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

YearNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6No. 7No. 8No. 9No. 10No. 1112th man
2004 Matthew Hayden Herschelle Gibbs Ricky Ponting Rahul Dravid Brian Lara Jacques Kallis Adam Gilchrist Chaminda Vaas Shane Warne Jason Gillespie Steve Harmison
2005 Virender Sehwag Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Jacques Kallis Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq Andrew Flintoff Adam Gilchrist Shane Warne Chaminda Vaas Glenn McGrath Anil Kumble
2006 Matthew Hayden Michael Hussey Ricky Ponting Rahul Dravid Mohammad Yousuf Kumar Sangakkara Andrew Flintoff Shane Warne Makhaya Ntini Muttiah Muralitharan Glenn McGrath Brett Lee
2007 Matthew Hayden Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting Mohammad Yousuf Kevin Pietersen Michael Hussey Kumar Sangakkara Stuart Clark Makhaya Ntini Mohammad Asif Muttiah Muralitharan Zaheer Khan
2008 Graeme Smith Virender Sehwag Mahela Jayawardene Shivnarine Chanderpaul Kevin Pietersen Jacques Kallis Kumar Sangakkara Brett Lee Ryan Sidebottom Dale Steyn Muttiah Muralitharan Stuart Clark
2009 Gautam Gambhir Andrew Strauss AB de Villiers Sachin Tendulkar Thilan Samaraweera Michael Clarke MS Dhoni Shakib Al Hasan Mitchell Johnson Stuart Broad Dale Steyn Harbhajan Singh
2010 Virender Sehwag Simon Katich Sachin Tendulkar Hashim Amla Kumar Sangakkara Jacques Kallis MS Dhoni Graeme Swann James Anderson Dale Steyn Doug Bollinger
2011 Alastair Cook Hashim Amla Jonathan Trott Sachin Tendulkar Kumar Sangakkara AB de Villiers Jacques Kallis Stuart Broad Graeme Swann Dale Steyn James Anderson Zaheer Khan
2012 Alastair Cook Hashim Amla Kumar Sangakkara Jacques Kallis Michael Clarke Shivnarine Chanderpaul Matt Prior Stuart Broad Saeed Ajmal Vernon Philander Dale Steyn AB de Villiers
2013 Alastair Cook Cheteshwar Pujara Hashim Amla Michael Clarke Michael Hussey AB de Villiers MS Dhoni Graeme Swann Dale Steyn James Anderson Vernon Philander Ravichandran Ashwin
2014 David Warner Kane Williamson Kumar Sangakkara AB de Villiers Joe Root Angelo Mathews Mitchell Johnson Stuart Broad Dale Steyn Rangana Herath Tim Southee Ross Taylor
2015 David Warner Alastair Cook Kane Williamson Younis Khan Steve Smith Joe Root Sarfaraz Ahmed Stuart Broad Trent Boult Yasir Shah Josh Hazlewood Ravichandran Ashwin
2016 David Warner Alastair Cook Kane Williamson Joe Root Adam Voges Jonny Bairstow Ben Stokes Ravichandran Ashwin Rangana Herath Mitchell Starc Dale Steyn Steve Smith
2017 Dean Elgar David Warner Virat Kohli Steve Smith Cheteshwar Pujara Ben Stokes Quinton de Kock Ravichandran Ashwin Mitchell Starc Kagiso Rabada James Anderson
2018 Tom Latham Dimuth Karunaratne Kane Williamson Virat Kohli Henry Nicholls Rishabh Pant Jason Holder Kagiso Rabada Nathan Lyon Jasprit Bumrah Mohammad Abbas
2019 Mayank Agarwal Tom Latham Marnus Labuschagne Virat Kohli Steve Smith Ben Stokes BJ Watling Pat Cummins Mitchell Starc Neil Wagner Nathan Lyon

Multiple selections

Selection distribution by nation