Player of the Match awards (cricket)

In sport of cricket, a Man of the Match or Player of the Match and Player of the Series award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a particular match or series. The term was originally used more often in cricket before being adopted by other sports. This can be a player from either team, usually the winning team.

In cricket, the man of the match award became a regular feature in Test matches in the mid 1980s.[1] The man of the match title is usually awarded to the player whose contribution is seen as the most critical in winning the game. However, there have been many instances when the performance of the losing team's player has earned him the award.[2]

In Test matches, Jacques Kallis holds the record for the highest number of awards won, with 23 in 166 matches played, which is then followed by Muttiah Muralitharan with 19 awards.[1]

In ODI Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest number of man of the match titles, with 62 awards in 463 matches played.[3]

In Twenty20 Internationals,Virat Kohli with 13 awards, followed by Mohammed Nabiwith 12 awards.[4]

Test cricket

Most Player-of-the-Match awards
No. of AwardsPlayerTeamMatchesCareer
23Jacques Kallis South Africa1661995–2013
19Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka1331992–2010
17Wasim Akram Pakistan1041985–2002
17Shane Warne Australia1451992–2007
16Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka1342000–2015
16Ricky Ponting Australia1681995–2012
14Curtly Ambrose West Indies981988–2000
14Steve Waugh Australia1681985–2004
14Sachin Tendulkar  India2001989–2013
13Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka1491997–2014

Last updated: 5 March 2019[5]

Most Player-of-the-Series awards
No. of AwardsPlayerTeamNo. of SeriesCareer
11Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka611992–2010
9Jacques Kallis South Africa611995–2013
8Imran Khan Pakistan281971–1992
8Richard Hadlee New Zealand331973–1990
8Shane Warne Australia461992–2007
7Ravichandran Ashwin India272011–present
7Wasim Akram Pakistan431985–2002
7Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies601994–2015
6Malcolm Marshall West Indies211978–1991
6Curtly Ambrose West Indies271988–2000
6Steve Waugh Australia541985–2004

Last updated: 3 February 2020[6]

One Day International cricket

Most Player-of-the-Match awards
No. of AwardsPlayerMatchesCareer
62Sachin Tendulkar  India4631989–2012
48Sanath Jayasuriya  Sri Lanka4451989–2011
37Virat Kohli  India2452008-present
32Jacques Kallis  South Africa3281996–2014
32Ricky Ponting  Australia3751995–2012
32Shahid Afridi  Pakistan3981996–2015
31Vivian Richards  West Indies1871975–1991
31Sourav Ganguly  India3111992–2007
31Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka4042000–2015
30Brian Lara  West Indies2991990–2007
30Aravinda de Silva  Sri Lanka3081984–2003

Last updated: 19 January 2020[7]

Most Player-of-the-Series awards
No. of AwardsPlayerNo. of SeriesCareer
15Sachin Tendulkar  India1081989–2012
11Sanath Jayasuriya  Sri Lanka1111989–2011
9Virat Kohli  India562008-present
9Shaun Pollock  South Africa601996–2008
7Vivian Richards  West Indies401975–1991
7Hashim Amla  South Africa472008–2019
7Chris Gayle  West Indies711999–present
7Yuvraj Singh  India712000–2019
7Sourav Ganguly  India751992–2007
7Ricky Ponting  Australia771995–2012
7Mahendra Singh Dhoni  India772004–present

Last updated: 19 January 2020[8]

Twenty20 International cricket

Most Player-of-the-Match awards
No. of AwardsPlayerMatchesCareer
12Mohammad Nabi  Afghanistan752010–present
12Virat Kohli  India782010–present
11Shahid Afridi  Pakistan992006–2018
10Rohit Sharma  India1082007-present
9Chris Gayle  West Indies582006–present
9Shane Watson  Australia582006–2016
9Mohammad Shahzad  Afghanistan652010–present
Last updated: 3 February 2020[9]

Most Player-of-the-Series awards
No. of AwardsPlayerNo. of SeriesCareer
5Virat Kohli  India352010–present
3Babar Azam  Pakistan142016-present
3Glenn Maxwell  Australia252012-present
3Mohammad Hafeez  Pakistan402006-present
3Shahid Afridi  Pakistan422006–2018
3Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh302006-present
3Shoaib Malik  Pakistan442006-present
Last updated: 3 February 2020[10]

All formats

Note: Players in bold are still active in international cricket.

