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 Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Sachin Tendulkar, Glenn Maxwell, Hamrmanpreet Kaur and Kuldeep Yadav (four awards apiece); Mitchell Johnson, Ben Stokes (three apiece); and Meg Lanning, Dale Steyn, Virat Kohli, Alyssa Healy, Kyle Jamieson, Travis Head and others (two each).
The winners
Men's Test batting performance of the year: Aiden Markram, 136 vs Australia, World Test Championship final
Men's Test bowling performance of the year: Mitchell Starc, 7 for 58 vs England, Perth
Men's ODI batting performance of the year: Ibrahim Zadran, 177 vs England, Lahore
Men's ODI bowling performance of the year: Varun Chakravarthy, 5 for 42 vs New Zealand, Dubai
Men's T20I batting performance of the year: Phil Salt, 141 not out vs South Africa, Manchester
Men's T20I bowling performance of the year: Kuldeep Yadav, 4 for 30 vs Pakistan, Asia Cup final
Men's T20 leagues batting performance of the year: Mitchell Owen, 108 vs Sydney Thunder, BBL
Men's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year: Taskin Ahmed, 7 for 19 vs Dhaka Capital, BPL
Men's captain of the year: Temba Bavuma
Men's debutant of the year: Beau Webster
Women's ODI batting performance of the year: Jemimah Rodrigues, 127 not out vs Australia, Women's World Cup semi-final
Women's ODI bowling performance of the year: Deepti Sharma, 5 for 39 vs South Africa, Women's World Cup final
Women's T20I batting performance of the year: Smriti Mandhana, 112 vs England
Women's T20I bowling performance of the year: Shree Charani, 4 for 12 vs England
Women's T20 leagues batting performance of the year: Harmanpreet Kaur, 66 vs Delhi Capitals
Women's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year: Kranti Gaud, 4 for 25 vs Delhi Capitals
Women's captain of the year: Harmanpreet Kaur
Women's debutant of the year: Shree Charani
Associate men's bowling performance of the year: Harry Manenti, 5 for 31 vs Scotland
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The nominees
Men's Test batting performance of the year: magnificent Markram, gutsy Gill
Men's Test bowling performance of the year: six-sevens across the board
Men's ODI batting performance of the year: Champions Trophy stunners, and a rearguard for the ages
Men's ODI bowling performance of the year: India and New Zealand trade blows
Men's T20I batting performance of the year: madcap tons and title-winning runs
Men's T20I bowling performance of the year: spin demons from hell
Men's T20 leagues batting performance of the year: baby monsters and big bashers
Men's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year: Taskin goes big, Siraj hits back
Men's captain of the year: Silverware chasers
Men's debutant of the year: late bloomers and young guns
Women's ODI batting performance of the year: Wolvaardt's supremacy, Rodrigues' catharsis
Women's ODI bowling performance of the year: the World Cup's wonder women
Women's T20I batting performance of the year: unbowed, unbent, unbeaten
Women's T20I bowling performance of the year: four-fors, three-fors, done for
Women's T20 leagues batting performance of the year: Lanning stuns, Kapp cuts loose, Harman makes it two
Women's T20 leagues bowling performance of the year: Gaud's gift, Devine's authority, and Gardner's crop
Women's captain of the year: ladies who launch
Women's debutant of the year: a bumper crop of bowlers
Associate men's batting nominees: you're going down, Goliath
Associate men's bowling nominees: The first eight-for, and other triumphs