DUBAI: ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 finalists dominated the ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year 2023.
Usman Khawaja’s purple patch since his dream comeback in January 2022 has shown no signs of slowing down and he finds himself in the ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year for the second year running, while also being nominated for the Test Cricketer of the Year.
The Aussie opener was the only batter in 2023 to score more than 1000 runs in Tests, aggregating 1210 runs in 13 matches at an average of 52.60, which included six centuries and six fifties.
Khawaja began the year with a career-best performance, batting an unbeaten 195 against South Africa in Sydney. He maintained his remarkable form by finishing as the highest run-scorer (333 runs) in the Border-Gavaskar series in India.
Khawaja began the year with a career-best performance, batting an unbeaten 195 against South Africa in Sydney. He maintained his remarkable form by finishing as the highest run-scorer (333 runs) in the Border-Gavaskar series in India.
After a dismal performance in the WTC23 Final, where Australia triumphed, Khawaja rebounded in the Ashes with a century and concluded the year on a good note, scoring five 40+ runs in six innings.
Pat Cummins has been selected captain of the team. Anything Pat Cummins touched became gold in 2023. As a result, he is named captain of the ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year, in addition to being nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy as ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year.
His tremendous accomplishments as captain included leading Australia to victory in the World Test Championship and successfully defending the Ashes in the same year. Cummins was equally dominant with the ball, leading the pacer wicket-taking rankings with 42 wickets in 11 matches.
Following the other players named in the Test team of the year:
Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)
Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
Joe Root (England)
Travis Head (Australia)
Ravindra Jadeja (India)
Alex Carey (wk) (Australia)
Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
Stuart Broad (England)
