ESPNcricinfo Awards explained

ESPNcricinfo Awards
Awarded For:	The best individual performances in International cricket and T20 Leagues over the previous calendar year.
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.

Men's awards

Men's Test batting performance of the year

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

Men's Test bowling performance of the year

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

Men's ODI batting performance of the year

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

Men's ODI bowling performance of the year

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

Men's T20I batting performance of the year

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

Men's T20I bowling performance of the year

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

Men's Associate batting performance of the year

Year	Player	Performance
2016	Mohammad Shahzad^[30]	118* v in Sharjah
2017	Kyle Coetzer	109 v in Edinburgh
2018	Calum MacLeod^[31]	140* v in Edinburgh
2019	George Munsey	127* v in Dublin
2020	N/A	-
2021	Gerhard Erasmus	53* v in Sharjah
2022		66* v in Hobart
2023		123 v in Bulawayo

Men's Associate bowling performance of the year

Year	Player	Performance
2016	Mohammad Nabi	2/16 v in Mirpur
2017	Rashid Khan	7/18 v in St. Lucia
2018	Safyaan Sharif^[32]	5/33 v in Bulawayo
2019	Bilal Khan^[33]	4/23 v in Dubai
2020	N/A	-
2021	Ruben Trumpelmann^[34]	3/17 v in Abu Dhabi
2022	Brandon Glover	3/9 v in Adelaide
2023		5/34 v in Bulawayo

Men's Debutant of the year

Year	Player
2013	Mohammed Shami
2014	N/A
2015	Mustafizur Rahman^[35] ^[36]
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021	Ollie Robinson
2022	Harry Brook
2023	Gerald Coetzee

Women's awards

Women's batting performance of the year

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

Women's bowling performance of the year

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

Women's ODI batting performance of the year

Year	Player	Performance
2022		170 v in Christchurch
2023		140* v in Galle

Women's ODI Bowling performance of the year

Year	Player	Performance
2022		6/36 v in Christchurch
2023	Marufa Akter	4/29 v in Mirpur

Women's T20I batting performance of the year

Year	Player	Performance
2022	Smriti Mandhana	61 v in Birmingham
2023	Hayley Matthews	132 v in Sydney

Women's T20I bowling performance of the year

Year	Player	Performance
2022		4/18 v in Birmingham
2023		4/29 v in Cape Town

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

Other awards

Men's T20 leagues batting performance of the year

Year	Player	Team	Performance
2022			112* v Lucknow Super Giants
2023	Nicholas Pooran	MI New York	137* v Seattle Orcas

Men's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year

Year	Player	Team	Performance
2022	Umran Malik		5/25 v Gujarat Titans
2023	Yuzvendra Chahal	Rajasthan Royals

