# ESPNcricinfo Awards

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 | 293 v Sri Lanka in Mumbai |
| 2010 | VVS Laxman | 96 v South Africa in Durban |
| 2011 | Sachin Tendulkar | 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 | 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 | 153* v South Africa in Durban |
| 2020 | Ajinkya Rahane | 112 v Australia in Melbourne |
| 2021 | Rishabh Pant | 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 | 5/11 v England in Kingston |
| 2010 | Dale Steyn | 7/51 v India in Nagpur |
| 2011 | Doug Bracewell | 6/40 v Australia in Hobart |
| 2012 | Vernon Philander | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 133* v Sri Lanka in Hobart |
| 2013 | Rohit Sharma | 209 v Australia in Bengaluru |
| 2014 | Rohit Sharma | 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 | 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 | 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 | 5/56 v Pakistan in Mirpur |
| 2015 | Tim Southee | 7/33 v England in Wellington |
| 2016 | Sunil Narine | 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 | 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 | 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 | 106 v South Africa in Dharamshala |
| 2016 | Carlos Brathwaite | 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 | 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 | 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 | 118* v Zimbabwe in Sharjah |
| 2017 | Kyle Coetzer | 109 v Zimbabwe in Edinburgh |
| 2018 | Calum MacLeod | 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 | 5/33 v Zimbabwe in Bulawayo |
| 2019 | Bilal Khan | 4/23 v Hong Kong in Dubai |
| 2020 | N/A | - |
| 2021 | Ruben Trumpelmann | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 2017 | Heather Knight |
| 2018 | Meg Lanning |
| 2019 | Eoin Morgan |
| 2020 | N/A |
| 2021 | Kane Williamson |
| 2022 | Ben Stokes |
| 2023 | Pat Cummins |
| 2024 | Pat Cummins (M) |
| 2024 | 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 |