ICC Test Team of the Year

This article is about the award for players. For the team rankings, see ICC Test Championship.

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

ICC World Test XI

       Winner of Test Player of the Year

       Nominated as Test Player of the Year

2004-2009

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Australia Matthew Hayden India Virender Sehwag Australia Matthew Hayden Australia Matthew Hayden South Africa Graeme Smith (C) IndiaGautam Gambhir
South Africa Herschelle Gibbs South Africa Graeme Smith Australia Michael Hussey England Michael Vaughan India Virender Sehwag England Andrew Strauss
Australia Ricky Ponting (C) Australia Ricky Ponting (C) Australia Ricky Ponting Australia Ricky Ponting (C) Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene South Africa AB de Villiers
India Rahul Dravid South Africa Jacques Kallis India Rahul Dravid (C) Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf West Indies Cricket Board Shivnarine Chanderpaul India Sachin Tendulkar
West Indies Cricket Board Brian Lara West Indies Cricket Board Brian Lara Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf England Kevin Pietersen England Kevin Pietersen Sri Lanka Thilan Samaraweera
South Africa Jacques Kallis Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Australia Michael Hussey Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (wk) AustraliaMichael Clarke
Australia Adam Gilchrist (wk) England Andrew Flintoff England Andrew Flintoff Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (wk) South Africa Jacques Kallis India MS Dhoni (C, wk)
Sri Lanka Chaminda Vaas Australia Adam Gilchrist (wk) Australia Shane Warne Australia Stuart Clark Australia Brett Lee Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan
Australia Shane Warne Australia Shane Warne South Africa Makhaya Ntini South Africa Makhaya Ntini England Ryan Sidebottom Australia Mitchell Johnson
Australia Jason Gillespie Sri Lanka Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan Pakistan Mohammad Asif Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan England Stuart Broad
England Steve Harmison Australia Glenn McGrath Australia Glenn McGrath Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan South Africa Dale Steyn South Africa Dale Steyn
India Anil Kumble Australia Brett Lee India Zaheer Khan Australia Stuart Clark India Harbhajan Singh

2010-2015

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
India Virender Sehwag England Alastair Cook England Alastair Cook England Alastair Cook (C) Australia David Warner Australia David Warner
Australia Simon Katich South Africa Hashim AmlaSouth Africa Hashim Amla India Cheteshwar Pujara New Zealand Kane Williamson England Alastair Cook (C)
South Africa AB de Villiers EnglandJonathan Trott Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara South Africa Hashim Amla Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara New Zealand Kane Williamson
India Sachin Tendulkar India Sachin TendulkarSouth Africa Jacques Kallis Australia Michael Clarke South Africa AB de Villiers (wk) Pakistan Younus Khan
South AfricaHashim Amla Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (C, wk) AustraliaMichael Clarke (C) Australia Michael Hussey England Joe Root Australia Steve Smith
Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara South Africa AB de Villiers West Indies Cricket Board Shivnarine Chanderpaul South Africa AB de Villiers Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews (C) England Joe Root
South Africa Jacques Kallis South Africa Jacques Kallis EnglandMatt Prior (wk) India MS Dhoni (wk) Australia Mitchell Johnson Pakistan Sarfraz Ahmed (wk)
India MS Dhoni (C, wk) England Stuart Broad England Stuart Broad England Graeme Swann England Stuart Broad England Stuart Broad
England Graeme Swann England Graeme Swann Pakistan Saeed Ajmal South Africa Dale Steyn South Africa Dale Steyn New Zealand Trent Boult
England James Anderson England James Anderson South Africa Vernon Philander England James Anderson Sri Lanka Rangana Herath Pakistan Yasir Shah
South Africa Dale Steyn South Africa Dale Steyn South Africa Dale Steyn South Africa Vernon Philander New Zealand Tim SoutheeAustralia Josh Hazlewood
Australia Doug Bollinger India Zaheer Khan South Africa AB de Villiers India Ravichandran Ashwin New Zealand Ross Taylor India Ravichandran Ashwin

No. of players by nation in each year

Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Total
 Australia 5 4 64 22 2 1 2 2 333
 South Africa 2 2 11 32 4 4 5 4 2 30
 England 11 1 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 2 327
 India 1 2 1 1 14 3 2 3 119
 Sri Lanka 11 22 3 11 1 1 3 16
 Pakistan 1 1 2 1 38
 New Zealand 3 25
 West Indies 11 1 1 4
 Bangladesh 1 1

Statistics

Most selected in World Test XI Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara 7
South Africa Dale Steyn 7
South Africa AB de Villiers 6
South Africa Jacques Kallis 6
England Stuart Broad 5
Australia Ricky Ponting 4
South Africa Hashim Amla 4

See also

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