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 Venue
2007 Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara 192 v  Australia Hobart
2008 India Virender Sehwag 201* v  Sri Lanka Galle
2009 293 v  Sri Lanka Mumbai
2010 India VVS Laxman[1] 96 v  South Africa Durban
2011 India Sachin Tendulkar[2] 146 v  South Africa Cape Town
2012 England Kevin Pietersen 186 v  India Mumbai
2013 India Shikhar Dhawan 187 v  Australia Mohali
2014 New Zealand Brendon McCullum 302 v  India Wellington
2015 New Zealand Kane Williamson[3][4] 242* v  Sri Lanka
2016 England Ben Stokes 258 v  South Africa Cape Town
2017 Australia Steve Smith 109 v  India Pune
2018 India Cheteshwar Pujara 123 v  Australia Adelaide
2019 Sri Lanka Kusal Perera[5] 153* v  South Africa Durban
2020 India Ajinkya Rahane[6] 112 v  Australia Melbourne
2021 India Rishabh Pant[7] 89* v  Australia Brisbane
2022 England Jonny Bairstow136* v  New Zealand Nottingham
2023 Australia Travis Head 163 v  India London
2024 England Ollie Pope 196 v  India Hyderabad

Men's Test bowling performance of the year

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

Men's ODI batting performance of the year

Year Player Performance Venue
2007 Australia Adam Gilchrist 149 v  Sri Lanka Bridgetown
2008 Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya 125 v  India Karachi
2009 India Sachin Tendulkar[14] 175 v  Australia Hyderabad
2010 200* v  South Africa Gwalior
2011 Ireland Kevin O'Brien 113 v  England Bengaluru
2012 India Virat Kohli[15][16] 133* v  Sri Lanka Hobart
2013 India Rohit Sharma 209 v  Australia Bengaluru
2014 264 v  Sri Lanka Kolkata
2015 South Africa AB de Villiers 149 v  West Indies Johannesburg
2016 South Africa Quinton de Kock 178 v  Australia Centurion
2017 Pakistan Fakhar Zaman[17] 114 v  India London
2018 New Zealand Ross Taylor 181* v  England Dunedin
2019 England Ben Stokes 84* v  New Zealand London
2020 Australia Glenn Maxwell 108 v  England Manchester
2021 Pakistan Fakhar Zaman[18] 193 v  South Africa Johannesburg
2022 Bangladesh Mehedy Hasan Miraz 100* v  India Mirpur
2023 Australia Glenn Maxwell 201* v  Afghanistan Mumbai
2024 Australia Travis Head 154* v  England Trent Bridge

Men's ODI bowling performance of the year

Year Player Performance Venue
2007 Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga 4/54 v  South Africa Providence
2008 Sri Lanka Ajantha Mendis 6/13 v  India Karachi
2009 Pakistan Shahid Afridi 6/38 v  Australia Dubai
2010 Pakistan Umar Gul 6/42 v  England London
2011 Australia Mitchell Johnson 6/31 v  Sri Lanka Pallekele
2012 Sri Lanka Thisara Perera 6/44 v  Pakistan
2013 Pakistan Shahid Afridi 7/12 v  West Indies Georgetown
2014 Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga[19] 5/56 v  Pakistan Mirpur
2015 New Zealand Tim Southee 7/33 v  England Wellington
2016 Cricket West Indies Sunil Narine[20] 6/27 v  South Africa Providence
2017 Pakistan Mohammad Amir 3/16 v  India London
2018 India Kuldeep Yadav 6/25 v  England Nottingham
2019 New Zealand Matt Henry 3/37 v  India Manchester
2020 Zimbabwe Blessing Muzarabani[21] 5/49 v  Pakistan Rawalpindi
2021 England Saqib Mahmood 4/42 v  Pakistan Cardiff
2022 India Jasprit Bumrah 6/19 v  England London
2023 India Mohammed Shami 7/57 v  New Zealand Mumbai
2024 Sri Lanka Jeffrey Vandersay 6/33 v  India Colombo

Men's T20I batting performance of the year

Year Player Performance Venue
2007 India Yuvraj Singh 70 v  Australia Durban
2008 N/A
2009 Cricket West Indies Chris Gayle[22] 88 v  Australia London
2010 Australia Michael Hussey 60* v  Pakistan Gros Islet
2011 N/A
2012 Cricket West Indies Marlon Samuels 78 v  Sri Lanka Colombo
2013 N/A
2014 England Alex Hales 116* v  Sri Lanka Chittagong
2015 India Rohit Sharma[23] 106 v  South Africa Dharamshala
2016 Cricket West Indies Carlos Brathwaite[24] 34* v  England Kolkata
2017 Cricket West Indies Evin Lewis 125 v  India Kingston
2018 Australia Glenn Maxwell 103* v  England Hobart
2019 113* v  India Bengaluru
2020 England Jonny Bairstow 86* v  South Africa Cape Town
2021 England Jos Buttler 101* v  Sri Lanka Dubai
2022 India Suryakumar Yadav 111* v  New Zealand Mount Maunganui
2023 112* v  Sri Lanka Rajkot
2024 India Rohit Sharma 92 v  Australia Gros Islet

