ESPNcricinfo Awards

Our nominees for this award won some major silverware in 2022

A stunning five-wicket haul, a medal-winning three-for, and a glut of four-fors make the list

Our nominees made big scores in record chases, raced to fastest fifties, and pulled off daring rescue acts

Our nominees set the stage alight with some epic knocks this year

Three spinners and two seamers make up our shortlist this year

Also on the list: small but mighty scores, almost-hundreds, and two identical Sunil Narine specials

Sparkling spells from seven leagues, including from Sunil Narine, Fabian Allen and Sam Cook in the BPL, CPL and Hundred finals

Shaheen Afridi, Sam Curran and Brandon Glover also make it to our shortlist

Also on the list, Rajapaksa's title-winning knock, Finn Allen's World Cup onslaught and Suryakumar Yadav's video-game innings

The 16th edition of the ESPNcricinfo Awards, for performances in calendar year 2022

Six of the nominees for this award are from two teams

Our nominees aced chases, broke records and flayed bowlers around the world

Our nominees starred in first-ever wins, took maiden five-fors, and turned matches with incisive spells

Two innings by Jonny B, plus Elgar, Pant, Babar and Warner

England's Ollie Robinson named debutant of the year, Namibia win Associates honours

The wicketkeeper-batter stared down a full-strength Australia attack to steer India to a famous victory

The fifth time the New Zealand beanpole took five in an innings, it won his side a world title

The Namibia bowler destroyed Scotland's top order in the space of one over at the T20 World Cup

The England bowler's second career five-for took India apart at Taunton

The Pakistan opener made history with his one-man onslaught against South Africa, even if in a losing cause