Who's most likely to win ICC Awards of the year 2021?

[criclover2311]

In tests I see these players have made impacts in series and matches win:- Joe root, Rishabh Pant, Shaheen Shah, Hasan Ali, Fawad Alam, Jamieson, Bumrah, Pujara, Rohit Sharma.
Rest had brilliant performances like Southee, Ashwin but their performances didn't win matches or other bowlers like jamieson and Axar patel contributed greatly, while players mentioned above, if you remove them team would have gone to lose matches. Joe root outstanding performer against pace and spin alike, win in India and series in Srilanka. SHaheen and Hasan single handedly bowled teams out consistently. Siraj missed out most matches.

In odis there are not many standout performers, odis were this year not highlighted much due to Tests(WTC) and T20s(Worldcup) dominating, many players even opted out to play ipl. Maybe Babar Azam, Fakhar, Kl rahul,Shaheen, Janneman Malan, Buttler/Bairstow makes the list of nominees. Maybe Saqib Mahmood. Pak won series in SA.

In t20is, You've to give Pakistan edge here, Rizwan, Shaheen, Rauf, Buttler, Kohli.

In the end its about impact created in specific formats, consistency and series wins/opposition are important.

For cricketer of the year, Rishabh Pant tops the list, followed by Shaheen, rest i haven't seen playing three formats on trot and being major contributer for team. Rizwan and Babar maybe but Rizwan was off form in Odis.

 

[Rajdeep]

Best Test Batsman - Joe Root

Best Test Bowler - Ravi Ashwin

Best ODI Batsman - Fakhar Zaman

Best ODI Bowler - Saqib Mehmood

Best T20 Batsman - Mohammed Rizwan

Best T20 Bowler - Shaheen Shah Afridi

Best Test Innings - Rishab Pant in Gabba

Best ODI Innings - Fakhar Zaman in SA

Best T20 Innings - Mitch Marsh in WT20 Finals

Best Test Spell - Bumrah vs Eng in Oval

Best ODI Spell - Saqib Mehmood vs Pak

Best T20 Spell - Shaheen Afridi vs India

Best Captain - Kane Williamson

Best Test team - India

Best ODI team - England

Best T20 team - Pakistan

 

[criclover2311]

Best Test Batsman - Joe Root

Best Test Bowler - Ravi Ashwin

Best ODI Batsman - Fakhar Zaman

Best ODI Bowler - Saqib Mehmood

Best T20 Batsman - Mohammed Rizwan

Best T20 Bowler - Shaheen Shah Afridi

Best Test Innings - Rishab Pant in Gabba

Best ODI Innings - Fakhar Zaman in SA

Best T20 Innings - Mitch Marsh in WT20 Finals

Best Test Spell - Bumrah vs Eng in Oval

Best ODI Spell - Saqib Mehmood vs Pak

Best T20 Spell - Shaheen Afridi vs India

Best Captain - Kane Williamson

Best Test team - India

Best ODI team - England

Best T20 team - Pakistan

You're mistaking it for espncricinfo awards, in ICC awards there's only cricketer of year, test player of year, odi player of year, and t2o international performance of year.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

You're mistaking it for espncricinfo awards, in ICC awards there's only cricketer of year, test player of year, odi player of year, and t2o international performance of year.

Being non-bias in that regard I say:

Test player of the year- Joe Root
Odi player of the year- Babar Azam
T20 intl performance of the year- Muhammed Rizwan

 

[hamzi]

I'm gonna go with :

Player of the Year
Muhammad Rizwan...was amazing in all 3 formats including setting new benchmarks in T20 as well as being the best wicketkeeper.

Test Player of the Year
Joe Root...No brainer

ODI Player of the Year
Paul Stirling(Babar Azam if he has a great series against Westindies) very weak year for ODI so wont be surprised if it is not given or merged with T20 to give a white ball player of the year.

T20 Performance
Mitchel Marsh...Another easy choice

Spirit
Kohli...for his gesture against Babar, Rizwan (India has to win some awards)

Umpire
Michael Gough...Easy choice again

Emerging
Haven't followed much but i think Nissanka or Hasaranga of Srilanka

Fan Moment(If given)
Pak Beating India...another easy choise

 

[Cric1234]

Best all format batsman - Mohammad Hafeez

Best all rounder - Shoaib Malik

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Most times winning ICC Player of the Year award:

3 - AB de Villiers
2 - Virat Kohli
2 - MS Dhoni
2 - Kumar Sangakkara

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Most times winning ICC awards (ICC Awards like ICC ODI/Test/T20, Player of Year/Decade)

Virat Kohli - 8
Sangakarra - 4
Steven Smith - 4
AB de Villiers - 3
Ricky Ponting - 3

 

[Cover Drive Six]

These batsmen have never won the ICC Cricketer of the Year award Trophy.
Who is most likely to win it first?

