ESPNcricinfo Awards

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ESPNcricinfo Awards
Awarded forThe best individual performances in International cricket and T20 Leagues over the previous calendar year.
Presented byESPNcricinfo
First awarded19 December 2007 (2007-12-19)
WebsiteESPNcricinfo

The ESPNcricinfo Awards are an annual set of sports awards for international cricket and T20 leagues around the world, which recognise and honour the best individual batting and bowling performances in cricket over the previous calendar year. The awards were introduced by ESPNcricinfo in 2007.

Men's awards[edit]

Men's Test batting performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2007 Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara 192 v  Australia in Hobart
2008 India Virender Sehwag 201* v  Sri Lanka in Galle
2009 India Virender Sehwag[1] 293 v  Sri Lanka in Mumbai
2010 India VVS Laxman[2] 96 v  South Africa in Durban
2011 India Sachin Tendulkar[3] 146 v  South Africa in Cape Town
2012 England Kevin Pietersen 186 v  India in Mumbai
2013 India Shikhar Dhawan 187 v  Australia in Mohali
2014 New Zealand Brendon McCullum 302 v  India in Wellington
2015 New Zealand Kane Williamson[4][5] 242* v  Sri Lanka in Wellington
2016 England Ben Stokes 258 v  South Africa in Cape Town
2017 Australia Steve Smith 109 v  India in Pune
2018 India Cheteshwar Pujara 123 v  Australia in Adelaide
2019 Sri Lanka Kusal Perera[6] 153* v  South Africa in Durban
2020 India Ajinkya Rahane[7] 112 v  Australia in Melbourne
2021 India Rishabh Pant[8] 89* v  Australia in Brisbane
2022 England Jonny Bairstow 136* v  New Zealand in Nottingham
2023 Australia Travis Head 163 v  India in London

Men's Test bowling performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2007 India Zaheer Khan 5/75 v  England in Trent Bridge
2008 South Africa Dale Steyn 5/67 v  Australia in Melbourne
2009 Cricket West Indies Jerome Taylor[9] 5/11 v  England in Kingston
2010 South Africa Dale Steyn[10] 7/51 v  India in Nagpur
2011 New Zealand Doug Bracewell[11] 6/40 v  Australia in Hobart
2012 South Africa Vernon Philander[12] 5/30 v  England in London
2013 Australia Mitchell Johnson 7/40 v  England in Adelaide
2014 Australia Mitchell Johnson 7/68 v  South Africa in Centurion
2015 England Stuart Broad 8/15 v  Australia in Nottingham
2016 England Stuart Broad 6/17 v  South Africa in Johannesburg
2017 Australia Nathan Lyon 8/50 v  India in Bengaluru
2018 India Jasprit Bumrah 6/33 v  Australia in Melbourne
2019 Cricket West Indies Kemar Roach[13] 5/17 v  England in Bridgetown
2020 Australia Josh Hazlewood 5/8 v  India in Adelaide
2021 New Zealand Kyle Jamieson 5/31 v  India in Southampton
2022 Bangladesh Ebadot Hossain[14] 6/46 v  New Zealand in Mount Maunganui
2023 Australia Nathan Lyon 8/64 v  India in Indore

Men's ODI batting performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2007 Australia Adam Gilchrist 149 v  Sri Lanka in Bridgetown
2008 Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya 125 v  India in Karachi
2009 India Sachin Tendulkar[15] 175 v  Australia in Hyderabad
2010 India Sachin Tendulkar 200* v  South Africa in Gwalior
2011 Ireland Kevin O'Brien 113 v  England in Bengaluru
2012 India Virat Kohli[16][17] 133* v  Sri Lanka in Hobart
2013 India Rohit Sharma 209 v  Australia in Bengaluru
2014 India Rohit Sharma[18][19] 264 v  Sri Lanka in Kolkata
2015 South Africa AB de Villiers 149 v  West Indies in Johannesburg
2016 South Africa Quinton de Kock 178 v  Australia in Centurion
2017 Pakistan Fakhar Zaman[20] 114 v  India in London
2018 New Zealand Ross Taylor 181* v  England in Dunedin
2019 England Ben Stokes 84* v  New Zealand in London
2020 Australia Glenn Maxwell 108 v  England in Manchester
2021 Pakistan Fakhar Zaman[21] 193 v  South Africa in Johannesburg
2022 Bangladesh Mehedy Hasan Miraz 100* v  India in Mirpur
2023 Australia Glenn Maxwell 201* v  Afghanistan in Mumbai

