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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.

ICC Men's Test Team of Year

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Winners

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

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

Superlatives

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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:

# Player Team Appearances First XI 12th man Years
1 Dale Steyn  South Africa 8 8 0 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
2 Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 7 7 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
3 Jacques Kallis  South Africa 6 6 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Stuart Broad  England 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2023
Kane Williamson  New Zealand 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
Ravichandran Ashwin  India 4 2 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2023
4 Alastair Cook  England 5 5 0 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
James Anderson 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2022
AB de Villiers  South Africa 4 1 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Joe Root  England 5 0 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2023
5 Ricky Ponting  Australia 4 4 0 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
David Warner 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Hashim Amla  South Africa 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Ben Stokes  England 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
Steve Smith  Australia 3 1 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Mitchell Starc 4 0 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023
6 Michael Clarke 3 3 0 2009, 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  England 2010, 2011, 2013
MS Dhoni  India 2009, 2010, 2013
Virat Kohli 2017, 2018, 2019
Virender Sehwag 2005, 2008, 2010
Sachin Tendulkar 2009, 2010, 2011
Kagiso Rabada  South Africa 2017, 2018, 2022
Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka 2006, 2007, 2008
Pat Cummins  Australia 2019, 2022, 2023
Dimuth Karunaratne  Sri Lanka 2018, 2021, 2023
7 Adam Gilchrist  Australia 2 2 0 2004, 2005
Mitchell Johnson 2009, 2014
Glenn McGrath 2005, 2006
Andrew Flintoff  England 2005, 2006
Kevin Pietersen 2007, 2008
Jonny Bairstow 2016, 2022
Rahul Dravid  India 2004, 2006
Cheteshwar Pujara 2013, 2017
Rishabh Pant 2021, 2022
Tom Latham  New Zealand 2018, 2019
Mohammad Yousuf  Pakistan 2006, 2007
Makhaya Ntini  South Africa 2006, 2007
Vernon Philander 2012, 2013
Graeme Smith 2005, 2008
Rangana Herath  Sri Lanka 2014, 2016
Chaminda Vaas 2004, 2005
Shivnarine Chanderpaul  West Indies 2008, 2012
Brian Lara 2004, 2005
Usman Khawaja  Australia 2022, 2023
Stuart Clark 1 1 2007, 2008
Brett Lee 2006, 2008
Zaheer Khan  India 0 2 2007, 2011

Appearances by nation

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Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 Total
 Australia 5 4 6 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 1 5 1 4 5 56
 England 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 40
 South Africa 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 4 5 4 2 1 3 1 1 35
 India 1 2 1 1 1 4 3 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 2 34
 Sri Lanka 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 20
 New Zealand 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 15
 Pakistan 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 13
 West Indies 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
 Bangladesh 1 1

See also

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References

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