ICC World Test Championship 2021-2023 was the second edition of the ICC WTC.
Australia celebrated with their first WTC trophy after beating India in the Final of the latest WTC.
Here we are talking about the most run scorers in the ICC World Test Championship 2021-2023.
ICC World Test Championship 2021-2023: Most runs (Top 5)
In the top five positions in the list of ICC WTC 2021-2023, one English player is leading this table, three are Australians, and one batter is from Pakistan.
Player (Team) | Matches | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s/50s |
Joe Root (England) | 22 (40) | 1915 | 180* | 53.19 | 8/6 |
Usman Khawaja (Australia) | 17 (30) | 1621 | 195* | 64.84 | 6/7 |
Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) | 20 (35) | 1576 | 204 | 52.53 | 5/5 |
Babar Azam (Pakistan) | 14 (26) | 1527 | 196 | 61.08 | 4/10 |
Steven Smith (Australia) | 20 (32) | 1407 | 200* | 52.11 | 4/6 |
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Joe Root (England)
There is no doubt to see English star and former Test captain Joe Root’s name in the top position in this list. The right-handed English batter was highly consistent in the entire WTC 2021-2023 as he scored 1915 runs in 40 innings. He scored eight centuries and six half-centuries.
Root started the WTC 2021-2023 with three centuries and one half-century in the first five innings. During this competition, he thrice scored two consecutive centuries.
Root’s centuries during WTC 2021-2023
180* vs India at Lord’s in August 2021
176 vs New Zealand at Nottingham in June 2022
153 vs West Indies at Bridgetown in March 2022
142* vs India at Birmingham in July 2022
121 vs India at Leeds in August 2021
115* vs New Zealand at Lord's in June 2022
109 vs India at Nottingham in August 2021
109 vs West Indies at North Sound in March 2022
Usman Khawaja (Australia)
While Australia celebrated with the WTC 2021-2023 trophy, Usman Khawaja played a crucial role in this success. He scored 1621 runs in 30 innings in this competition along with six centuries and seven half-centuries.
The left-handed opening batter Khawaja made his Test comeback in January 2022 after missing the format for more than two years. In his comeback game, Khawaja hit twin centuries (137 and 101*) against England in the Sydney Test and continued his solid form in the entire WTC competition.
Khawaja’s centuries during WTC 2021-2023
195* vs South Africa at Sydney in January 2023
180 vs India at Ahmedabad in March 2023
160 vs Pakistan at Karachi in March 2022
137 vs England at Sydney in January 2022
104* vs Pakistan at Lahore in Lahore in March 2022
101* vs England at Sydney in January 2022
Marnus Labuschagne (Australia)
Another Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne is in the third position in this list. The right-handed batter scored 1576 runs in 35 innings, where he hit five centuries (including one double hundred) and five half-centuries.
Though Labuschagne has been struggling for big scores in Test cricket since December 2022, he hit four centuries in five Test innings (including three consecutive hundreds {including one double-century}) just before his ongoing dry run.
Labuschagne’s centuries during WTC 2021-2023
204 vs West Indies at Perth in November-December 2022
163 vs West Indies at Adelaide in December 2022
104* vs West Indies at Perth in November-December 2022
104 vs Sri Lanka at Galle in July 2022
103 vs England at Adelaide in December 2021
Babar Azam (Pakistan)
Pakistan captain Babar Azam was in great form during the WTC 2021-2023. The right-handed batter finished this competition as the leading run-scorer among Asian cricketers by scoring 1527 runs in 26 innings. He hit four centuries and ten half-centuries in this tournament.
In this competition, Babar impressively maintained his consistent performance with the bat. He once recorded five consecutive 50+ scores, including two centuries, and another time managed four 50+ scores in five innings, including one hundred.
Babar’s centuries during WTC 2021-2023
196 vs Australia at Karachi in March 2022
161 vs New Zealand at Karachi in December 2022
136 vs England at Rawalpindi in December 2022
119 vs Sri Lanka at Galle in July 2022
Steven Smith (Australia)
Former Australian captain Steven Smith also had a massive influence on Australia’s maiden WTC trophy success. He ended this competition with 1407 runs in 32 innings, where he smashed four centuries (including one double hundred) and six half-centuries.
One of his best innings in the tournament was 121 runs against India during the first innings of the tournament's Final.
Smith’s centuries during WTC 2021-2023
200* vs West Indies at Perth in November-December 2022
145* vs Sri Lanka at Galle in July 2022
121 vs India at The Oval in June 2023
104 vs South Africa at Sydney in January 2023
ICC World Test Championship 2021-2023: Most runs for each team
Here we have mentioned the names of the leading run-scorers of each participating team in the ICC WTC 2021-2023.
Team | Player | Matches | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s/50s |
England | Joe Root | 22 (40) | 1915 | 180* | 53.19 | 8/6 |
Australia | Usman Khawaja | 17 (30) | 1621 | 195* | 64.84 | 6/7 |
Pakistan | Babar Azam | 14 (26) | 1527 | 196 | 61.08 | 4/10 |
Sri Lanka | Dimuth Karunaratne | 12 (23) | 1054 | 147 | 47.90 | 2/8 |
Bangladesh | Litton Das | 12 (22) | 1024 | 141 | 46.54 | 3/6 |
West Indies | Kraigg Brathwaite | 13 (26) | 994 | 160 | 43.21 | 2/7 |
New Zealand | Daryl Mitchell | 11 (18) | 960 | 190 | 60.00 | 4/5 |
Tom Latham | 13 (23) | 960 | 252 | 43.63 | 2/6 | |
India | Virat Kohli | 17 (30) | 932 | 186 | 32.13 | 1/3 |
South Africa | Temba Bavuma | 12 (24) | 900 | 172 | 45.00 | 1/5 |
