ICC Awards of the Decade

The ICC Awards of the Decade was a one-off edition of the ICC Awards annual awards programme, celebrating the stand-out performers and moments from a ten-year period of international cricket. The announcement of the ICC World XI teams, along with the winners of the individual ICC awards, was made on 27 December 2020. Virat Kohli won Men's Cricketer of the Decade while Ellyse Perry was named as Women's Cricketer of the Decade.

Award categories and winners

Individual awards Virat Kohli Ellyse Perry Steve Smith Virat Kohli Ellyse Perry Rashid Khan Ellyse Perry Kyle Coetzer Kathryn Bryce MS Dhoni

ICC Teams of the Decade

Men's teams

ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade Test Team of the year Test Team of the Decade Batting position Player Team Role Opener Alastair Cook Batsman David Warner Batsman Number 3 Kane Williamson Batsman Number 4 Virat Kohli Batsman / Captain Number 5 Steve Smith Batsman Number 6 Kumar Sangakkara Batsman / (wk) Number 7 Ben Stokes All-rounder Number 8 Ravichandran Ashwin All-rounder Number 9 Dale Steyn Bowler Number 10 Stuart Broad Bowler Number 11 James Anderson Bowler

ICC Men's ODI Team of the Decade ODI Team of the year ODI Team of the Decade Batting position Player Team Role Opener Rohit Sharma Batsman David Warner Batsman Number 3 Virat Kohli Batsman Number 4 AB de Villiers Batsman Number 5 Shakib Al Hasan All-rounder Number 6 MS Dhoni Batsman / Captain(wk) Number 7 Ben Stokes All-rounder Number 8 Mitchell Starc All-rounder Number 9 Trent Boult Bowler Number 10 Imran Tahir Bowler Number 11 Lasith Malinga Bowler

ICC Men's T20I Team of the Decade T20I Team of the Year T20I Team of the Decade Batting position Player Team Role Opener Rohit Sharma Batsman Chris Gayle Batsman Number 3 Aaron Finch Batsman Number 4 Virat Kohli Batsman Number 5 AB de Villiers Batsman Number 6 Glenn Maxwell All-rounder Number 7 MS Dhoni Batsman / captain (wk) Number 8 Kieron Pollard All-rounder Number 9 Rashid Khan Bowler Number 10 Jasprit Bumrah Bowler Number 11 Lasith Malinga Bowler

Women's teams

ICC Women's ODI Team of the Decade ODI team of the year ODI Team of the Decade Batting position Player Team Role Opener Alyssa Healy Batsman Suzie Bates Batsman Number 3 Mithali Raj Batsman Number 4 Meg Lanning Batsman / Captain Number 5 Stafanie Taylor All-rounder Number 6 Sarah Taylor Batsman / (wk) Number 7 Ellyse Perry All-rounder Number 8 Dane van Niekerk Bowler Number 9 Marizanne Kapp Bowler Number 10 Jhulan Goswami Bowler Number 11 Anisa Mohammed Bowler

ICC Women's T20I Team of the Decade t20i team of the year T20I Team of the Decade Batting position Player Team Role Opener Alyssa Healy Batsman / (wk) Sophie Devine Batsman Number 3 Suzie Bates Batsman Number 4 Meg Lanning Batsman / Captain Number 5 Harmanpreet Kaur All-rounder Number 6 Stafanie Taylor All-rounder Number 7 Deandra Dottin Batsman Number 8 Ellyse Perry All-rounder Number 9 Anya Shrubsole Bowler Number 10 Megan Schutt Bowler Number 11 Poonam Yadav Bowler

Criteria

The criteria for nomination for the ICC Player of the Decade award are designed to recognize sustained excellence and significant impact in international cricket over a ten-year period. To be eligible for nomination, a cricketer preferably should have achieved one of the following milestones: winning at least one ICC trophy, including the Cricket World Cup, ICC Test Championship Mace, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, or ICC Champions Trophy. Alternatively, the nominee can qualify by being named the ICC Player of the Tournament in any of these competitions at least once. These criteria, though not absolutely necessary to qualify, highlight both team success and individual brilliance, ensuring that the nominees have not only contributed to their teams' achievements on the world stage but have also exhibited outstanding personal performances in major international tournaments.

Nominations The following were the nominations and winners for the ICC Awards of the Decade:

ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Decade Virat Kohli Winner Ravichandran Ashwin Joe Root Kumar Sangakkara Steve Smith AB de Villiers Kane Williamson (Out of these only Kumar Sangakarra was retired at the time of nomination)

ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Decade Suzie Bates Meg Lanning Ellyse Perry - Winner Mithali Raj Sarah Taylor Stafanie Taylor

ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Decade James Anderson Virat Kohli Rangana Herath Steve Smith - Winner Yasir Shah Joe Root Kane Williamson

ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade

Virat Kohli - Winner Lasith Malinga Kumar Sangakkara Rohit Sharma Mitchell Starc AB de Villiers

ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade Suzie Bates Meg Lanning Ellyse Perry - Winner Mithali Raj Stafanie Taylor

ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade Aaron Finch Virat Kohli Chris Gayle Rashid Khan - Winner Lasith Malinga Rohit Sharma Imran Tahir

ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade Sophie Devine Deandra Dottin Ellyse Perry - Winner Meg Lanning Anya Shrubsole Alyssa Healy

ICC Men's Associate Cricketer of the Decade Richie Berrington Peter Borren Kyle Coetzer - Winner Paras Khadka Calum MacLeod Assad Vala

ICC Women's Associate Cricketer of the Decade Kathryn Bryce - Winner Sarah Bryce Natthakan Chantam Sterre Kalis Chanida Sutthiruang Sornnorin Tippoch

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade

MS Dhoni (2011 Winner) - Winner Daniel Vettori (2012 Winner) Mahela Jayawardene (2013 Winner) Katherine Brunt (2014 Winner) Brendon McCullum (2015 Winner) Misbah-ul-Haq (2016 Winner) Anya Shrubsole (2017 Winner) Kane Williamson (2018 Winner) Virat Kohli (2019 Winner)

ICC Awards of the Decade

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