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Five Kiwis named in teams of the year

06:02 am on 24 January 2024

Kane Williamson was named in the Men's Test Team of the Year. Photo: Photosport / John Davidson / www.photosport.nz

Kane Williamson, Amelia Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, Darly Mitchell and Mark Chapman have all been named in their respective International Cricket Council's Teams of the Year.

Williamson was named in the Men's Test Team of the Year, Kerr was named in the Women's ODI and T20 Teams of the Year, Tahuhu was named in the Women's ODI Team of the Year, Mitchell was named in the Men's ODI Team of the Year and Chapman in the Men's T20 Team of the Year.

Teams were identified from selections submitted by the specialist panel of media representatives that make up the ICC Voting Academy.

The esteemed panel made their selections based on player performances during the calendar year, nominating their playing eleven to include a captain and a wicketkeeper.

The ICC Awards 2023 announcements will continue Wednesday and Thursday, when 13 individual award winners will be declared.

ICC Men's Test Team of the Year:

Usman Khawaja (Aus)

Dimuth Karunaratne (SL)

Kane Williamson (NZ)

Joe Root (Eng)

Travis Head (Aus)

Ravindra Jadeja (Ind)

Alex Carey (WK, Aus)

Pat Cummins (Capt, Aus)

R Ashwin (Ind)

Mitchell Starc (Aus)

Stuart Broad (Eng)

ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year:

Phoebe Litchfield (Aus)

Chamari Athapaththu (Capt, SL)

Ellyse Perry (Aus)

Amelia Kerr (NZ)

Beth Mooney (WK, Aus)

Nat Sciver-Brunt (Eng)

Ash Gardner (Aus)

Annabel Sutherland (Aus)

Nadine de Klerk (SA)

Lea Tahuhu (NZ)

Nahida Akter (Ban)

Amelia Kerr was named in the Women's ODI and T20 Teams of the Year. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

Men's ODI Team of the Year:

Rohit Sharma (Capt, Ind)

Shubman Gill (Ind)

Travis Head (Aus)

Virat Kohli (Ind)

Daryl Mitchell (NZ)

Heinrich Klaasen (WK, SA)

Marco Jansen (SA)

Adam Zampa (Aus)

Mohammed Siraj (Ind)

Kuldeep Yadav (Ind)

Mohammed Shami (Ind)

Women's T20I Team of the Year:

Chamari Athapaththu (Capt, SL)

Beth Mooney (WK, Aus)

Laura Wolvaardt (SA)

Hayley Matthews (WI)

Nat Sciver-Brunt (Eng)

Amelia Kerr (NZ)

Ellyse Perry (Aus)

Ash Gardner (Aus)

Deepti Sharma (Ind)

Sophie Ecclestone (Eng)

Megan Schutt (Aus)

Men's T20I Team of the Year:

Yashasvi Jaiswal (Ind)

Phil Salt (Eng)

Nicholas Pooran (WK, WI)

Suryakumar Yadav (Capt, Ind)

Mark Chapman (NZ)

Sikandar Raza (Zim)

Alpesh Ramjani (Uga)

Mark Adair (Ire)

Ravi Bishnoi (Ind)

Richard Ngarava (Zim)

Arshdeep Singh (Ind)

-Reuters/RNZ