ESPNcricinfo Awards

ESPNcricinfo Awards
Awarded forThe best individual performances in International cricket and T20 Leagues over the previous calendar year.
Presented byESPNcricinfo
First award19 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

Men's Test batting performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2007 Kumar Sangakkara 192 v  Australia in Hobart
2008 Virender Sehwag 201* v  Sri Lanka in Galle
2009 Virender Sehwag[1] 293 v  Sri Lanka in Mumbai
2010 VVS Laxman[2] 96 v  South Africa in Durban
2011 Sachin Tendulkar[3] 146 v  South Africa in Cape Town
2012 Kevin Pietersen 186 v  India in Mumbai
2013 Shikhar Dhawan 187 v  Australia in Mohali
2014 Brendon McCullum 302 v  India in Wellington
2015 Kane Williamson[4][5] 242* v  Sri Lanka in Wellington
2016 Ben Stokes 258 v  South Africa in Cape Town
2017 Steve Smith 109 v  India in Pune
2018 Cheteshwar Pujara 123 v  Australia in Adelaide
2019 Kusal Perera[6] 153* v  South Africa in Durban
2020 Ajinkya Rahane[7] 112 v  Australia in Melbourne
2021 Rishabh Pant[8] 89* v  Australia in Brisbane
2022 Jonny Bairstow 136* v  New Zealand in Nottingham
2023 Travis Head 163 v  India in London
2024 Ollie Pope 196 v  India in Hyderabad

Men's Test bowling performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2007 Zaheer Khan 5/75 v  England in Trent Bridge
2008 Dale Steyn 5/67 v  Australia in Melbourne
2009 Jerome Taylor[9] 5/11 v  England in Kingston
2010 Dale Steyn[10] 7/51 v  India in Nagpur
2011 Doug Bracewell[11] 6/40 v  Australia in Hobart
2012 Vernon Philander[12] 5/30 v  England in London
2013 Mitchell Johnson 7/40 v  England in Adelaide
2014 Mitchell Johnson 7/68 v  South Africa in Centurion
2015 Stuart Broad 8/15 v  Australia in Nottingham
2016 Stuart Broad 6/17 v  South Africa in Johannesburg
2017 Nathan Lyon 8/50 v  India in Bengaluru
2018 Jasprit Bumrah 6/33 v  Australia in Melbourne
2019 Kemar Roach[13] 5/17 v  England in Bridgetown
2020 Josh Hazlewood 5/8 v  India in Adelaide
2021 Kyle Jamieson 5/31 v  India in Southampton
2022 Ebadot Hossain[14] 6/46 v  New Zealand in Mount Maunganui
2023 Nathan Lyon 8/64 v  India in Indore
2024 Shamar Joseph 7/68 v  Australia in Brisbane

Men's ODI batting performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2007 Adam Gilchrist 149 v  Sri Lanka in Bridgetown
2008 Sanath Jayasuriya 125 v  India in Karachi
2009 Sachin Tendulkar[15] 175 v  Australia in Hyderabad
2010 Sachin Tendulkar 200* v  South Africa in Gwalior
2011 Kevin O'Brien 113 v  England in Bengaluru
2012 Virat Kohli[16][17] 133* v  Sri Lanka in Hobart
2013 Rohit Sharma 209 v  Australia in Bengaluru
2014 Rohit Sharma[18][19] 264 v  Sri Lanka in Kolkata
2015 AB de Villiers 149 v  West Indies in Johannesburg
2016 Quinton de Kock 178 v  Australia in Centurion
2017 Fakhar Zaman[20] 114 v  India in London
2018 Ross Taylor 181* v  England in Dunedin
2019 Ben Stokes 84* v  New Zealand in London
2020 Glenn Maxwell 108 v  England in Manchester
2021 Fakhar Zaman[21] 193 v  South Africa in Johannesburg
2022 Mehedy Hasan Miraz 100* v  India in Mirpur
2023 Glenn Maxwell 201* v  Afghanistan in Mumbai
2024 Travis Head 154* v  England in Trent Bridge

