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The top ranked Test team was previously awarded the ICC Test Championship mace, until the inauguration of ICC World Test Championship. From 2003 to 2019, the mace was transferred whenever a new team moved to the top of the rating list. [1] The team that was top of the ratings table on 1 April each year also won a cash prize. [2]
As of April 2024, 17 male players have played Test cricket for two nations, 16 have played One Day International (ODI) cricket for two teams, and 19 have played Twenty20 International (T20I) matches for two teams, and five have played for two teams in different international formats.
Supporters of Test cricket, including Adam Gilchrist, argue that it is "the ultimate test of a player's and team's ability". [60] However, it has been suggested that Test cricket may be losing popularity, particularly in the face of competition from short form cricket . [ 61 ]
The ICC Men's 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.
Alan Davidson (Australia), in the tied 1st Test at Brisbane against the West Indies in 1960–61, was the first man to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in a match (and is the only other player to achieve this so far), but without a century: his two scores with the bat were 44 and 80, in addition to 11 wickets (5/135 and 6/87).
Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. The cap numbers correspond to a player's position in the chronological list of English Test cricketers. Players have this number displayed on their kit. Statistics are correct as of 17 December 2024 after the series ...
The England cricket team toured New Zealand in February 2023 to play two Test matches. [1] [2] The Test matches were not part of the 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship. [3] [4] New Zealand Cricket (NZC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour in June 2022. [5]
Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. [1] A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, [a] [b] and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).