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 by ESPNcricinfo
First awarded19 December 2007 (2007-12-19)
Website ESPNcricinfo

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.

Contents

Men's awards

Men's Test batting performance of the year

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

Men's Test bowling performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2007 Flag of India.svg Zaheer Khan 5/75 v Flag of England.svg  England in Trent Bridge
2008 Flag of South Africa.svg Dale Steyn 5/67 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Melbourne
2009 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Jerome Taylor [9] 5/11 v Flag of England.svg  England in Kingston
2010 Flag of South Africa.svg Dale Steyn [10] 7/51 v Flag of India.svg  India in Nagpur
2011 Flag of New Zealand.svg Doug Bracewell [11] 6/40 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Hobart
2012 Flag of South Africa.svg Vernon Philander [12] 5/30 v Flag of England.svg  England in London
2013 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Johnson 7/40 v Flag of England.svg  England in Adelaide
2014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Johnson 7/68 v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Centurion
2015 Flag of England.svg Stuart Broad 8/15 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Nottingham
2016 Flag of England.svg Stuart Broad 6/17 v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Johannesburg
2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Lyon 8/50 v Flag of India.svg  India in Bengaluru
2018 Flag of India.svg Jasprit Bumrah 6/33 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Melbourne
2019 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Kemar Roach [13] 5/17 v Flag of England.svg  England in Bridgetown
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Hazlewood 5/8 v Flag of India.svg  India in Adelaide
2021 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kyle Jamieson 5/31 v Flag of India.svg  India in Southampton
2022 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Ebadot Hossain [14] 6/46 v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand in Mount Maunganui
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Lyon 8/64 v Flag of India.svg  India in Indore

Men's ODI batting performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Gilchrist 149 v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka in Bridgetown
2008 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sanath Jayasuriya 125 v Flag of India.svg  India in Karachi
2009 Flag of India.svg Sachin Tendulkar [15] 175 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Hyderabad
2010 Flag of India.svg Sachin Tendulkar 200* v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Gwalior
2011 Cricket Ireland flag.svg Kevin O'Brien 113 v Flag of England.svg  England in Bengaluru
2012 Flag of India.svg Virat Kohli [16] [17] 133* v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka in Hobart
2013 Flag of India.svg Rohit Sharma 209 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Bengaluru
2014 Flag of India.svg Rohit Sharma [18] [19] 264 v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka in Kolkata
2015 Flag of South Africa.svg AB de Villiers 149 v WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies in Johannesburg
2016 Flag of South Africa.svg Quinton de Kock 178 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Centurion
2017 Flag of Pakistan.svg Fakhar Zaman [20] 114 v Flag of India.svg  India in London
2018 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ross Taylor 181* v Flag of England.svg  England in Dunedin
2019 Flag of England.svg Ben Stokes 84* v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand in London
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Maxwell 108 v Flag of England.svg  England in Manchester
2021 Flag of Pakistan.svg Fakhar Zaman [21] 193 v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Johannesburg
2022 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Mehedy Hasan Miraz 100* v Flag of India.svg  India in Mirpur
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Maxwell 201* v Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan in Mumbai

Men's ODI bowling performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2007 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Lasith Malinga 4/54 v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Providence
2008 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ajantha Mendis 6/13 v Flag of India.svg  India in Karachi
2009 Flag of Pakistan.svg Shahid Afridi 6/38 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Dubai
2010 Flag of Pakistan.svg Umar Gul 6/42 v Flag of England.svg  England in London
2011 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Johnson 6/31 v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka in Pallekele
2012 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Thisara Perera 6/44 v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan in Pallekele
2013 Flag of Pakistan.svg Shahid Afridi 7/12 v WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies in Georgetown
2014 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Lasith Malinga [22] 5/56 v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan in Mirpur
2015 Flag of New Zealand.svg Tim Southee 7/33 v Flag of England.svg  England in Wellington
2016 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Sunil Narine [23] 6/27 v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Providence
2017 Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammad Amir 3/16 v Flag of India.svg  India in London
2018 Flag of India.svg Kuldeep Yadav 6/25 v Flag of England.svg  England in Nottingham
2019 Flag of New Zealand.svg Matt Henry 3/37 v Flag of India.svg  India in Manchester
2020 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Blessing Muzarabani [24] 5/49 v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan in Rawalpindi
2021 Flag of England.svg Saqib Mahmood 4/42 v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan in Cardiff
2022 Flag of India.svg Jasprit Bumrah 6/19 v Flag of England.svg  England in London
2023 Flag of India.svg Mohammed Shami 7/57 v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand in Mumbai

Men's T20I batting performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2007 Flag of India.svg Yuvraj Singh 70 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Durban
2008N/A-
2009 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Chris Gayle [25] 88 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in London
2010 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Hussey 60* v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan in St. Lucia
2011N/A-
2012 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Marlon Samuels 78 v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka in Colombo
2013N/A-
2014 Flag of England.svg Alex Hales 116* v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka in Chattogram
2015 Flag of India.svg Rohit Sharma [26] 106 v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Dharamshala
2016 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Carlos Brathwaite [27] 34* v Flag of England.svg  England in Kolkata
2017 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Evin Lewis 125 v Flag of India.svg  India in Kingston
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Maxwell 103* v Flag of England.svg  England in Hobart
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Maxwell 113* v Flag of India.svg  India in Bengaluru
2020 Flag of England.svg Jonny Bairstow 86* v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Cape Town
2021 Flag of England.svg Jos Buttler 101* v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka in Dubai
2022 Flag of India.svg Suryakumar Yadav 111* v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand in Mount Moungauni
2023 Flag of India.svg Suryakumar Yadav 112* v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka in Rajkot