Most Player-of-the-Match awards
No. of AwardsPlayerMatchesTestsODIsT20Is
76Sachin Tendulkar  India66414620
58Sanath Jayasuriya  Sri Lanka5864486
57Virat Kohli  India41193612
57Jacques Kallis  South Africa51923322
50Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka59416313
49Ricky Ponting  Australia56016321
43Shahid Afridi  Pakistan52403211
42Brian Lara  West Indies43012300
41Vivian Richards  West Indies30810310
41Aravinda de Silva  Sri Lanka40111300
41Mahela Jayawardene  Sri Lanka65213226

Last updated: 3 February 2020[11]

Most Player-of-the-Series awards

Note: Players in bold are still active in international cricket.

No. of AwardsPlayerSeriesTestsODIsT20Is
20Sachin Tendulkar  India1835150
17Virat Kohli  India120395
15Jacques Kallis  South Africa148960
13Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh117553
13Sanath Jayasuriya  Sri Lanka1762110
11Shaun Pollock  South Africa107290
11Chris Gayle  West Indies132272
11Shivnarine Chanderpaul  West Indies136740
11Ricky Ponting  Australia147470
11Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka1551100

Last updated: 3 February 2020[12][13]

Shared awards

Occasionally in international cricket awards are shared, sometimes between two players of the same side or players of both sides. On these occasions, the commentators and other awarding authorities held on to share the awards, without giving the award to a player of the winning team.[14] In Test cricket there have been rare instances when a joint award for man of the match or man of the series has been announced. However, in ODIs and Twenty20 internationals this is usually when a member of the losing team is the highest scorer, such as when Charles Coventry (194) and Tamim Iqbal (154) shared the award after Zimbabwe lost the match. In another interesting match held on 3 April 1996, the whole New Zealand team was awarded the Man of the Match award by adjudicator Basil Butcher who pronounced it a team performance.[15] It was the first time that a whole team had been given the Man of the Match award.[16]

There have been only three occasions, one in test cricket and two in ODI cricket, when the whole team has been awarded the man of the match by considering the team performance rather than individual performances.[14]

Team Man-of-the-Match awards

In Test cricket, South Africa has been awarded Team man of the match award, in the West Indies tour in 1998/99 season. The match was won by South Africa by 351 runs and whole 11 players awarded the man of the match award.[14]

15–18 January
Scorecard
v
313 (92.5 overs)
Mark Boucher 100 (183)
Courtney Walsh 6/80 (24.5 overs)
144 (47.1 overs)
Brian Lara 68 (77)
Allan Donald 5/49 (13 overs)
399/5d (115.2 overs)
Gary Kirsten 134 (305)
Carl Hooper 3/117 (36.2 overs)
217 (75.2 overs)
Ridley Jacobs 78 (92)
Paul Adams 4/64 (21.2 overs)
South Africa won by 351 runs
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Player of the match: South Africa
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • This is the first time that the West Indies lost a series 5–0.

In ODI cricket, New Zealand team has been awarded man of the match award for their team performances to 4 run victory against the West Indies on 3 April 1996.[17][18] On 1 September 1996, Pakistan team has been awarded man of the match for their team performance against England for their 2 wicket win.

3 April 1996
Scorecard
New Zealand 
158 (35.5 overs)
v
 West Indies
154 (49.1 overs)
Craig Spearman 41 (39)
Laurie Williams 3/16 (4.5 overs)
Roland Holder 49* (86)
Chris Cairns 2/17 (5.1 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 runs
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WI) and Eddie Nicholls (WI)
Player of the match: New Zealand
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
1 September 1996
Scorecard
England 
246 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
247/8 (49.4 overs)
Nick Knight 125* (145)
Wasim Akram 3/45 (10 overs)
Saeed Anwar 61 (59)
Adam Hollioake 4/45 (8.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 2 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: John Holder (Eng) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Pakistan

Joint awards in Tests

Joint awards are sometimes given to two players, either from the same team or one from each team. As of 2017, there have been 14 instances where two players from the same team were given the Man of the Match award in Test cricket.[19]