Women's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sehwag's 293, Sachin's 175 voted top Test, ODI performances of 2009. India Today. 20 February 2010.
2. Web site: Laxman, Tendulkar bag top honours at ESPNcricinfo awards. The Indian Express.
3. News: Tendulkar bags ESPNcricinfo Test batting award. The Times of India. 20 February 2012 . 20 February 2012.
4. Web site: Williamson, Broad, Southee, de Villiers win ESPNcricinfo awards. Hiru News. 15 March 2016.
5. Web site: Black Caps dominate awards. RNZ. 15 March 2016.
6. Web site: Perera, Stokes, Malinga and Perry win ESPNcricinfo awards for 2019. FT. 11 February 2020.
7. Web site: Ajinkya Rahane, Josh Hazelwood & Poonam Yadav among winners at ESPNcricinfo Awards 2020. Exchange4media. 21 January 2021.
8. News: ESPNcricinfo Awards: Rishabh Pant wins Test Batting award; Kane Williamson is Captain of the Year. The Hindu. 10 February 2022 . 10 February 2022.
9. Web site: Gayle, Taylor win ESPN cricinfo awards. Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 19 February 2010.
10. Web site: Another honour for Dale Steyn. News24. 14 February 2011.
11. Web site: Bracewell's Hobart heroics wins top award. The New Zealand Herald.
12. Web site: Philander wins top award. PressReader. 13 March 2013.
13. Web site: Kemar Roach wins Cricinfo Test bowling performance of the year award. IrieFm. 10 February 2020. 10 February 2020.
14. Web site: Miraz, Ebadot win ESPNcricinfo awards for 2022. CRICFRENZY. March 18, 2023.
15. News: Sehwag, Tendulkar bag Test, ODI honours in ESPNcricinfo Awards. The Times of India. 19 February 2010 . 19 February 2010.
16. Web site: Virat Kohli's 133 in CB series voted as 2012's best ODI effort. Indian Express. 11 March 2013.
17. News: Kohli's 133 in CB series voted as 2012's best ODI effort. The Times of India. 11 March 2013. 11 March 2013.
18. Web site: Rohit gets ESPNcricinfo award for best ODI batting show. Business Standard. 19 February 2015. 19 February 2015.
19. News: Rohit gets ESPNcricinfo award for best ODI batting show. The Economic Times. 19 February 2015. 19 February 2015.
20. Web site: Champions Trophy heroes Fakhar Zaman, Amir claim ODI performance of the year awards. ARY News. 19 February 2018 .
21. Web site: Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Afridi win ESPN awards 2021. Geo Super. 10 February 2022.
22. Web site: Malinga and Herath get Espncricinfo Awards. Ada Derana. 19 February 2015.
23. Web site: Brathwaite and Narine win ESPN awards. Radio Jamaica. 24 February 2017.
24. Web site: Muzarabani wins ESPNcricinfo Awards . The Herald.
25. Web site: Award delights Gayle. Jamaica Gleaner. 21 February 2010. 21 February 2010.
26. Web site: Rohit Sharma completes hattrick at ESPN Cricinfo Awards. Business Standard. 14 March 2016. 14 March 2016.
27. Web site: ESPNCRICINFO – Carlos Brathwaite and Hayley Matthews' career-defining innings in the men's and women's World T20 finals were voted the best T20 batting performances of 2016 at the ESPNcricinfo Awards, announced. Kaieteur News. 25 February 2017 . 25 February 2017.
28. Web site: ESPNCricinfo awards for Harmanpreet Kaur, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal. https://web.archive.org/web/20191020040159/http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2018/feb/19/espncricinfo-awards-for-harmanpreet-kaur-kuldeep-yadav-and-yuzvendra-chahal-1775629.html. dead. October 20, 2019. The New Indian Express. 19 February 2018.
29. News: Cricket: Lockie Ferguson, Kyle Jamieson win big at ESPN Cricinfo awards. News Hub. 24 January 2021.
30. Web site: Shahzad and Nabi awarded the ESPNcricinfo Awards. Salam Watandar.
31. Web site: Scotland cricket stars Calum MacLeod and Safyaan Sharif land major awards. The Herald Scotland. 26 February 2019.
32. Web site: Zimbabwe 5-fer wins Sharif Bowling Performance of The Year. Read Scoops. 28 February 2019 . 28 February 2019.
33. Web site: Oman's Khan wins prestigious award. Pressreader. 11 February 2020.
34. Web site: ESPNcricinfo Awards 2021 Associate bowling winner: Ruben Trumpelmann guts Scotland. Cricket Namibia. 10 February 2022 . 10 February 2022.
35. Web site: Mustafizur wins Best Debutant at ESPNcricinfo Awards. The Independent. 14 March 2016.
36. Web site: Mustafizur voted ESPNcricinfo debutant of the year. Daily Sun. 14 March 2016.
37. Web site: Harmanpreet Kaur, Kuldeep Yadav & Yuzvendra Chahal win big at ESPNCricinfo Awards. Hindustan Times. 19 February 2018 . 19 February 2018.
38. Web site: Virat Kohli named captain of the year at ESPNcricinfo Awards. The Indian Express. 27 February 2017 . 27 February 2017.
39. Web site: Morgan outclasses Kane, Virat to win captain of the year award. Daijiworld. 10 February 2020.
40. News: England's Eoin Morgan named captain of the year by ESPNcricinfo. The Hindu. 10 February 2020. 10 February 2020.
41. Web site: ESPNcricinfo Awards: Rishabh Pant Wins 'Test Batting Award', Kane Williamson Gets Captain of Year. India.com. 10 February 2022.