New Zealand’s Kane Williamson has been named as the leader of ICC Men’s Test Team of 2021, and the Kiwi all-rounder Kyle Jamieson is also in the XI. In the side, three Indian players have been named along with one each from Sri Lanka, Australia and England. Three players from Pakistan are there in the eleven as well.
Williamson led New Zealand to the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) triumph in June last year against favourites India. The number three batter scored 395 runs in 4 matches at an outstanding average of 65.83.
Here is the ICC Test team of the year 2021:
- Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)
M: 7 | Inns: 13 | Runs: 902 | Avg: 69.38 | 100s: 4 | 50s: 3 | HS: 244
- Rohit Sharma (India)
M: 11 | Inns: 21 | Runs: 906 | Avg: 47.68 | 100s: 2 | 50s: 4 | HS: 161
- Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
M: 4 | Inns: 7 | Runs: 395 | Avg: 65.83 | 100s: 1 | 50s: 0 | HS: 238
- Marnus Labuschagne (Australia)
M: 5 | Inns: 9 | Runs: 526 | Avg: 65.75 | 100s: 2 | 50s: 4 | HS: 108
- Joe Root (England)
M: 15 | Inns: 29 | Runs: 1708 | Avg: 61.00 | 100s: 6 | 50s: 4 | HS: 228 | Wkts: 14 | Avg: 30.50 | BBI: 5-8
- Fawad Alam (Pakistan)
M: 9 | Inns: 13 | Runs: 571 | Avg: 57.10 | 100s: 3 | 50s: 2 | HS: 140
- Rishabh Pant (India) (wk)
M: 12 | Inns: 21 | Runs: 748 | Avg: 39.36 | 100s: 1 | 50s: 5 | HS: 101 | Ct: 30 | St: 6
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
M: 9 | Wkts: 54 | Avg: 16.64 | SR: 43.0 | BBI: 6-61 | BBM: 9-207 | 5W: 3 | 10W: 0 | Runs: 355 | Avg: 25.35 | 100s: 1 | HS: 106
- Kyle Jamieson (New Zealand)
M: 5 | Wkts: 27 | Avg: 17.51 | SR: 41.8 | BBI: 6-48 | BBM: 11-117 | 5W: 3 | 10W: 1
- Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan)
M: 9 | Wkts: 47 | Avg: 17.06 | SR: 37.3 | BBI: 6-51 | BBM: 10-94 | 5W: 3 | 10W: 1
- Hasan Ali (Pakistan)
M: 8 | Wkts: 41 | Avg: 16.07 | SR: 31.0 | BBI: 5-27 | BBM: 10-94 | 5W: 5 | 10W: 1
