ICC Test Player of the Year

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.

ICC Award for Best Test player of the year
Awarded forBest performance over year in Test cricket
Presented byICC
First awarded2004
Currently held by Pat Cummins
Most awards Steve Smith
(2 Awards)
WebsiteICC 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
YearWinnerAlso Nominated
2004 Rahul Dravid

Andrew Flintoff
Steve Harmison
Ricky Ponting
Matthew Hayden
Adam Gilchrist
Jason Gillespie
Jacques Kallis
Brian Lara
VVS Laxman
Virender Sehwag
Muttiah Muralitharan

2005 Jacques Kallis

Inzamam-ul-Haq
Adam Gilchrist
Glenn McGrath
Shane Warne

2006 Ricky Ponting

Mohammad Yousuf
Mike Hussey
Mahela Jayawardene
Shane Warne

2007 Mohammad Yousuf

Ricky Ponting
Mahela Jayawardene
Muttiah Muralitharan
Mohammad Asif

2008 Dale Steyn

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Mahela Jayawardene
Jacques Kallis

2009 Gautam Gambhir

Mitchell Johnson
Thilan Samaraweera
Andrew Strauss

2010 Virender Sehwag

Sachin Tendulkar
Hashim Amla
Dale Steyn

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

Wins by player
Player Winner
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
 Australia 5 6
 India 5 5
 South Africa 2 2
 Pakistan 1 1
 England 1 1
 Sri Lanka 1 1

See also

References
  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".
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