ESPNcricinfo Awards 2022
The 16th edition of the ESPNcricinfo Awards, for performances in calendar year 2022
04-Mar-2023
ESPNcricinfo Ltd
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, Lasith Malinga, Sachin Tendulkar, Harmanpreet Kaur, Glenn Maxwell, Alyssa Healy, Ben Stokes, Shahid Afridi and Kumar Sangakkara.
The winners
Men's Test batting performance of the year: Jonny Bairstow 136 vs New Zealand, Nottingham
Men's Test bowling performance of the year: Ebadot Hossain 6 for 46 vs New Zealand, Mount Maunganui
Men's ODI batting performance of the year: Mehidy Hasan Miraz 100 not out vs India, Mirpur
Men's ODI bowling performance of the year: Jasprit Bumrah 6 for 19 vs England, The Oval
Men's T20I batting performance of the year: Suryakumar Yadav 111 not out vs New Zealand, Mount Maunganui
Men's T20I bowling performance of the year: Sam Curran 3 for 12 vs Pakistan, World Cup final, Melbourne
Men's T20 leagues batting performance of the year: Rajat Patidar, 112 not out vs Lucknow Super Giants, IPL, Kolkata
Men's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year: Umran Malik, 5 for 25 vs Gujarat Titans, IPL, Mumbai
Women's ODI batting performance of the year: Alyssa Healy 170 vs England, World Cup final, Christchurch
Women's ODI bowling performance of the year: Sophie Ecclestone 6 for 36 vs South Africa, World Cup semi-final, Christchurch
Women's T20I batting performance of the year: Smriti Mandhana 61 vs England, Commonwealth Games semi-final, Birmingham
Women's T20I bowling performance of the year: Renuka Singh 4 for 18 vs Australia, Commonwealth Games, Birmingham
Captain of the year: Ben Stokes (England)
Debutant of the year: Harry Brook (England)
Associate batting performance of the year: George Munsey 66 not out vs West Indies, T20 World Cup, Hobart
Associate bowling performance of the year: Brandon Glover 3 for 9 vs South Africa, T20 World Cup, Adelaide
The nominees
Men's Test batting performance of the year: Bairstow vs Bairstow
Men's Test bowling performance of the year: Ebadot manufactures a miracle, Jayasuriya stuns on debut
Men's ODI batting performance of the year: Bracewell goes berserk, Kishan goes massive
Men's ODI bowling performance of the year: an India-Bangladesh special
Men's T20I batting performance of the year: Kohli's rescue act, Litton's powerplay blitz
Men'sT20I bowling performance of the year: Arshdeep swings it for India, Raza upsets Pakistan
Men's T20 league batting nominees: Title-winning knocks, and the Hundred's first centurion
Men's T20 league bowling nominees: Thornton's birthday strikes, Rashid's six-for, and Umran's pace
Women's ODI batting performance of the year: Alyssa Healy and Nat Sciver-Brunt drop jaws in World Cup final
Women's ODI bowling performance of the year: Dean downs India, Ecclestone knocks out South Africa
Women's T20I batting performance of the year: McGrath helms record chase, Mandhana outdoes herself
Women's T20I bowling performance of the year: Gardner goes for gold, Brunt, Sohail take career-best figures
Debutant of the year: two Ahmeds, a Bracewell and a Brook
Captain of the year: Stokes or Buttler - who was better?
Associate batting performance of the year: Ackermann breaks South African hearts, Munsey downs West Indies
Associate bowling performance of the year: Meiyappan's hat-trick, and Watt's big secret