# 2021 ICC Awards

The 2021 ICC Awards were the seventeenth edition of ICC Awards. The nominations took into account players' performance between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021. The announcement of the ICC World XI Teams were made on 19 and 20 January 2022. The women's awards were announced on 23 January 2022. The winners of the men's individual ICC awards and ICC Umpire of the year award were announced on 24 January 2022, with the Spirit of cricket award was announced on 2 February 2022.

## Winners and nominees

The shortlists of the nominations for individual award categories were announced from 28 to 31 December 2021.

### Individual awards
#### Men's awards

| Men's Cricketer of the Year Shaheen Afridi Joe Root Mohammad Rizwan Kane Williamson | Men's Test Cricketer of the Year Joe Root Ravichandran Ashwin Kyle Jamieson Dimuth Karunaratne |
| Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year Babar Azam Shakib Al Hasan Janneman Malan Paul Stirling | Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year Mohammad Rizwan Jos Buttler Wanindu Hasaranga Mitchell Marsh |
| Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year Janneman Malan | Men's Associate Cricketer of the Year Zeeshan Maqsood |

#### Women's awards

| Women's Cricketer of the Year Smriti Mandhana Tammy Beaumont Lizelle Lee Gaby Lewis | Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year Lizelle Lee Tammy Beaumont Hayley Matthews Fatima Sana |
| Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year Tammy Beaumont Gaby Lewis Smriti Mandhana Nat Sciver | Women's Emerging Cricketer of the Year Fatima Sana |
| Women's Associate Cricketer of the Year Andrea-Mae Zepeda |

#### Other awards

* Umpire of the Year
* Marais Erasmus
* Spirit of Cricket
* Daryl Mitchell

### ICC Teams of the Year
#### Men's teams

ICC Men's Test Team of the Year :
| Batting position | Player | Team | Role |
| Opener | Dimuth Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | Batsman |
| Opener | Rohit Sharma | India | Batsman |
| Number 3 | Marnus Labuschagne | Australia | Batsman |
| Number 4 | Joe Root | England | Batsman |
| Number 5 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | Batsman / Captain |
| Number 6 | Fawad Alam | Pakistan | Batsman |
| Number 7 | Rishabh Pant | India | Batsman / Wicket-keeper |
| Number 8 | Kyle Jamieson | New Zealand | Bowler |
| Number 9 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | All-rounder |
| Number 10 | Hasan Ali | Pakistan | Bowler |
| Number 11 | Shaheen Afridi | Pakistan | Bowler |
ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year :
| Batting position | Player | Team | Role |
| Opener | Paul Stirling | Ireland | Batsman |
| Opener | Janneman Malan | South Africa | Batsman |
| Number 3 | Babar Azam | Pakistan | Batsman / Captain |
| Number 4 | Fakhar Zaman | Pakistan | Batsman |
| Number 5 | Rassie van der Dussen | South Africa | Batsman |
| Number 6 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | All-rounder |
| Number 7 | Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh | Batsman / Wicket-keeper |
| Number 8 | Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | All-rounder |
| Number 9 | Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | Bowler |
| Number 10 | Simi Singh | Ireland | Bowler |
| Number 11 | Dushmantha Chameera | Sri Lanka | Bowler |
ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year :
| Batting position | Player | Team | Role |
| Opener | Jos Buttler | England | Batsman |
| Opener | Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | Batsman / Wicket-keeper |
| Number 3 | Babar Azam | Pakistan | Batsman / Captain |
| Number 4 | Aiden Markram | South Africa | Batsman |
| Number 5 | Mitchell Marsh | Australia | All-rounder |
| Number 6 | David Miller | South Africa | Batsman |
| Number 7 | Tabraiz Shamsi | South Africa | Bowler |
| Number 8 | Josh Hazlewood | Australia | Bowler |
| Number 9 | Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | All-rounder |
| Number 10 | Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | Bowler |
| Number 11 | Shaheen Afridi | Pakistan | Bowler |

#### Women's teams

ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year :
| Batting position | Player | Team | Role |
| Opener | Lizelle Lee | South Africa | Batsman |
| Opener | Alyssa Healy | Australia | Batsman / Wicket-keeper |
| Number 3 | Tammy Beaumont | England | Batsman |
| Number 4 | Mithali Raj | India | Batsman |
| Number 5 | Heather Knight | England | Batsman / Captain |
| Number 6 | Hayley Matthews | West Indies | All-rounder |
| Number 7 | Marizanne Kapp | South Africa | All-rounder |
| Number 8 | Shabnim Ismail | South Africa | Bowler |
| Number 9 | Fatima Sana | Pakistan | Bowler |
| Number 10 | Jhulan Goswami | India | Bowler |
| Number 11 | Anisa Mohammed | West Indies | Bowler |
ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year :
| Batting position | Player | Team | Role |
| Opener | Smriti Mandhana | India | Batsman |
| Opener | Tammy Beaumont | England | Batsman |
| Number 3 | Danielle Wyatt | England | Batsman |
| Number 4 | Gaby Lewis | Ireland | Batsman |
| Number 5 | Natalie Sciver | England | All-rounder / Captain |
| Number 6 | Amy Jones | England | Batsman / Wicket-keeper |
| Number 7 | Laura Wolvaardt | South Africa | Batsman |
| Number 8 | Marizanne Kapp | South Africa | All-rounder |
| Number 9 | Sophie Ecclestone | England | Bowler |
| Number 10 | Loryn Phiri | Zimbabwe | Bowler |
| Number 11 | Shabnim Ismail | South Africa | Bowler |

## Selection Committee

The nominees were shortlisted by the Awards panel, comprising prominent cricket journalists and broadcasters from across the globe along with Geoff Allardice, the ICC's CEO. The Voting Academy, comprising a wider selection of global cricket journalists and broadcasters, voted for their first, second and third choices for each category. The ICC also took into consideration fans’ votes via ICC's digital channels. The result of the Voting Academy selections and the fans’ vote were combined to determine the winner in each of the first seven categories.