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


  • Joe Root
  • * Ravichandran Ashwin
  • * Kyle Jamieson
  • * Dimuth Karunaratne
  • Babar Azam
  • * Shakib Al Hasan
  • * Janneman Malan
  • * Paul Stirling
  • Mohammad Rizwan
  • * Jos Buttler
  • * Wanindu Hasaranga
  • * Mitchell Marsh
  • Janneman Malan
  • Zeeshan Maqsood

    • Women's awards


  • Lizelle Lee
  • * Tammy Beaumont
  • * Hayley Matthews
  • * Fatima Sana
  • Tammy Beaumont
  • * Gaby Lewis
  • * Smriti Mandhana
  • * Nat Sciver
  • Fatima Sana
  • Andrea-Mae Zepeda
    		• -

    Other awards

    ICC Teams of the Year

    Men's teams

    ;ICC Men's Test Team of the Year
    ; ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year
    ; ICC Men's t20i Team of the Year

    Women's teams

    ; ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year
    ; ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year

    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.