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Glenn Moore

Five Aussie men in ICC Test XI, but just two WC winners

Travis Head is the only player selected for the ICC 2023 world XIs in both Test and ODI formats. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

The success of Australia's men's team in winning the World Test Championship and retaining the Ashes has been recognised by the International Cricket Council with five players included in their 2023 world XI.

Pat Cummins' leadership has been rewarded with his being made captain of the side. 

However, only two Australians have been selected for the ODI XI, also released late on Tuesday, despite the team's triumph at the World Cup in India. The hosts, well beaten by Australia in the final, have six players included.

South Australian Travis Head is the only player to be included in both teams. 

Five women make the ICC ODI XI with Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner having also featured in the T20 XI, released on Monday. Besides that trio Phoebe Litchfield and Annabel Sutherland were selected in the ODI XI.

There is no women's Test XI due to the limited number of fixtures worldwide.

The other Australians in the men's Test XI are Usman Khawaja, the only batter to make 1,000 Test runs in the calendar year, wicketkeeper Alex Carey  and Mitchell Starc.

Also included are Ashes nemesis Stuart Broad, fellow Englishman Joe Root, Indian spin duo Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, New Zealand's Kane Williamson and Dimuth Karunaratne of Sri Lanka.

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