Marnus Labuschagne
Joe Root
Kane Williamson
Quinton de Kock
Rohit Sharma
Babar Azam

 

[Ab Fan]

It will be between Joe Root and Ravichandran Ashwin.

I think Root will win it.

 

[Ab Fan]

Most times winning ICC Player of the Year award:

3 - AB de Villiers
2 - Virat Kohli
2 - MS Dhoni
2 - Kumar Sangakkara

Wow! Great facts. I loved that, keep posting such stuffs.

 

[sweep_shot]

Best Test Batsman - Joe Root

Best Test Bowler - Kyle Jamieson

Best ODI Batsman - Fakhar Zaman

Best ODI Bowler - Dushmantha Chameera (most ODI wickets in 2021 so far)

Best T20 Batsman - Mohammad Rizwan

Best T20 Bowler - Shaheen Shah Afridi

Best Captain - Kane Williamson

Best wicket-keeper - Mohammad Rizwan

Best Test team - New Zealand

Best ODI team - England

Best T20 team - Pakistan.

 

[TeamPak95]

Best all format batsman - Mohammad Hafeez

Best all rounder - Shoaib Malik

Best all-faceted player - Mohammad Hafeez

 

[Cricfan4eva]

SA and SL are the only sides to have played 10+ ODIs this year.

Only 2 players have scored 500+ runs

Only 11 players have batted in 10+ innings

Paul Stirling has to be the outright winner for ODI player of the year.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Most times winning ICC Player of the Year award:

3 - AB de Villiers
2 - Virat Kohli
2 - MS Dhoni
2 - Kumar Sangakkara

Are you talking about ICC ODI player of the year award?
ABD has won zero ICC player of the year award, Virat has won 3 including a decade award. Johnson and Ponting are the only players along with Kohli to win multiple player of the year awards.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Very few ODI matches played this year due to pandemic.
These will be likely nominations for respective awards.
Performances period is 1 Jan 2021 to 31 Dec 2021.

Player of the Year Award
1.Joe Root
2.Mohammed Rizwan
3.Shaheen Afridi
4.Hasan Ali

Test Player of the Year
1.Joe Root
2.Dimuth Karunaratne
3.R Ashwin
4.Hasan Ali

ODI Player of the year (very few options to choose from)
1.Paul Stirling
2.Janeman Malan
3.Babar Azam
4.Sandeep Lammichane

Twenty Player of Year
*Overall Rizwan was the best int. T20 player of the year but this award is given for the single most impressive performance.
These are some impressive performances in the year.
1. Mathew Wade vs Pakistan in semis
2. Babar Azam chasing century vs RSA
3. Mitchell Marsh's superb half century in Finals
4. Daryl Mitchell semis vs England

Emerging Player of The Year
*Player's age should be under 26 at the start of voting period and shouldn't have played more than 5 tests or 10 ODIs.Hence, Conway, Jamieson, Abid Ali, Siraj, Nortje and Ollie Robinson failed to make the cut.
1.Janeman Malan
2.C Asalanka
3.Shubman Gill
4.Cameron Green

 

[James]

Player of the year and Test player of the year are surely both going to Joe Root.

 

[transparent opacity]

Test player of the year should be Joe Root and LOIs player of the year should go to Rizwan without a doubt.

 

[Major]

Cricketer of the year should go to rizwan or shaheen.

But knowing icc they will hand it over to some indian

 

[shamaan]

Cricketer of the year should go to Rizwan

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Hopefully Ashwin, the Indian.

 

[Aman]

Kyle Jamieson has to win Test cricketer of the year.

Rizwan/Babar for T20 player of the year.

Whoever for ODIs.

Player of the year and Test player of the year are surely both going to Joe Root.

Uh? Kyle Jamieson?

 

[shah_1]

Shaheen deserves ICC player of the year award

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Shaheen deserves ICC player of the year award

He will win emerging player of the year award since he is below 22.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

He will win emerging player of the year award since he is below 22.

He is not qualified for that award as he played more than 5 tests and 10 ODIs till 1 Jan 2021.

