Cricket Winner Test Team of the Year

10. Gus Atkinson

2024 Stats: Matches: 11; Wickets: 52; Economy: 3.73

Gus Atkinson has accomplished so much so rapidly that it's sceptical to believe he couldn't even make the England squad last winter when he was the spare wheel in the seam attack. He made his debut in July this year, but he already has scalped a colossal 50 Test wickets.

These numbers is helmed by a 12-wicket haul against the West Indies, a century against Sri Lanka, and a hat-trick against New Zealand, leaving little room of scope to advance in the sport. The fact that no one felt the need to notice England's absence of Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad speaks much about him.