Men's T20I bowling performance of the year

Year Player Performance Venue
2007 India RP Singh 4/13 v  South Africa Durban
2008 N/A
2009 Pakistan Umar Gul 5/6 v  New Zealand London
2010 New Zealand Tim Southee 5/18 v  Pakistan Auckland
2011 N/A
2012 Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga 5/31 v  England Pallekele
2013 N/A
2014 Sri Lanka Rangana Herath 5/3 v  New Zealand Chittagong
2015 South Africa David Wiese 5/23 v  West Indies Durban
2016 Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman 5/22 v  New Zealand Kolkata
2017 India Yuzvendra Chahal[25] 6/25 v  England Bengaluru
2018 India Kuldeep Yadav 5/24 v  England London
2019 Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga 5/6 v  New Zealand Pallekele
2020 New Zealand Lockie Ferguson[26] 5/21 v  West Indies Auckland
2021 Pakistan Shaheen Afridi 3/31 v  India Dubai
2022 England Sam Curran 3/12 v  Pakistan Melbourne
2023 Cricket West Indies Alzarri Joseph 5/40 v  South Africa Johannesburg
2024 India Jasprit Bumrah 2/18 v v  South Africa Bridgetown

Men's Associate batting performance of the year

Year Player Performance Venue
2016 Afghanistan Mohammad Shahzad[27] 118* v  Zimbabwe Sharjah
2017 Scotland Kyle Coetzer 109 v  Zimbabwe Edinburgh
2018 Scotland Calum MacLeod[28] 140* v  England
2019 Scotland George Munsey 127* v  Netherlands Dublin
2020 N/A
2021 Namibia Gerhard Erasmus 53* v  Ireland Sharjah
2022 Scotland George Munsey 66* v  West Indies Hobart
2023 Netherlands Bas de Leede 123 v  Scotland Bulawayo
2024 United States Aaron Jones 94 vs  Canada Dallas

Men's Associate bowling performance of the year

Year Player Performance Venue
2016 Afghanistan Mohammad Nabi 2/16 v  Bangladesh Mirpur
2017 Afghanistan Rashid Khan 7/18 v  West Indies Gros Islet
2018 Scotland Safyaan Sharif[29] 5/33 v  Zimbabwe Bulawayo
2019 Oman Bilal Khan[30] 4/23 v  Hong Kong Dubai
2020 N/A
2021 Namibia Ruben Trumpelmann[31] 3/17 v  Scotland Abu Dhabi
2022 Netherlands Brandon Glover 3/9 v  South Africa Adelaide
2023 Scotland Brandon McMullen 5/34 v  Ireland Bulawayo
2024 United States Saurabh Netravalkar 2/18 v  Pakistan Dallas

Men's Debutant of the year

Year Player
2013 India Mohammed Shami
2014 N/A
2015 Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman[32][33]
2016 Bangladesh Mehidy Hasan Miraz
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
2024 Cricket West Indies Shamar Joseph

Women's awards

Women's batting performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2016 Cricket West Indies Hayley Matthews 66 v  Australia in Kolkata
2017 India Harmanpreet Kaur[34] 171* v  Australia in Derby
2018 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

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

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

Women's ODI Bowling performance of the year

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

Women's T20I batting performance of the year

Year Player Performance
2022 India Smriti Mandhana 61 v  England in Birmingham
2023 Cricket West Indies Hayley Matthews 132 v  Australia in Sydney
2024 South Africa Anneke Bosch 74* v  Australia in Dubai

Women's T20I bowling performance of the year

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
2024 New Zealand Amelia Kerr 3/24 v  South Africa in Dubai

Women's Debutant of the year

Year Player
2024 Australia Georgia Voll

Mixed awards

Captain of the Year

Year Winner
2015 New Zealand Brendon McCullum
2016 India Virat Kohli[35]
2017 England Heather Knight
2018 Australia Meg Lanning
2019 England Eoin Morgan[36][37]
2020 N/A
2021 New Zealand Kane Williamson[38]
2022 England Ben Stokes
2023 Australia Pat Cummins
2024 Australia Pat Cummins (M)
New Zealand Sophie Devine (W)

21st Century Greatest Cricketer (2000-2025)

Other awards

Men's T20 leagues batting performance of the year

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
2024 Australia Josh Brown Australia Brisbane Heat 140 v Australia Adelaide Strikers

Men's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year

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
2024 India Jasprit Bumrah India Mumbai Indians 6/25 v India Royal Challengers Bangaluru

Women's T20 leagues batting performance of the year

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

Women's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year

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

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