 

[shah_1]

He will win emerging player of the year award since he is below 22.

Rohit would have won it if he had a great T20 WC

 

[MenInG]

Rizwan will figure in it somewhere am sure.

 

[Ab Fan]

Root by a margin. Look at the difference between 1st and 2nd leading run scorer. Also, don't count out the 11 wickets he has taken this year. Even a pair in 3rd test won't be enough to take away the award from him.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Root for player of the year and test batsman of the year.

Shaheen could get test bowler of the year. Although judging by how these things go I guess it will probably go to Ashwin. Jamieson doesn't even figure in the Top 5 so I don't get where he came in from.

The rest of the awards mean nothing.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Also, there is no such thing as 'T20 Player of the Year'. There is an award for T20 Performance of the Year. Which is given for one singular performance in one singular game.

 

[Protea Fan]

Root will win it easily i think

Travelled all over the world and scored effortlessly against top oppositions

 

[ahmadharis1]

Has to be Root

 

[street cricketer]

Root for player of the year and test batsman of the year.

Shaheen could get test bowler of the year. Although judging by how these things go I guess it will probably go to Ashwin. Jamieson doesn't even figure in the Top 5 so I don't get where he came in from.

The rest of the awards mean nothing.

There's no serious case that can be made for Shaheen to win the award above Ashwin. Ashwin played a crucial role in India winning the series in Australia and he did that as a spinner touring a SENA country. He also topped the wicket taking chart for the last WTC cycle. Shaheen had a good year, but Ashwin's achievements are clearly higher.

 

[street cricketer]

Kyle Jamieson has to win Test cricketer of the year.

Rizwan/Babar for T20 player of the year.

Whoever for ODIs.

Uh? Kyle Jamieson?

Jamieson had an exceptional year at home and in the WTC final.

But Root's exceptional performances came on the turners of Sri Lanka and in India. Root deserves the award more.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

There's no serious case that can be made for Shaheen to win the award above Ashwin. Ashwin played a crucial role in India winning the series in Australia and he did that as a spinner touring a SENA country. He also topped the wicket taking chart for the last WTC cycle. Shaheen had a good year, but Ashwin's achievements are clearly higher.

Shaheen is 21. For him to have had the year he has had in test cricket is nothing short of remarkable. He didn't have a good year, he had a great year. You could argue that Ashwin deserves it more because of his performance in Australia and comparative quality of oppositions but let's not act like Shaheen hasn't had remarkable breakthrough year or that Ashwin's year isn't (as always) dominated by hometrack bullying.

 

[street cricketer]

Shaheen is 21. For him to have had the year he has had in test cricket is nothing short of remarkable. He didn't have a good year, he had a great year. You could argue that Ashwin deserves it more because of his performance in Australia and comparative quality of oppositions but let's not act like Shaheen hasn't had remarkable breakthrough year or that Ashwin's year isn't (as always) dominated by hometrack bullying.

This is an ICC award, the age of the player doesn't get considered mate. I love Shaheen but he is yet to bring the goods in Test cricket. He is a gun bowler in LOIs (top 3 in my book) but in Test cricket, he has failed against the top teams (which is understandable coz he's just 21). All of his performances have been against the Windies, Bangladesh or Zimbabwe. His only performance against a decent team was against SA at home where he averaged 28, picking 7 wickets from the series.

Ashwin literally was the bowler who played the biggest role in us winning the series in Australia, he kept Smith and Labuschagne tied down for a majority of the series. Everyone bullies at home, home is supposed to be easier to play for any player, but the difference is Ashwin performed in unfavourable conditions in SENA last year and even on a greenish wicket in the WTC final in largely unfavourable conditions for a spinner, he was India's best bowler again in the final. He only didn't get to play in the England series because Jadeja was a better bat than him, else he would've added to his tally against the English batsmen who frankly aren't great at playing spin even outside asia.

Might appear elitist, but I don't take performances against teams like WI, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka seriously when I rate a player. All of these teams regularly lose games even at home to the top teams. Shaheen is still unproven against the top teams in Test cricket, and his first test will be to perform against the likes of Australia, NZ and England at home, and his ultimate test will be to perform against the same countries away from home in their den. I don't think many neutral observers (nin Indian non Pakistanis) would opt for Shaheen to get the award over Ashwin given the last year he had.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

But Root's exceptional performances came on the turners of Sri Lanka and in India. Root deserves the award more.