Men's ODI bowling performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2007 Lasith Malinga 4/54 v  South Africa in Providence
2008 Ajantha Mendis 6/13 v  India in Karachi
2009 Shahid Afridi 6/38 v  Australia in Dubai
2010 Umar Gul 6/42 v  England in London
2011 Mitchell Johnson 6/31 v  Sri Lanka in Pallekele
2012 Thisara Perera 6/44 v  Pakistan in Pallekele
2013 Shahid Afridi 7/12 v  West Indies in Georgetown
2014 Lasith Malinga[22] 5/56 v  Pakistan in Mirpur
2015 Tim Southee 7/33 v  England in Wellington
2016 Sunil Narine[23] 6/27 v  South Africa in Providence
2017 Mohammad Amir 3/16 v  India in London
2018 Kuldeep Yadav 6/25 v  England in Nottingham
2019 Matt Henry 3/37 v  India in Manchester
2020 Blessing Muzarabani[24] 5/49 v  Pakistan in Rawalpindi
2021 Saqib Mahmood 4/42 v  Pakistan in Cardiff
2022 Jasprit Bumrah 6/19 v  England in London
2023 Mohammed Shami 7/57 v  New Zealand in Mumbai
2024 Jeffrey Vandersay 6/33 v  India in Colombo

Men's T20I batting performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2007 Yuvraj Singh 70 v  Australia in Durban
2008 N/A -
2009 Chris Gayle[25] 88 v  Australia in London
2010 Michael Hussey 60* v  Pakistan in St. Lucia
2011 N/A -
2012 Marlon Samuels 78 v  Sri Lanka in Colombo
2013 N/A -
2014 Alex Hales 116* v  Sri Lanka in Chattogram
2015 Rohit Sharma[26] 106 v  South Africa in Dharamshala
2016 Carlos Brathwaite[27] 34* v  England in Kolkata
2017 Evin Lewis 125 v  India in Kingston
2018 Glenn Maxwell 103* v  England in Hobart
2019 Glenn Maxwell 113* v  India in Bengaluru
2020 Jonny Bairstow 86* v  South Africa in Cape Town
2021 Jos Buttler 101* v  Sri Lanka in Dubai
2022 Suryakumar Yadav 111* v  New Zealand in Mount Moungauni
2023 Suryakumar Yadav 112* v  Sri Lanka in Rajkot
2024 Rohit Sharma 92 v  Australia in Gros Islet

Men's T20I bowling performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2007 RP Singh 4/13 v  South Africa in Durban
2008 N/A -
2009 Umar Gul 5/6 v  New Zealand in London
2010 Tim Southee 5/18 v  Pakistan in Auckland
2011 N/A -
2012 Lasith Malinga 5/31 v  England in Pallekele
2013 N/A -
2014 Rangana Herath 5/3 v  New Zealand in Chattogram
2015 David Wiese 5/23 v  West Indies in Durban
2016 Mustafizur Rahman 5/22 v  New Zealand in Kolkata
2017 Yuzvendra Chahal[28] 6/25 v  England in Bengaluru
2018 Kuldeep Yadav 5/24 v  England in London
2019 Lasith Malinga 5/6 v  New Zealand in Pallekele
2020 Lockie Ferguson[29] 5/21 v  West Indies in Auckland
2021 Shaheen Afridi 3/31 v  India in Dubai
2022 Sam Curran 3/12 v  Pakistan in Melbourne
2023 Alzarri Joseph 5/40 v  South Africa in Johannesburg
2024 Jasprit Bumrah 2/18 v v  South Africa in Bridgetown

Men's Associate batting performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2016 Mohammad Shahzad[30] 118* v  Zimbabwe in Sharjah
2017 Kyle Coetzer 109 v  Zimbabwe in Edinburgh
2018 Calum MacLeod[31] 140* v  England in Edinburgh
2019 George Munsey 127* v  Netherlands in Dublin
2020 N/A -
2021 Gerhard Erasmus 53* v  Ireland in Sharjah
2022 George Munsey 66* v  West Indies in Hobart
2023 Bas de Leede 123 v  Scotland in Bulawayo
2024 Aaron Jones 94 vs  Canada in Dallas

