LAHORE: Pakistan’s all-format captain Babar Azam and opening batsman Shan Masood were included in Wisden’s Test Team of the Year 2020.
The team comprises players with the best performance during the December 19 2019 and December 11 2020 time period. “A total of 23 Tests were played during the period and we have added all the top performers from the time frame in the selector,” wrote Wisden.
Masood, who scored three centuries in three consecutive innings in 2020, occupied the opening spot in the lineup. The left-handed batsman featured in three Tests for the Men in Green in 2020 scoring 419 runs at an average of 46.55 with three centuries.
Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam had a phenomenal 2020 in terms of his performances in Test cricket, after featuring in six matches for the Men in Green and scoring 600 runs at an extraordinary average of 100 with three centuries.
Surprisingly, no cricketer from the third-ranked Indian side managed a place in the playing XI. The lineup features two cricketers from Pakistan, three from England, three from New Zealand, two from Australia, and one from South Africa.
Wisden’s Test Team of the Year 2020:
1. Dom Sibley
2. Shan Masood
3. Kane Williamson (C)
4. Marnus Labuschagne
5. Babar Azam
6. Ben Stokes
7. Quinton de Kock (WK)
8. Kyle Jamieson
9. Stuart Broad
10. Tim Southee
11. Nathan Lyon
