Apart from them no player from the Sri Lankan team has been selected for the ODI team and no player has been selected for the ICC test team of the year.

Alastair Cook, who led England to a 3-2 Ashes victory during the summer, was named the Test captain of the year.

South Africa's AB de Villiers was selected as the ODI captain, having scored the format's fastest fifty and hundred during the qualification period from September 18, 2014 to September 13 2015.

The teams were chosen by a specially appointed selection panel, chaired by the ICC's cricket committee chairman Anil Kumble.

ICC Test Team of the Year 2015:

David Warner (Aus), Alastair Cook (Eng) (captain), Kane Williamson (NZ), Younis Khan (Pak), Steven Smith (Aus), Joe Root (Eng), Sarfraz Ahmed (Pak) (wicketkeeper), Stuart Broad (Eng), Trent Boult (NZ), Yasir Shah (Pak), Josh Hazlewood (Aus). 12th man Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind).

ICC ODI Team of the Year 2015:

Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), Hashim Amla (SA), Kumar Sangakkara (SL) (wicketkeeper) AB de Villiers (SA) (capt), Steven Smith (Aus), Ross Taylor (NZ), Trent Boult (NZ), Mohammed Shami (Ind), Mitchell Starc (Aus), Mustafizur Rahman (Bang), Imran Tahir (SA). 12th man: Joe Root (Eng).