Men's Associate bowling performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2016 Mohammad Nabi 2/16 v  Bangladesh in Mirpur
2017 Rashid Khan 7/18 v  West Indies in St. Lucia
2018 Safyaan Sharif[32] 5/33 v  Zimbabwe in Bulawayo
2019 Bilal Khan[33] 4/23 v  Hong Kong in Dubai
2020 N/A -
2021 Ruben Trumpelmann[34] 3/17 v  Scotland in Abu Dhabi
2022 Brandon Glover 3/9 v  South Africa in Adelaide
2023 Brandon McMullen 5/34 v  Ireland in Bulawayo
2024 Saurabh Netravalkar 2/18 v  Pakistan in Dallas

Men's Debutant of the year

Year Player
2013 Mohammed Shami
2014 N/A
2015 Mustafizur Rahman[35][36]
2016 Mehidy Hasan Miraz
2017 Kuldeep Yadav
2018 Sam Curran
2019 Jofra Archer
2020 Kyle Jamieson
2021 Ollie Robinson
2022 Harry Brook
2023 Gerald Coetzee
2024 Shamar Joseph

Women's awards

Women's batting performance of the year

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

Women's bowling performance of the year

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

Women's ODI batting performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2022 Alyssa Healy 170 v  England in Christchurch
2023 Chamari Athapaththu 140* v  New Zealand in Galle
2024 Chamari Athapaththu 195* v  South Africa in Potchefstroom

Women's ODI Bowling performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2022 Sophie Ecclestone 6/36 v  South Africa in Christchurch
2023 Marufa Akter 4/29 v  India in Mirpur
2024 Marizanne Kapp 3/12 v  Australia in North Sydney

Women's T20I batting performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2022 Smriti Mandhana 61 v  England in Birmingham
2023 Hayley Matthews 132 v  Australia in Sydney
2024 Anneke Bosch 74* v  Australia in Dubai

Women's T20I bowling performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2022 Renuka Singh 4/18 v  Australia in Birmingham
2023 Ayabonga Khaka 4/29 v  England in Cape Town
2024 Amelia Kerr 3/24 v  South Africa in Dubai

Women's Debutant of the year

Year Player
2024 Georgia Voll

Mixed awards

Captain of the Year

Year Winner
2015 Brendon McCullum
2016 Virat Kohli[38]
2017 Heather Knight
2018 Meg Lanning
2019 Eoin Morgan[39][40]
2020 N/A
2021 Kane Williamson[41]
2022 Ben Stokes
2023 Pat Cummins
2024 Pat Cummins (M)
Sophie Devine (W)

Other awards

Men's T20 leagues batting performance of the year

Year Player Team Performance
2022 Rajat Patidar Royal Challengers Bangalore 112* v Lucknow Super Giants
2023 Nicholas Pooran MI New York 137* v Seattle Orcas
2024 Josh Brown Brisbane Heat 140 v Adelaide Strikers

Men's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year

Year Player Team Performance
2022 Umran Malik Sunrisers Hyderabad 5/25 v Gujarat Titans
2023 Yuzvendra Chahal Rajasthan Royals 4/29 v Sunrisers Hyderabad
2024 Jasprit Bumrah Mumbai Indians 6/25 v Royal Challengers Bangaluru

Women's T20 leagues batting performance of the year

Year Player Team Performance
2023 Grace Harris Brisbane Heat 136* v Perth Scorcher
2024 Lizelle Lee Hobart Hurricanes 150* v Perth Scorchers

Women's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year

Year Player Team Performance
2023 Amanda-Jade Wellington Adelaide Strikers 3/16 v Brisbane Heat
2024 Ellyse Perry Royal Challengers Bengaluru 6/15 v Mumbai Indians

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