ESPNcricinfo Awards 2021

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, Harmanpreet Kaur, Glenn Maxwell, Alyssa Healy, Shahid Afridi and Kumar Sangakkara.

Men's Test batting performance of the year: Rishabh Pant, 89 not out vs Australia, Brisbane

Men's Test bowling performance of the year: Kyle Jamieson, 5 for 31 vs India, World Test Championship final, Southampton

Men's ODI batting performance of the year: Fakhar Zaman, 193 vs South Africa, Johannesburg

Men's ODI bowling performance of the year: Saqib Mahmood, 4 for 42 vs Pakistan, Cardiff

Men's T20I batting performance of the year: Jos Buttler, 101 not out vs Sri Lanka, T20 World Cup, Sharjah

Men's T20I bowling performance of the year: Shaheen Afridi, 3 for 31 vs India, T20 World Cup, Dubai

Women's batting performance of the year: Beth Mooney, 125 not out vs India, Mackay

Women's bowling performance of the year: Kate Cross, 5 for 34 vs India, Taunton

Associate batting performance of the year: Gerhard Erasmus, 53 not out vs Ireland, T20 World Cup, Sharjah

Associate bowling performance of the year: Ruben Trumpelmann, 3 for 17 vs Scotland, T20 World Cup, Abu Dhabi

Debutant of the year: Ollie Robinson

Captain of the year: Kane Williamson

Men's Test batting performance of the year: the Rohit, Fawad and Joe show

Men's Test bowling performance of the year: Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel and Kyle Jamieson make it New Zealand's year

Men's ODI batting performance of the year: Tom Latham and Deepak Chahar save the day, Ben Stokes goes on a rampage

Men's ODI bowling performance of the year: Shakib, Shamsi and Sam Curran get among the wickets

Men's T20I batting performance of the year: Babar accelerates, and Mitch Marsh keeps the faith

Men's T20I bowling performance of the year: Agar's six, Afridi's three, and Nortje's one

Women's batting performance of the year: Lizelle Lee's career-best knock, Mandhana's pink-ball triumph

Women's bowling performance of the year: Experienced Schutt strikes, rookies Darcie Brown, Fatima Sana shine

Associate batting performance of the year: Chris Greaves goes bam, Jaskaran Malhotra goes boom

Associate bowling performance of the year: Namibia special

Debutant of the year: Asalanka, Nissanka and others make it a bumper Sri Lankan crop

Captain of the year: Kane Williamson vs Virat Kohli