Men's ODI bowling performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2007 Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga 4/54 v  South Africa in Providence
2008 Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis 6/13 v  India in Karachi
2009 Pakistan Shahid Afridi 6/38 v  Australia in Dubai
2010 Pakistan Umar Gul 6/42 v  England in London
2011 Australia Mitchell Johnson 6/31 v  Sri Lanka in Pallekele
2012 Sri Lanka Thisara Perera 6/44 v  Pakistan in Pallekele
2013 Pakistan Shahid Afridi 7/12 v  West Indies in Georgetown
2014 Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga[22] 5/56 v  Pakistan in Mirpur
2015 New Zealand Tim Southee 7/33 v  England in Wellington
2016 Cricket West Indies Sunil Narine[23] 6/27 v  South Africa in Providence
2017 Pakistan Mohammad Amir 3/16 v  India in London
2018 India Kuldeep Yadav 6/25 v  England in Nottingham
2019 New Zealand Matt Henry 3/37 v  India in Manchester
2020 Zimbabwe Blessing Muzarabani[24] 5/49 v  Pakistan in Rawalpindi
2021 England Saqib Mahmood 4/42 v  Pakistan in Cardiff
2022 India Jasprit Bumrah 6/19 v  England in London
2023 India Mohammed Shami 7/57 v  New Zealand in Mumbai

Men's T20I batting performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2007 India Yuvraj Singh 70 v  Australia in Durban
2008 N/A -
2009 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle[25] 88 v  Australia in London
2010 Australia Michael Hussey 60* v  Pakistan in St. Lucia
2011 N/A -
2012 Cricket West Indies Marlon Samuels 78 v  Sri Lanka in Colombo
2013 N/A -
2014 England Alex Hales 116* v  Sri Lanka in Chattogram
2015 India Rohit Sharma[26] 106 v  South Africa in Dharamshala
2016 Cricket West Indies Carlos Brathwaite[27] 34* v  England in Kolkata
2017 Cricket West Indies Evin Lewis 125 v  India in Kingston
2018 Australia Glenn Maxwell 103* v  England in Hobart
2019 Australia Glenn Maxwell 113* v  India in Bengaluru
2020 England Jonny Bairstow 86* v  South Africa in Cape Town
2021 England Jos Buttler 101* v  Sri Lanka in Dubai
2022 India Suryakumar Yadav 111* v  New Zealand in Mount Moungauni
2023 India Suryakumar Yadav 112* v  Sri Lanka in Rajkot

Men's T20I bowling performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2007 India RP Singh 4/13 v  South Africa in Durban
2008 N/A -
2009 Pakistan Umar Gul 5/6 v  New Zealand in London
2010 New Zealand Tim Southee 5/18 v  Pakistan in Auckland
2011 N/A -
2012 Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga 5/31 v  England in Pallekele
2013 N/A -
2014 Sri Lanka Rangana Herath 5/3 v  New Zealand in Chattogram
2015 South Africa David Wiese 5/23 v  West Indies in Durban
2016 Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman 5/22 v  New Zealand in Kolkata
2017 India Yuzvendra Chahal[28] 6/25 v  England in Bengaluru
2018 India Kuldeep Yadav 5/24 v  England in London
2019 Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga 5/6 v  New Zealand in Pallekele
2020 New Zealand Lockie Ferguson[29] 5/21 v  West Indies in Auckland
2021 Pakistan Shaheen Afridi 3/31 v  India in Dubai
2022 England Sam Curran 3/12 v  Pakistan in Melbourne
2023 Cricket West Indies Alzarri Joseph 5/40 v  South Africa in Johannesburg

Men's Associate batting performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2016 Afghanistan Mohammad Shahzad[30] 118* v  Zimbabwe in Sharjah
2017 Scotland Kyle Coetzer 109 v  Zimbabwe in Edinburgh
2018 Scotland Calum MacLeod[31] 140* v  England in Edinburgh
2019 Scotland George Munsey 127* v  Netherlands in Dublin
2020 N/A -
2021 Namibia Gerhard Erasmus 53* v  Ireland in Sharjah
2022 Scotland George Munsey 66* v  West Indies in Hobart
2023 Netherlands Bas de Leede 123 v  Scotland in Bulawayo