Root did well on a flat patta in the first match vs India then failed throughout the series.

You are right though, atleast he scored runs away from home so should be the first choice as test cricketer of the year.

 

[street cricketer]

Root did well on a flat patta in the first match vs India then failed throughout the series.

You are right though, atleast he scored runs away from home so should be the first choice as test cricketer of the year.

The wickets in the 2nd and 3rd tests weren't test standard.

Anyone would've failed on those pitches.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Shaheen is 21. For him to have had the year he has had in test cricket is nothing short of remarkable. He didn't have a good year, he had a great year. You could argue that Ashwin deserves it more because of his performance in Australia and comparative quality of oppositions but let's not act like Shaheen hasn't had remarkable breakthrough year or that Ashwin's year isn't (as always) dominated by hometrack bullying.

There is absolutely no case for Shaheen getting this award over Ashwin.

1. He played against two good teams - Nz and Sa, averaged 50 vs Nz and 28 vs Sa, none of them counts as anything close to great performance.

2. He had great performances against Wi and ban but both of them are minnows.

On the other hand
Ashwin destroyed Eng, Nz in home conditions and Australia away from home and also averaged 11 with the ball in WTC final!

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

The wickets in the 2nd and 3rd tests weren't test standard.

Anyone would've failed on those pitches.

Then why are you saying he scored on turners in India? Bcoz he didn't

Secondly Rohit, Pant and even Ashwin scored a century on those same pitches.

 

[street cricketer]

Then why are you saying he scored on turners in India? Bcoz he didn't

Secondly Rohit, Pant and even Ashwin scored a century on those same pitches.

Root scored on turners in Sri Lanka and scored a ton on a flatty in India. That's enough in my book to win the award than Jamieson.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Actually Root averaged 15 in the series if we exclude the first match, even Kohli averaged higher than him, lol.

So definitely he did zilch on turners, still he should get the award coz at least he scored away from home.

 

[Ab Fan]

Root scored three hundreds in four tests at home against the best side of this generation. Does that count high?

Hell, yeah!

 

[Aman]

Jamieson had an exceptional year at home and in the WTC final.

But Root's exceptional performances came on the turners of Sri Lanka and in India. Root deserves the award more.

Jamieson was good in the first test in India as well.

3 5fers and 1 10WM in 10 innings @ 17.51 while playing against England, India and Pakistan.

Including a MOTM performance against India in the WTC Final.

 

[Ab Fan]

Jamieson can be considered emerging player of the year.

But if you look at test player of the year, then it has to go to Joe Root without a doubt.

It has been one of the greatest years of all-time for an individual cricketer in the game. He played against mostly top teams( India, Aus, NZ) and scored 1600+ runs and took 12 test wickets too.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Best Test Batsman - Joe Root

Best Test Bowler - Ravi Ashwin

Best ODI Batsman - Fakhar Zaman

Best ODI Bowler - Saqib Mehmood

Best T20 Batsman - Mohammed Rizwan

Best T20 Bowler - Shaheen Shah Afridi

Best Test Innings - Rishab Pant in Gabba

Best ODI Innings - Fakhar Zaman in SA

Best T20 Innings - Mitch Marsh in WT20 Finals

Best Test Spell - Bumrah vs Eng in Oval

Best ODI Spell - Saqib Mehmood vs Pak

Best T20 Spell - Shaheen Afridi vs India

Best Captain - Kane Williamson

Best Test team - India

Best ODI team - England

Best T20 team - Pakistan

Are these ICC awards or Filmfare awards?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

This is an ICC award, the age of the player doesn't get considered mate. I love Shaheen but he is yet to bring the goods in Test cricket. He is a gun bowler in LOIs (top 3 in my book) but in Test cricket, he has failed against the top teams (which is understandable coz he's just 21). All of his performances have been against the Windies, Bangladesh or Zimbabwe. His only performance against a decent team was against SA at home where he averaged 28, picking 7 wickets from the series.

Ashwin literally was the bowler who played the biggest role in us winning the series in Australia, he kept Smith and Labuschagne tied down for a majority of the series. Everyone bullies at home, home is supposed to be easier to play for any player, but the difference is Ashwin performed in unfavourable conditions in SENA last year and even on a greenish wicket in the WTC final in largely unfavourable conditions for a spinner, he was India's best bowler again in the final. He only didn't get to play in the England series because Jadeja was a better bat than him, else he would've added to his tally against the English batsmen who frankly aren't great at playing spin even outside asia.

