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Men's Test team of 2025
The Guardian
|January 01, 2026
From Head’s hundreds to Bumrah’s blistering bursts … here’s our XI
Sharpen your pencils and swallow your marmalade on toast before you read on, everyone, it’s time for the Guardian’s annual men’s Test XI of the year.
This year’s 13-person selection panel included Ali Martin, Vic Marks, Tim de Lisle, Adam Collins, Rob Smyth, Jonathan Liew, Tanya Aldred, Taha Hashim, Daniel Gallan, Emma John, Simon Burnton and James Wallace. Everyone taking part picked and submitted their own XI in the days after Australia’s victory in the third Ashes Test at Adelaide (statistics are from 1 January 2025 up to and including this match). When the votes were added up, Earth’s combined side to play Mars looked like this:
Travis Head 759 runs at an average of 42 Votes 10/13
This story is from the January 01, 2026 edition of The Guardian.
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