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.

ESPNcricinfo Awards
Awarded forThe best individual performances in International cricket and T20 Leagues over the previous calendar year.
Presented byESPNcricinfo
First awarded19 December 2007 (2007-12-19)
WebsiteESPNcricinfo

Men's awards

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Men's Test batting performance of the year

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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

Men's Test bowling performance of the year

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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

Men's ODI batting performance of the year

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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

Men's ODI bowling performance of the year

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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

Men's T20I batting performance of the year

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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

Men's T20I bowling performance of the year

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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

Men's Associate batting performance of the year

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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

Men's Associate bowling performance of the year

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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

Men's Debutant of the year

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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

Women's awards

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Women's batting performance of the year

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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

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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

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Year Player Performance
2022   Alyssa Healy 170 v   England in Christchurch
2023   Chamari Athapaththu 140* v   New Zealand in Galle

Women's ODI Bowling performance of the year

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Year Player Performance
2022   Sophie Ecclestone 6/36 v   South Africa in Christchurch
2023   Marufa Akter 4/29 v   India in Mirpur

Women's T20I batting performance of the year

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

Women's T20I bowling performance of the year

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Year Player Performance
2022   Renuka Singh 4/18 v   Australia in Birmingham
2023   Ayabonga Khaka 4/29 v   England in Cape Town

Mixed awards

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Captain of the Year

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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

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Men's T20 leagues batting performance of the year

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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

Men's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year

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Year Player Team Performance
2022   Umran Malik   Sunrisers Hyderabad 5/25 v   Gujarat Titans
2023   Yuzvendra Chahal   Rajasthan Royals 4/29 v   Sunrisers Hyderabad

Women's T20 leagues batting performance of the year

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Year Player Team Performance
2023   Grace Harris   Brisbane Heat 136* v   Perth Scorcher

Women's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year

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Year Player Team Performance
2023   Amanda-Jade Wellington   Adelaide Strikers 3/16 v   Brisbane Heat

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