#MatchVenueDateMoM 1MoM 2Result
1India v Sri LankaNagpur27 December 1986 Dilip Vengsarkar Maninder Singh India won
2New Zealand v West IndiesChristchurch12 March 1987 Richard Hadlee Ewen Chatfield New Zealand won
3New Zealand v Sri LankaHamilton22 February 1991 Ian Smith Andrew JonesDrawn
4New Zealand v AustraliaAuckland12 March 1993 Ken Rutherford Danny Morrison New Zealand won
5New Zealand v PakistanChristchurch24 February 1994 Shane Thomson Bryan Young New Zealand won
6Zimbabwe v PakistanHarare31 January 1995 Andy Flower Grant Flower Zimbabwe won
7England v South AfricaJohannesburg30 November 1995 Jack Russell Mike AthertonDrawn
8Australia v South AfricaJohannesburg28 February 1997 Steve Waugh Greg Blewett Australia won
9South Africa v ZimbabweHarare11 November 1999 Shaun Pollock Mark Boucher South Africa won
10South Africa v ZimbabweBloemfontein17 November 2000 Jacques Kallis Makhaya Ntini South Africa won
11Australia v South AfricaSydney2 January 2002 Justin Langer Matthew Hayden Australia won
12South Africa v EnglandLondon31 January 2003 Makhaya Ntini Graeme Smith South Africa won
13Pakistan v South AfricaLahore17 October 2003 Taufeeq Umar Danish Kaneria Pakistan won
14South Africa v EnglandJohannesburg14 January 2010 Dale Steyn Morne Morkel South Africa won


Until 2017, there have been 26 instances where one player from each team was given the Man of the Match award in Test cricket.[19]

#MatchVenueDateMoM 1MoM 2Result
1Pakistan v West IndiesPort of Spain4 March 1977 Wasim Raja Colin Croft West Indies won
2New Zealand v IndiaWellington21 February 1981 Geoff Howarth Sandeep Patil New Zealand won
3New Zealand v IndiaAuckland13 March 1981 John Wright Ravi ShastriDrawn
4England v West IndiesLondon28 June 1984 Ian Botham Gordon Greenidge West Indies won
5West Indies v New ZealandPort of Spain29 March 1985 Vivian Richards Ewen ChatfieldDrawn
6India v AustraliaChepauk18 September 1986 Kapil Dev Dean JonesTied
7Pakistan v IndiaChepauk3 February 1987 Imran Khan Kris SrikkanthDrawn
8England v Sri LankaLondon25 August 1988 Phil Newport Ravi Ratnayeke England won
9Australia v PakistanFaisalabad23 September 1988 Allan Border Ijaz AhmedDrawn
10West Indies v AustraliaKingston1 March 1991 Gus Logie David BoonDrawn
11England v Sri LankaLondon22 August 1991 Alec Stewart Ravi Ratnayeke England won
12West Indies v South AfricaBridgetown18 April 1992 Curtly Ambrose Andrew Hudson West Indies won
13England v New ZealandAuckland24 January 1997 Alec Stewart Nathan AstleDrawn
14West Indies v IndiaGeorgetown17 April 1997 Shiv Chanderpaul Rahul DravidDrawn
15South Africa v PakistanJohannesburg14 February 1998 Pat Symcox Azhar MahmoodDrawn
16Pakistan v IndiaKolkata16 February 1999 Saeed Anwar Javagal Srinath Pakistan won
17Sri Lanka v AustraliaKandy9 September 1999 Aravinda de Silva Ricky Ponting Sri Lanka won
18Zimbabwe v Sri LankaHarare4 December 1999 Andy Flower Russell ArnoldDrawn
19England v South AfricaDurban26 December 1999 Andy Caddick Gary KirstenDrawn
20Sri Lanka v South AfricaKandy30 July 2000 Arjuna Ranatunga Lance Klusener South Africa won
21India v AustraliaChepauk18 March 2001 Harbhajan Singh Matthew Hayden India won
22Sri Lanka v BangladeshColombo6 September 2001 Muttiah Muralitharan Mohammad Ashraful Sri Lanka won
23Sri Lanka v West IndiesColombo29 November 2001 Chaminda Vaas Brian Lara Sri Lanka won
24South Africa v PakistanFaisalabad24 October 2003 Gary Kirsten Taufeeq UmarDrawn
25Sri Lanka v PakistanColombo12 July 2009 Nuwan Kulasekara Fawad Alam Sri Lanka won
26Pakistan v AustraliaLondon13 July 2010 Salman Butt Simon Katich Australia won


There was one rare instance where three players were given the man of the match award in Test cricket. This happened between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in February 1991 at Hamilton.[20]

