ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year

ICC Award for Best Men's Test Cricketer of the Year
Awarded forBest performance over year in Test cricket
Presented byICC
First awarded2004
Last awarded2023
Currently held byAustralia Usman Khawaja (1st award)
Most awardsAustralia Steve Smith
(2 awards)
WebsiteICC Awards

The ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year is an annual award, presented since 2004 by the International Cricket Council to the best Test cricketer over the year in question. It is one of the annual ICC Awards.

Selection

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The recipient of the annual award is selected by an "academy" of 56 individuals (expanded from 50 in 2004), including the current national team captains of the Test-playing nations (10), members of the elite panel of ICC umpires and referees (18), and certain prominent former players and cricket correspondents (28). In the event of a tie in the voting, the award is shared.

List of Winners

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Year Winner Also Nominated
2004 India Rahul Dravid

England Andrew Flintoff
England Steve Harmison
Australia Ricky Ponting
Australia Matthew Hayden
Australia Adam Gilchrist
Australia Jason Gillespie
South Africa Jacques Kallis
Cricket West Indies Brian Lara
India VVS Laxman
India Virender Sehwag
Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan

2005 South Africa Jacques Kallis

Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq
Australia Adam Gilchrist
Australia Glenn McGrath
Australia Shane Warne

2006 Australia Ricky Ponting

Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf
Australia Mike Hussey
Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene
Australia Shane Warne

2007 Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf

Australia Ricky Ponting
Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene
Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan
Pakistan Mohammad Asif

2008 South Africa Dale Steyn

Cricket West Indies Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene
South Africa Jacques Kallis

2009 India Gautam Gambhir

Australia Mitchell Johnson
Sri Lanka Thilan Samaraweera
England Andrew Strauss

2010 India Virender Sehwag

India Sachin Tendulkar
South Africa Hashim Amla
South Africa Dale Steyn

2011 England Alastair Cook
2012 Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara
2013 Australia Michael Clarke
2014 Australia Mitchell Johnson
2015 Australia Steve Smith[1]
2016 India Ravichandran Ashwin[2]
2017 Australia Steve Smith[3]
2018 India Virat Kohli[4]
2019 Australia Pat Cummins[5]
2021 England Joe Root India Ravichandran Ashwin[6]

New Zealand Kyle Jamieson
Sri Lanka Dimuth Karunaratne

2022 England Ben Stokes
2023 Australia Usman Khawaja[8]

Wins by player

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Player Winner
Australia Steve Smith 2 (2015, 2017)
India Rahul Dravid 1 (2004)
South Africa Jacques Kallis 1 (2005)
Australia Ricky Ponting 1 (2006)
Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf 1 (2007)
South Africa Dale Steyn 1 (2008)
India Gautam Gambhir 1 (2009)
India Virender Sehwag 1 (2010)
England Alastair Cook 1 (2011)
Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara 1 (2012)
Australia Michael Clarke 1 (2013)
Australia Mitchell Johnson 1 (2014)
India Ravichandran Ashwin 1 (2016)
India Virat Kohli 1 (2018)
Australia Pat Cummins 1 (2019)
England Joe Root 1 (2021)
England Ben Stokes 1 (2022)
Australia Usman Khawaja 1 (2023)

Wins by country

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Country Players Total
 Australia 6 7
 India 5 5
 England 3 3
 South Africa 2 2
 Pakistan 1 1
 Sri Lanka 1 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ICC awards: Steve Smith wins cricketer and Test cricketer award". BBC Sport. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Ashwin named ICC Cricketer of the Year, Test Player of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Steve Smith claims ICC Test top gong for 2017". ABC News. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Kohli clean sweep of three major ICC awards".
  5. ^ "Cummins winner of this award".
  6. ^ "Nominees for ICC Men's Test Player of the Year revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  7. ^ "ICC Men's Test Player of the Year 2022 nominees revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  8. ^ "ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year revealed". Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Nominees for ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year 2023 revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 January 2024.