ICC Test Team of the Year

The ICC 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 World Test XI

Denotes players who are still active in Test matches
Player
(in italic text)
Indicates players who were nominated to be the ICC Test Player of the Year for that year
Player
(in bold text)
Indicates the player who was awarded the ICC Test Player of the Year for that year
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been selected
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 Australia Matthew Hayden South Africa Herschelle Gibbs Australia Ricky Ponting (c) India Rahul Dravid West Indies Cricket Board Brian Lara South Africa Jacques Kallis Australia Adam Gilchrist (wk) Sri Lanka Chaminda Vaas Australia Shane Warne Australia Jason Gillespie England Steve Harmison India Sachin Tendulkar
2005 India Virender Sehwag South Africa Graeme Smith Australia Ricky Ponting (c) (2) South Africa Jacques Kallis (2) West Indies Cricket Board Brian Lara (2) Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq England Andrew Flintoff Australia Adam Gilchrist (wk) (2) Australia Shane Warne (2) Sri Lanka Chaminda Vaas (2) Australia Glenn McGrath India Anil Kumble
2006 Australia Matthew Hayden (2) Australia Michael Hussey Australia Ricky Ponting (3) India Rahul Dravid (c) (2) Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (wk) England Andrew Flintoff (2) Australia Shane Warne (3) South Africa Makhaya Ntini Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan Australia Glenn McGrath (2) Australia Brett Lee
2007 England Michael Vaughan Australia Matthew Hayden (3) Australia Ricky Ponting (c) (4) Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf (2) England Kevin Pietersen Australia Michael Hussey (2) Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (wk) (2) Australia Stuart Clark South Africa Makhaya Ntini (2) Pakistan Mohammad Asif Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan (2) India Zaheer Khan
2008 South Africa Graeme Smith (c) (2) India Virender Sehwag (2) Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene West Indies Cricket Board Shivnarine Chanderpaul England Kevin Pietersen (2) Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (wk) (3) South Africa Jacques Kallis (3) Australia Brett Lee (2) England Ryan Sidebottom Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan (3) South Africa Dale Steyn Australia Stuart Clark (2)
2009 India Gautam Gambhir England Andrew Strauss South Africa AB de Villiers India Sachin Tendulkar (2) 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 (2) India Harbhajan Singh
2010 India Virender Sehwag (3) Australia Simon Katich South Africa Hashim Amla India Sachin Tendulkar (3) South Africa AB de Villiers (2) Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (4) South Africa Jacques Kallis (4) India MS Dhoni (c/wk) (2) England Graeme Swann England James Anderson South Africa Dale Steyn (3) England Steve Harmison (2)
2011 England Alastair Cook South Africa Hashim Amla (2) England Jonathan Trott India Sachin Tendulkar (4) Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (c/wk) (5) South Africa AB de Villiers (3) South Africa Jacques Kallis (5) England Stuart Broad (2) England Graeme Swann (2) England James Anderson (2) South Africa Dale Steyn (4) India Zaheer Khan (2)
2012 England Alastair Cook (2) South Africa Hashim Amla (3) Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (6) South Africa Jacques Kallis (6) Australia Michael Clarke (c) (2) West Indies Cricket Board Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2) England Matt Prior (wk) England Stuart Broad (3) Pakistan Saeed Ajmal South Africa Vernon Philander South Africa Dale Steyn (5) South Africa AB de Villiers (4)
2013 England Alastair Cook (c) (3) South Africa Hashim Amla (4) India Cheteshwar Pujara Australia Michael Clarke (3) Australia Michael Hussey (3) South Africa AB de Villiers (5) India MS Dhoni (wk) (3) England Graeme Swann (3) South Africa Dale Steyn (6) England James Anderson (3) South Africa Vernon Philander (2) India Ravichandran Ashwin
2014 Australia David Warner New Zealand Kane Williamson Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (7) South Africa AB de Villiers (wk) (6) England Joe Root Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews (c) Australia Mitchell Johnson (2) England Stuart Broad (4) South Africa Dale Steyn (7) Sri Lanka Rangana Herath New Zealand Tim Southee New Zealand Ross Taylor
2015 Australia David Warner (2) England Alastair Cook (c) (4) New Zealand Kane Williamson (2) Pakistan Younus Khan Australia Steve Smith England Joe Root (2) Pakistan Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) England Stuart Broad (5) New Zealand Trent Boult Pakistan Yasir Shah Australia Josh Hazlewood India Ravichandran Ashwin (2)
2016[1] Australia David Warner (3) England Alastair Cook (c) (5) New Zealand Kane Williamson (3) England Joe Root (3) England Ben Stokes Australia Adam Voges England Jonny Bairstow (wk) India Ravichandran Ashwin (3) Sri Lanka Rangana Herath (2) Australia Mitchell Starc South Africa Dale Steyn (8) Australia Steve Smith (2)
2017 South Africa Dean Elgar Australia David Warner (4) India Virat Kohli (c) Australia Steve Smith (3) India Cheteshwar Pujara (2) England Ben Stokes (2) South Africa Quinton de Kock (wk) India Ravichandran Ashwin (4) Australia Mitchell Starc (2) South Africa Kagiso Rabada England James Anderson (4)

Multiple selections

Player Total First XI 12th Man
South Africa Dale Steyn 8 8 0
Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara 7 7 0
South Africa Jacques Kallis 6 6 0
South Africa AB de Villiers 6 5 1
England Alastair Cook 5 5 0
England Stuart Broad 5 5 0
Australia David Warner 4 4 0
Australia Ricky Ponting 4 4 0
England James Anderson 4 4 0
South Africa Hashim Amla 4 4 0
India Sachin Tendulkar 4 3 1
India Ravichandran Ashwin 4 2 2
Australia Matthew Hayden 3 3 0
Australia Michael Clarke 3 3 0
Australia Michael Hussey 3 3 0
Australia Shane Warne 3 3 0
England Graeme Swann 3 3 0
England Joe Root 3 3 0
India MS Dhoni 3 3 0
India Virender Sehwag 3 3 0
New Zealand Kane Williamson 3 3 0
Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan 3 3 0
Australia Steve Smith 3 2 1
Australia Adam Gilchrist 2 2 0
Australia Glenn McGrath 2 2 0
Australia Mitchell Johnson 2 2 0
Australia Mitchell Starc 2 2 0
England Andrew Flintoff 2 2 0
England Ben Stokes 2 2 0
England Kevin Pietersen 2 2 0
India Cheteshwar Pujara 2 2 0
India Rahul Dravid 2 2 0
Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf 2 2 0
South Africa Graeme Smith 2 2 0
South Africa Makhaya Ntini 2 2 0
South Africa Vernon Philander 2 2 0
Sri Lanka Chaminda Vaas 2 2 0
Sri Lanka Rangana Herath 2 2 0
West Indies Cricket Board Brian Lara 2 2 0
West Indies Cricket Board Shivnarine Chanderpaul 2 2 0
Australia Brett Lee 2 1 1
Australia Stuart Clark 2 1 1
England Steve Harmison 2 1 1
India Zaheer Khan 2 0 2

Selection distribution by nation

Country200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015 20162017Total
 Australia54642221223 4340
 South Africa22113244542 1334
 England111222253323 4233
 India12111432131 1324
 Sri Lanka1122311113 117
 Pakistan11213 8
 New Zealand32 16
 West Indies1111 4
 Bangladesh1 1

See also

References

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