Men's T20I bowling performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2007 Flag of India.svg RP Singh 4/13 v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Durban
2008N/A-
2009 Flag of Pakistan.svg Umar Gul 5/6 v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand in London
2010 Flag of New Zealand.svg Tim Southee 5/18 v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan in Auckland
2011N/A-
2012 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Lasith Malinga 5/31 v Flag of England.svg  England in Pallekele
2013N/A-
2014 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Rangana Herath 5/3 v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand in Chattogram
2015 Flag of South Africa.svg David Wiese 5/23 v WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies in Durban
2016 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Mustafizur Rahman 5/22 v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand in Kolkata
2017 Flag of India.svg Yuzvendra Chahal [28] 6/25 v Flag of England.svg  England in Bengaluru
2018 Flag of India.svg Kuldeep Yadav 5/24 v Flag of England.svg  England in London
2019 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Lasith Malinga 5/6 v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand in Pallekele
2020 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lockie Ferguson [29] 5/21 v WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies in Auckland
2021 Flag of Pakistan.svg Shaheen Afridi 3/31 v Flag of India.svg  India in Dubai
2022 Flag of England.svg Sam Curran 3/12 v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan in Melbourne
2023 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Alzarri Joseph 5/40 v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Johannesburg

Men's Associate batting performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2016 Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Mohammad Shahzad [30] 118* v Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe in Sharjah
2017 Flag of Scotland.svg Kyle Coetzer 109 v Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe in Edinburgh
2018 Flag of Scotland.svg Calum MacLeod [31] 140* v Flag of England.svg  England in Edinburgh
2019 Flag of Scotland.svg George Munsey 127* v Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands in Dublin
2020N/A-
2021 Flag of Namibia.svg Gerhard Erasmus 53* v Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland in Sharjah
2022 Flag of Scotland.svg George Munsey 66* v WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies in Hobart
2023 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bas de Leede 123 v Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland in Bulawayo

Men's Associate bowling performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2016 Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Mohammad Nabi 2/16 v Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh in Mirpur
2017 Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Rashid Khan 7/18 v WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies in St. Lucia
2018 Flag of Scotland.svg Safyaan Sharif [32] 5/33 v Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe in Bulawayo
2019 Flag of Oman.svg Bilal Khan [33] 4/23 v Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong in Dubai
2020N/A-
2021 Flag of Namibia.svg Ruben Trumpelmann [34] 3/17 v Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland in Abu Dhabi
2022 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brandon Glover 3/9 v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Adelaide
2023 Flag of Scotland.svg Brandon McMullen 5/34 v Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland in Bulawayo

Men's Debutant of the year

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

Women's awards

Women's batting performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2016 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Hayley Matthews 66 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Kolkata
2017 Flag of India.svg Harmanpreet Kaur [37] 171* v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Derby
2018 Flag of India.svg Harmanpreet Kaur 103 v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand in Providence
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Meg Lanning 133* v Flag of England.svg  England in Chelmsford
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alyssa Healy 75 v Flag of India.svg  India in Melbourne
2021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Beth Mooney 125* v Flag of India.svg  India in Mackay

Women's bowling performance of the year

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

Women's ODI batting performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alyssa Healy 170 v Flag of England.svg  England in Christchurch
2023 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Chamari Athapaththu 140* v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand in Galle

Women's ODI Bowling performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2022 Flag of England.svg Sophie Ecclestone 6/36 v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa in Christchurch
2023 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Marufa Akter 4/29 v Flag of India.svg  India in Mirpur

Women's T20I batting performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2022 Flag of India.svg Smriti Mandhana 61 v Flag of England.svg  England in Birmingham
2023 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Hayley Matthews 132 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Sydney

Women's T20I bowling performance of the year

YearPlayerPerformance
2022 Flag of India.svg Renuka Singh 4/18 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia in Birmingham
2023 Flag of South Africa.svg Ayabonga Khaka 4/29 v Flag of England.svg  England in Cape Town

Mixed awards

Captain of the Year

YearWinner
2015 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon McCullum
2016 Flag of India.svg Virat Kohli [38]
2017 Flag of England.svg Heather Knight
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Meg Lanning
2019 Flag of England.svg Eoin Morgan [39] [40]
2020N/A
2021 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kane Williamson [41]
2022 Flag of England.svg Ben Stokes
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Cummins

Other awards

Men's T20 leagues batting performance of the year

YearPlayerTeamPerformance
2022 Flag of India.svg Rajat Patidar Flag of India.svg Royal Challengers Bangalore 112* v Flag of India.svg Lucknow Super Giants
2023 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Nicholas Pooran Flag of the United States.svg MI New York 137* v Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Orcas

Men's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year

YearPlayerTeamPerformance
2022 Flag of India.svg Umran Malik Flag of India.svg Sunrisers Hyderabad 5/25 v Flag of India.svg Gujarat Titans
2023 Flag of India.svg Yuzvendra Chahal Flag of India.svg Rajasthan Royals 4/29 v Flag of India.svg Sunrisers Hyderabad

Women's T20 leagues batting performance of the year

YearPlayerTeamPerformance
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grace Harris Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brisbane Heat 136* v Flag of Australia (converted).svg Perth Scorcher

Women's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year

YearPlayerTeamPerformance
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Amanda-Jade Wellington Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide Strikers 3/16 v Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brisbane Heat

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