Might appear elitist, but I don't take performances against teams like WI, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka seriously when I rate a player. All of these teams regularly lose games even at home to the top teams. Shaheen is still unproven against the top teams in Test cricket, and his first test will be to perform against the likes of Australia, NZ and England at home, and his ultimate test will be to perform against the same countries away from home in their den. I don't think many neutral observers (nin Indian non Pakistanis) would opt for Shaheen to get the award over Ashwin given the last year he had.

I don't disagree with anything about Ashwin. But to say Shaheen is yet to "deliver the goods" or whatnot is incredibly misplaced. Anyone who has seen him bowl in the last year knows that he has finally matured into a proper all-format bowler. His ascension to No. 3 in the Test Bowling Rankings is evidence of that.

Shaheen also can't be blamed for the fact that he had such few matches against top teams. He delivered in pretty much every series he played. And if we were to take your measure then rarely would guys outside the Big 3 teams win any awards. If Ashwin can win cricketer of year based completely on dominance at home than others players can be considered based on face value too.

 

[Aman]

Jamieson can be considered emerging player of the year.

But if you look at test player of the year, then it has to go to Joe Root without a doubt.

It has been one of the greatest years of all-time for an individual cricketer in the game. He played against mostly top teams( India, Aus, NZ) and scored 1600+ runs and took 12 test wickets too.

Root has played 3x as many matches as everyone else.

 

[street cricketer]

I don't disagree with anything about Ashwin. But to say Shaheen is yet to "deliver the goods" or whatnot is incredibly misplaced. Anyone who has seen him bowl in the last year knows that he has finally matured into a proper all-format bowler. His ascension to No. 3 in the Test Bowling Rankings is evidence of that.

Shaheen also can't be blamed for the fact that he had such few matches against top teams. He delivered in pretty much every series he played. And if we were to take your measure then rarely would guys outside the Big 3 teams win any awards. If Ashwin can win cricketer of year based completely on dominance at home than others players can be considered based on face value too.

Would you say Abid Ali has succeeded in Test cricket?

I have always rated all players including Indian players along the same lines. I wouldn't rate an Indian player if he has just performed vs the likes of Sri Lanka and West Indies, and I would wait for him to perform against the big teams. Even then, you still rate a player as world class only when he performs in countries like England, Australia, NZ, SA (India for SENA teams). Otherwise he's just a good home track bully.

 

[Ab Fan]

Are these ICC awards or Filmfare awards?

ICC awards as they don't get paid.

 

[Walawalkar]

Root has played 3x as many matches as everyone else.

So more matches means more runs...how cute logic Aman

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Would you say Abid Ali has succeeded in Test cricket?

I have always rated all players including Indian players along the same lines. I wouldn't rate an Indian player if he has just performed vs the likes of Sri Lanka and West Indies, and I would wait for him to perform against the big teams. Even then, you still rate a player as world class only when he performs in countries like England, Australia, NZ, SA (India for SENA teams). Otherwise he's just a good home track bully.

I'm not talking about rating a player, I'm talking about being a contender for a yearly award. In a calendar year any team can have favorable or unfavorable match-ups. That shouldn't discount the performance of someone who has done well that year.

 

[Ummii]

Rizzi for sure

 

[street cricketer]

I'm not talking about rating a player, I'm talking about being a contender for a yearly award. In a calendar year any team can have favorable or unfavorable match-ups. That shouldn't discount the performance of someone who has done well that year.

I don't know the stats, but even if we disregard all the match ups, I reckon Ashwin would have better stats than Shaheen. So to insinuate that Shaheen should actually win the award, but Ashwin will because of ICC's bias towards the Big 3 is a pretty unfair statement imho.

If Anderson had a killer home season and helped England win the Ashes in Australia, while simultaneously topping the WTC charts for the most wickets taken, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I don't know the stats, but even if we disregard all the match ups, I reckon Ashwin would have better stats than Shaheen. So to insinuate that Shaheen should actually win the award, but Ashwin will because of ICC's bias towards the Big 3 is a pretty unfair statement imho.

If Anderson had a killer home season and helped England win the Ashes in Australia, while simultaneously topping the WTC charts for the most wickets taken, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Fair enough. I see your point. It was perhaps wrong for me to bring ICC bias into this. But I still don't think its that ludicrous for Shaheen to win the award. Because its not everyday you see a young pacer have such an outstanding breakthrough year in test cricket.