ICC Test Player of the Year
ICC Award for Best Test player of the year | |
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Awarded for | Best performance over year in Test cricket |
Presented by | ICC |
First awarded | 2004 |
Currently held by | Pat Cummins |
Most awards | Steve Smith (2 Awards) |
Website | ICC Awards |
The ICC Test Player of the Year is an annual award, presented since 2004 by the International Cricket Council to the best Test player over the year in question. It is one of the annual ICC Awards.
Selection[]
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[]
Year | Winner | Also Nominated |
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2004 | Rahul Dravid |
Andrew Flintoff |
2005 | Jacques Kallis | |
2006 | Ricky Ponting |
Mohammad Yousuf |
2007 | Mohammad Yousuf |
Ricky Ponting |
2008 | Dale Steyn | |
2009 | Gautam Gambhir |
Mitchell Johnson |
2010 | Virender Sehwag | |
2011 | Alastair Cook | N/A |
2012 | Kumar Sangakkara | N/A |
2013 | Michael Clarke | N/A |
2014 | Mitchell Johnson | N/A |
2015 | Steve Smith[1] | N/A |
2016 | Ravichandran Ashwin[2] | N/A |
2017 | Steve Smith[3] | N/A |
2018 | Virat Kohli[4] | N/A |
2019 | Pat Cummins[5] | N/A |
2021 | TBD | Ravichandran Ashwin[6] |
Wins by player[]
Player | Winner |
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Steve Smith | 2 (2015, 2017) |
Rahul Dravid | 1 (2004) |
Jacques Kallis | 1 (2005) |
Ricky Ponting | 1 (2006) |
Mohammad Yousuf | 1 (2007) |
Dale Steyn | 1 (2008) |
Gautam Gambhir | 1 (2009) |
Virender Sehwag | 1 (2010) |
Alastair Cook | 1 (2011) |
Kumar Sangakkara | 1 (2012) |
Michael Clarke | 1 (2013) |
Mitchell Johnson | 1 (2014) |
Ravichandran Ashwin | 1 (2016) |
Virat Kohli | 1 (2018) |
Pat Cummins | 1 (2019) |
Wins by country[]
Country | Players | Total |
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Australia | 5 | 6 |
India | 5 | 5 |
South Africa | 2 | 2 |
Pakistan | 1 | 1 |
England | 1 | 1 |
Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "ICC awards: Steve Smith wins cricketer and Test cricketer award". BBC Sport. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Ashwin named ICC Cricketer of the Year, Test Player of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Steve Smith claims ICC Test top gong for 2017". ABC News. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Kohli clean sweep of three major ICC awards".
- ^ "Cummins winner of this award".
- ^ "Nominees for ICC Men's Test Player of the Year revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
External links[]
- Cricket awards and rankings
- International Cricket Council awards and rankings
- Awards established in 2004