Steve Smith could also be struggling within the sequence in opposition to India however his run of outs is an absolute outlier amongst performances so excellent he was recognised because the Take a look at participant of the last decade.
The out-of-sorts Aussie star missed out on the Sir Garfield Sobers award for participant of the last decade, which went to Indian megastar Virat Kohli.
However Smith was nonetheless recognised by the Worldwide Cricket Council for his unbelievable batting returns since his 2010 Take a look at debut, which so far embrace 26 centuries and greater than 7200 runs.
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Smith was the lone Aussie male given a person honour, however Ellyse Perry stamped herself because the excellent participant of her era with a clear sweep of gongs.
Perry was unveiled because the winner of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Feminine Cricketer of the Decade whereas additionally claiming each the ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Decade awards.
Amongst a nomination pool that included her Australian captain Meg Lanning, all-rounder Perry was the standout selection after a decade of dominance that noticed her rating 4349 runs and take 213 wickets in 179 matches throughout all codecs.
That included a maiden Take a look at double hundred and an unbeaten rating of 213 at North Sydney Oval in November 2017 which set a brand new report for highest Take a look at rating by an Australian girl.
Perry, who made her worldwide debut as a 17-year-old and turned 30 final month, had already been named within the ODI and T20 groups of the last decade.
Smith, who averaged greater than 100 on the MCG earlier than failing to succeed in double figures in two innings of the Boxing Day Take a look at, scored 7042 runs throughout 71 matches within the voting interval at a staggering common of 64.60, together with 26 centuries.
After being suspended for a yr for his involvement within the sandpaper scandal in South Africa, Smith roared again to be the very best batsman on the earth with back-to-back tons of within the opening Ashes Take a look at at Edgbaston in 2019.
He stays the primary ranked Take a look at batsman on the earth.
ICC Awards of the Decade
Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade: Virat Kohli (India)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Feminine Cricketer of the Decade: Ellyse Perry (Australia)
ICC Males’s Take a look at Cricketer of the Decade: Steve Smith (Australia)
ICC Ladies’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade: Ellyse Perry (Australia)
ICC Males’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade: Virat Kohli (India)
ICC Ladies’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade: Ellyse Perry (Australia)
ICC Males’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
ICC Males’s Affiliate Cricketer of the Decade: Kyle Coetzer (Scotland)
ICC Ladies’s Affiliate Cricketer of the Decade: Kathryn Bryce (Scotland)
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade: MS Dhoni (India)