{"id":9581,"date":"2012-08-30T09:06:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T09:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9581"},"modified":"2012-08-30T09:06:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T09:06:35","slug":"no-indian-in-icc-test-team-clarke-named-skipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9581","title":{"rendered":"No Indian in ICC Test team, Clarke named skipper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: No Indians could make it to the Test Team of the Year as announced by the ICC today while Michael Clarke has been named as the skipper of the side.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made by the ICC Chief Executive, David Richardson, at the media conference to announce the short-lists for the LG ICC Awards 2012 which are due to be held in Colombo on 15 September 2012. The LG ICC Awards recognise the best international players of the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The ICC Test Team of the Year is (in batting order):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alastair Cook (Eng)<br \/>Hashim Amla (SA)<br \/>Kumar Sangakkara (SL)<br \/>Jacques Kallis (SA)<br \/>Michael Clarke (Aus, captain)<br \/>Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)<br \/>Matt Prior (Eng \u2013 wicketkeeper)<br \/>Stuart Broad (Eng)<br \/>Saeed Ajmal (Pak)<br \/>Vernon Philander (SA)<br \/>Dale Steyn (SA)<br \/>12th Man \u2013 AB de Villiers (SA)<\/p>\n<p>Six countries are represented in the 12-man line-up and South Africa\u2019s Dale Steyn has earned a place in the ICC Test Team of the Year for the fifth successive year.<\/p>\n<p>It is the third year in a row that South Africa\u2019s Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis and Sri Lanka\u2019s Kumar Sangakkara feature in the side, while England\u2019s Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad appear for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s current captain, Michael Clarke, is named as captain of the team.<\/p>\n<p>ICC Chief Executive, David Richardson commented: \u201cThose selected can be justifiably proud of their achievements and well deserving of the recognition they receive as great cricketers of their era,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quality of the Test cricket played over the course of the year has been exceptional and I did not envy the selectors in their task of selecting the best. Congratulations to those who have made it. They make a formidable team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: No Indians could make it to the Test Team of the Year as announced by the ICC today while Michael Clarke has been named as the skipper of the side.&nbsp; The announcement was made by the ICC Chief Executive, David Richardson, at the media conference to announce the short-lists for the LG ICC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[2733,1214,2069,667,1459,668,4978,462,753,3642,1269,2954],"class_list":["post-9581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories","tag-ab-de-villiers","tag-alastair-cook","tag-dale-steyn","tag-hashim-amla","tag-jacques-kallis","tag-kumar-sangakkara","tag-matt-prior","tag-michael-clarke","tag-saeed-ajmal","tag-shivnarine-chanderpaul","tag-stuart-broad","tag-vernon-philander"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No Indian in ICC Test team, Clarke named skipper - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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