Men's Associate bowling performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2016 Afghanistan Mohammad Nabi 2/16 v  Bangladesh in Mirpur
2017 Afghanistan Rashid Khan 7/18 v  West Indies in St. Lucia
2018 Scotland Safyaan Sharif[32] 5/33 v  Zimbabwe in Bulawayo
2019 Oman Bilal Khan[33] 4/23 v  Hong Kong in Dubai
2020 N/A -
2021 Namibia Ruben Trumpelmann[34] 3/17 v  Scotland in Abu Dhabi
2022 Netherlands Brandon Glover 3/9 v  South Africa in Adelaide
2023 Scotland Brandon McMullen 5/34 v  Ireland in Bulawayo

Men's Debutant of the year[edit]

Year Player
2013 India Mohammed Shami
2014 N/A
2015 Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman[35][36]
2016 Bangladesh Mehedi Hasan
2017 India Kuldeep Yadav
2018 England Sam Curran
2019 England Jofra Archer
2020 New Zealand Kyle Jamieson
2021 England Ollie Robinson
2022 England Harry Brook
2023 South Africa Gerald Coetzee

Women's awards[edit]

Women's batting performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2016 Cricket West Indies Hayley Matthews 66 v  Australia in Kolkata
2017 India Harmanpreet Kaur[37] 171* v  Australia in Derby
2018 India Harmanpreet Kaur 103 v  New Zealand in Providence
2019 Australia Meg Lanning 133* v  England in Chelmsford
2020 Australia Alyssa Healy 75 v  India in Melbourne
2021 Australia Beth Mooney 125* v  India in Mackay

Women's bowling performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2016 New Zealand Leigh Kasperek 3/13 v  Australia in Nagpur
2017 England Anya Shrubsole 6/46 v  India in London
2018 England Natalie Sciver 3/4 v  South Africa in Gros Islet
2019 Australia Ellyse Perry 7/22 v  England in Canterbury
2020 India Poonam Yadav 4/19 v  Australia in Sydney
2021 England Kate Cross 5/34 v  India in Taunton

Women's ODI batting performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2022 Australia Alyssa Healy 170 v  England in Christchurch
2023 Sri Lanka Chamari Athapaththu 140* v  New Zealand in Galle

Women's ODI Bowling performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2022 England Sophie Ecclestone 6/36 v  South Africa in Christchurch
2023 Bangladesh Marufa Akter 4/29 v  India in Mirpur

Women's T20I batting performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2022 India Smriti Mandhana 61 v  England in Birmingham
2023 Cricket West Indies Hayley Matthews 132 v  Australia in Sydney

Women's T20I bowling performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Performance
2022 India Renuka Singh 4/18 v  Australia in Birmingham
2023 South Africa Ayabonga Khaka 4/29 v  England in Cape Town

Mixed awards[edit]

Captain of the Year[edit]

Year Winner
2015 New Zealand Brendon McCullum
2016 India Virat Kohli[38]
2017 England Heather Knight
2018 Australia Meg Lanning
2019 England Eoin Morgan[39][40]
2020 N/A
2021 New Zealand Kane Williamson[41]
2022 England Ben Stokes
2023 Australia Pat Cummins

Other awards[edit]

Men's T20 leagues batting performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Team Performance
2022 India Rajat Patidar India Royal Challengers Bangalore 112* v India Lucknow Super Giants
2023 Cricket West Indies Nicholas Pooran United States MI New York 137* v United States Seattle Orcas

Men's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Team Performance
2022 India Umran Malik India Sunrisers Hyderabad 5/25 v India Gujarat Titans
2023 India Yuzvendra Chahal India Rajasthan Royals 4/29 v India Sunrisers Hyderabad

Women's T20 leagues batting performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Team Performance
2023 Australia Grace Harris Australia Brisbane Heat 136* v Australia Perth Scorcher

Women's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year[edit]

Year Player Team Performance
2023 Australia Amanda-Jade Wellington Australia Adelaide Strikers 3/16 v Australia Brisbane Heat

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