The ESPNcricinfo Awards recognise the best individual batting and bowling performances in cricket over the previous calendar year. They are voted on by an independent jury of former cricketers, commentators, and ESPNcricinfo’s senior writers. Previous winners have included Dale Steyn, Jasprit Bumrah, Meg Lanning, Harmanpreet Kaur, Virat Kohli, Alyssa Healy, Ben Stokes, Shahid Afridi and Kumar Sangakkara.

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The winners

Men’s Test batting performance of the year: Travis Head, 163 vs India, WTC final, The Oval

Men’s Test bowling performance of the year: Nathan Lyon, 8 for 64 vs India, Indore

Men’s ODI batting performance of the year: Glenn Maxwell, 201 not out vs Afghanistan, Mumbai

Men’s ODI bowling performance of the year: Mohammed Shami 7 for 57 vs New Zealand, World Cup semi-final, Mumbai

Men’s T20I batting performance of the year: Suryakumar Yadav, 112 not out vs Sri Lanka, Rajkot

Men’s T20I bowling performance of the year: Alzarri Joseph, 5 for 40 vs South Africa, Johannesburg

Men’s T20 leagues batting performance of the year: Nicholas Pooran, 137 not out vs Seattle Orcas, MLC final, Dallas

Men’s T20 leagues bowling performance of the year: Yuzvendra Chahal, 4 for 29 vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Jaipur

Women’s ODI batting performance of the year: Chamari Athapaththu, 140 vs New Zealand, Galle

Women’s ODI bowling performance of the year: Marufa Akter, 4 for 29 vs India, Mirpur

Women’s T20I batting performance of the year: Hayley Matthews, 132 vs Australia, North Sydney

Women’s T20I bowling performance of the year: Ayabonga Khaka, 4 for 29 vs England, Cape Town

Women’s T20 leagues batting performance of the year: Grace Harris, 136 not out vs Perth Scorchers, North Sydney

Women’s T20 leagues bowling performance of the year: Amanda-Jade Wellington, 3 for 16 vs Brisbane Heat, WBBL final, Adelaide

Captain of the year: Pat Cummins (Australia)

Debutant of the year: Gerald Coetzee (South Africa)

Associate batting performance of the year: Bas de Leede, 123 vs Scotland, Bulawayo

Associate bowling performance of the year: Brandon McMullen, 5 for 34 vs Ireland, Bulawayo

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The nominees

Men’s Test batting performance of the year: two grinders, two flayers

Men’s Test bowling performance of the year: A seven-for, an eight-for, and all done for

Men’s ODI batting performance of the year: the Gill, Maxwell, Klaasen and Head show

Men’s ODI bowling performance of the year: Two Australians, two Indians, a whole lot of wickets

Men’s T20I batting performance of the year: The wham bam Grand Slam

Men’s T20I bowling performance of the year: Alzarri downs South Africa, Mehidy befuddles England

Men’s T20 leagues batting performance of the year: Roy sets PSL ablaze, Gill downs Mumbai Indians

Men’s T20 leagues bowling performance of the year: Strikers from the subcontinent

Women’s ODI batting performance of the year: Chamari Athapaththu’s year and Fargana Hoque’s first

Women’s ODI bowling performance of the year: Marufa chokes India, Gaur crushes Sri Lanka

Women’s T20I batting performance of the year: Mooney trots, Matthews gallops

Women’s T20I bowling performance of the year: Khaka and Ismail’s sweet semi song

Women’s T20 league batting performance of the year: Devine wrath, amazing Grace

Women’s T20 leagues bowling performance of the year: Hayley smokes, Darlington rips, Wellington does it twice

Debutant of the year: a World Cup star, a debut centurion, and T20 stalwarts

Captain of the year: Rohit, Cummins or Harmanpreet – who led better?

Associate batting nominees: Leask’s heist, and van Beek’s Super innings

Associate bowling nominees: Ali Khan’s seven, Bas de Leede’s five

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