg  England 2005, 2006
Kevin Pietersen 2007, 2008
Jonny Bairstow 2016, 2022
Rahul Dravid Flag of India.svg  India 2004, 2006
Cheteshwar Pujara 2013, 2017
Rishabh Pant 2021, 2022
Tom Latham Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2018, 2019
Mohammad Yousuf Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2006, 2007
Makhaya Ntini Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2006, 2007
Vernon Philander 2012, 2013
Graeme Smith 2005, 2008
Rangana Herath Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2014, 2016
Chaminda Vaas 2004, 2005
Shivnarine Chanderpaul WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2008, 2012
Brian Lara 2004, 2005
Usman Khawaja Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2022, 2023
Jasprit Bumrah Flag of India.svg  India 2018, 2024
Ravindra Jadeja 2023, 2024
Stuart Clark Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 112007, 2008
Brett Lee 2006, 2008
Zaheer Khan Flag of India.svg  India 022007, 2011

Appearances by nation

Country20042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192021202220232024Total
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 546422212234315145157
Flag of England.svg  England 111222253323421132444
Flag of India.svg  India 12111432311332312337
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22113234542131135
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 11223111131111121
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3213321217
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1121313113
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1111116
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 11

See also

References

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  20. ↑ "ICC Men's Test Team of the Year 2022 revealed". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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