| 2021 ICC Awards | |
| Date: | 23–24 January 2022 |
| Presenter: | ICC |
| Award1 Type: | Cricketer of the Year |
| Award1 Winner: | Men's:  Shaheen Afridi Women's:  Smriti Mandhana |
| Award2 Type: | Men's Test Cricketer of the Year |
| Award2 Winner: | Joe Root |
| Award3 Type: | ODI Cricketer of the Year |
| Award3 Winner: | Men's: Babar Azam Women's:  Lizelle Lee |
| Award4 Type: | T20I Cricketer of the Year |
| Award4 Winner: | Men's: Mohammad Rizwan Women's: Tammy Beaumont |
| Award5 Type: | Emerging Cricketer of the Year |
| Award5 Winner: | Men's: Janneman Malan Women's: Fatima Sana |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Main: | ICC Awards |
| Next: | 2022 |
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.[1] The women's awards were announced on 23 January 2022.[2] The winners of the men's individual ICC awards and ICC Umpire of the year award were announced on 24 January 2022,[3] with the Spirit of cricket award was announced on 2 February 2022.[4]
The shortlists of the nominations for individual award categories were announced from 28 to 31 December 2021.[1] [5]
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| ICC Men's Test Team of the Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting position | Player | Team | Role | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2 | Opener | Dimuth Karunaratne | Batsman | ||
| Rohit Sharma | Batsman | ||||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 3 | Marnus Labuschagne | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 4 | Joe Root | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 5 | Kane Williamson | Batsman / Captain | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 6 | Fawad Alam | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 7 | Rishabh Pant | Batsman / Wicket-keeper | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 8 | Kyle Jamieson | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 9 | Ravichandran Ashwin | All-rounder | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 10 | Hasan Ali | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 11 | Shaheen Afridi | Bowler | ||
| ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting position | Player | Team | Role | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2 | Opener | Paul Stirling | Batsman | ||
| Janneman Malan | Batsman | ||||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 3 | Babar Azam | Batsman / Captain | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 4 | Fakhar Zaman | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 5 | Rassie van der Dussen | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 6 | Shakib Al Hasan | All-rounder | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 7 | Mushfiqur Rahim | Batsman / Wicket-keeper | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 8 | Wanindu Hasaranga | All-rounder | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 9 | Mustafizur Rahman | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 10 | Simi Singh | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 11 | Dushmantha Chameera | Bowler | ||
| ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting position | Player | Team | Role | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2 | Opener | Jos Buttler | Batsman | ||
| Mohammad Rizwan | Batsman / Wicket-keeper | ||||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 3 | Babar Azam | Batsman / Captain | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 4 | Aiden Markram | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 5 | Mitchell Marsh | All-rounder | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 6 | David Miller | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 7 | Tabraiz Shamsi | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 8 | Josh Hazlewood | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 9 | Wanindu Hasaranga | All-rounder | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 10 | Mustafizur Rahman | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 11 | Shaheen Afridi | Bowler | ||
| ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting position | Player | Team | Role | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2 | Opener | Lizelle Lee | Batsman | ||
| Alyssa Healy | Batsman / Wicket-keeper | ||||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 3 | Tammy Beaumont | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 4 | Mithali Raj | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 5 | Heather Knight | Batsman / Captain | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 6 | Hayley Matthews | All-rounder | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 7 | Marizanne Kapp | All-rounder | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 8 | Shabnim Ismail | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 9 | Fatima Sana | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 10 | Jhulan Goswami | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 11 | Anisa Mohammed | Bowler | ||
| ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting position | Player | Team | Role | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2 | Opener | Smriti Mandhana | Batsman | ||
| Tammy Beaumont | Batsman | ||||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 3 | Danielle Wyatt | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 4 | Gaby Lewis | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 5 | Natalie Sciver | All-rounder / Captain | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 6 | Amy Jones | Batsman / Wicket-keeper | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 7 | Laura Wolvaardt | Batsman | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 8 | Marizanne Kapp | All-rounder | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 9 | Sophie Ecclestone | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 10 | Loryn Phiri | Bowler | ||
| scope=row style=text-align:center; | Number 11 | Shabnim Ismail | Bowler | ||
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.[1] The Voting Academy, comprising a wider selection of global cricket journalists and broadcasters, voted for their first, second and third choices for each category.[3] 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.[14]