#MatchVenueDateMoM 1MoM 2MoM 3Result
1New Zealand v Sri LankaHamilton4 March 1977 Ian Smith Andrew Jones Asanka GurusinhaDrawn

In one occasion in international cricket, man of the match was given to a non-player, specifically to the ground staff. In the third Test match between South Africa and New Zealand on 8 December 2000 at Johannesburg, the fifth day was delayed due to rain. However, with the help of the ground staff, managed by Chris Scott, the Head Groundsman, the play continued and the match ended in a draw.[21]

#MatchVenueDateMoMResult
1South Africa v New ZealandJohannesburg8 December 2000Chris Scott (Head Groundsman) and his crewDrawn

Joint awards in One Day Internationals

As of 2020, there have been 18 instances where two players from the same team were given the Man of the Match award in ODI cricket.

#MatchVenueDateMoM 1MoM 2Result
1New Zealand v AustraliaDunedin19 March 1986 Martin Crowe Richard Hadlee New Zealand won
2New Zealand v AustraliaWellington26 March 1986 Wayne Phillips Steve Waugh Australia won
3India v New ZealandNagpur31 October 1987 Sunil Gavaskar Chetan Sharma India won
4Australia v IndiaSydney20 January 1992 David Boon Geoff Marsh Australia won
5Pakistan v AustraliaPort Elizabeth13 December 1994 Aqib Javed Waqar Younis Pakistan won
6Australia v Sri LankaSydney20 January 1996 Mark Taylor Shane Warne Australia won
7India v ZimbabweCenturion7 February 1997 Craig Evans Paul Strang Zimbabwe won
8New Zealand v EnglandAuckland2 March 1997 Nathan Astle Gavin Larsen New Zealand won
9Pakistan v IndiaSharjah26 March 2000 Inzamam-ul-Haq Waqar Younis Pakistan won
10New Zealand v Sri LankaSharjah17 April 2001 Kyle Mills Mathew Sinclair New Zealand won
11Pakistan v New ZealandRawalpindi7 December 2003 Yasir Hameed Imran Farhat Pakistan won
12South Africa v New ZealandPort Elizabeth30 November 2007 Jamie How Brendon McCullum New Zealand won
13South Africa v PakistanJohannesburg17 March 2013 Hashim Amla AB de Villiers South Africa won
14New Zealand v Sri LankaDunedin23 January 2015 Luke Ronchi Grant Elliott New Zealand won
15New Zealand v ZimbabweHarare4 August 2015 Martin Guptill Tom Latham New Zealand won
16Zimbabwe v AfghanistanHarare21 February 2017 Tendai Chatara Sean Williams Zimbabwe won
17Afghanistan v IrelandGreater Noida10 March 2017 Najeeb Tarakai Rashid Khan Afghanistan won
18South Africa v AustraliaBloemfontein4 March 2020 Lungi Ngidi Janneman Malan South Africa won


Until 2018, there have been 14 instances where one player from each team was given the Man of the Match award in ODI cricket.

#MatchVenueDateMoM 1MoM 2Result
1Australia v EnglandMelbourne1 January 1975 Ian Chappell Dennis Amiss England won
2India v EnglandPune5 December 1984 Dilip Vengsarkar Mike Gatting England won
3Australia v West IndiesSydney12 February 1985 Allan Border Michael Holding West Indies won
4India v South AfricaKolkata10 November 1991 Sachin Tendulkar Allan Donald India won
5Zimbabwe v PakistanHarare22 February 1995 Bryan Strang Saeed AnwarTied
6Zimbabwe v EnglandHarare1 January 1997 Paul Strang John Crawley Zimbabwe won
7South Africa v IndiaEast London4 February 1997 Gary Kirsten Saurav Ganguly South Africa won
8West Indies v AustraliaGeorgetown21 April 1999 Mervyn Dillon Steve WaughTied
9South Africa v AustraliaJohannesburg12 March 2006 Herschelle Gibbs Ricky Ponting South Africa won
10South Africa v Sri LankaGeorgetown28 March 2007 Charl Langeveldt Lasith Malinga South Africa won
11Zimbabwe v BangladeshBulawayo16 August 2009 Charles Coventry Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh won
12England v IndiaLondon11 September 2011 Ravi Bopara Suresh RainaTied
13West Indies v PakistanGros Islet19 July 2013 Lendl Simmons Misbah-ul-HaqTied
14Zimbabwe v AfghanistanBulawayo24 October 2015 Sean Williams Dawlat Zadran Afghanistan won

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