In the sport of cricket, a Man of the Match or Player of the Match award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a match. The term was originally used in cricket before being adopted by other sports. The award can go to a player from any team. If team has lost but a player from the losing team has had an incredible performance then he can also be named as Man of the Match.

In Test cricket, the man of the match award became a regular feature in the mid-1980s.[1] It is usually awarded to the player whose contribution is seen as the most important in winning the game, but there have been many instances of a player on the losing team receiving the award.[2]

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

In ODI matches Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest number of man of the match awards, with 62 in 463 matches.[3] Sanath Jayasuriya is second with 48.

In Twenty20 Internationals, Virat Kohli leads with 15 awards.[4]

Andrea-Mae Zepeda of Austria completed a clean sweep of POTM awards in a WT20I series against Belgium in September 2021. Hayley Matthews achieved the same feat for the West Indies against Australian in October 2023, despite her team losing the series 2–1.

Test cricket

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

Most Player of the Match awards

AwardsPlayerTeamMatchesCareer
23Jacques Kallis South Africa1661995–2014
19Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka1331992–2010
17 Wasim Akram Pakistan1041985–2002
Shane Warne Australia1451992–2007
16 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka1342000–2015
Ricky Ponting Australia1681995–2012
14 Curtly Ambrose West Indies981988–2000
Steve Waugh Australia1681985–2004
Sachin Tendulkar India2001989–2013
13 Joe Root England1272012–present
Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka1491997–2014

Last updated: 7 January 2023[5]

Most Player of the Series awards

AwardsPlayerTeamSeriesCareer
11 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka611992–2010
10 Ravichandran Ashwin India372011–present
9 Jacques Kallis South Africa611995–2013
8 Imran Khan Pakistan281971–1992
Richard Hadlee New Zealand331973–1990
Shane Warne Australia461992–2007
7 Wasim Akram Pakistan431985–2002
Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies601994–2015
6 Malcolm Marshall West Indies211978–1991
Curtly Ambrose West Indies271988–2000
Steve Waugh Australia541985–2004

Last updated: 7 January 2023[6]

One Day International cricket

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

Most Player of the Match awards

AwardsPlayerTeamMatchesCareer
62Sachin Tendulkar India4631989–2012
48Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka4451989–2011
41Virat Kohli India2892008–present
32 Jacques Kallis South Africa3281996–2014
Ricky Ponting Australia3751995–2012
Shahid Afridi Pakistan3981996–2015
31 Vivian Richards West Indies1871975–1991
Sourav Ganguly India3111992–2007
Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka4042000–2015
30 Brian Lara West Indies2991990–2007
Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka3081984–2003

Last updated: 5 November 2023[7]

Most Player of the Series awards

AwardsPlayerTeamSeriesCareer
15Sachin Tendulkar India1081989–2012
11 Virat Kohli India712008–present
Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka1111989–2011
9Shaun Pollock South Africa601996–2008
8Chris Gayle West Indies711999–2019
7 Vivian Richards West Indies401975–1991
Hashim Amla South Africa492008–2019
Yuvraj Singh India712000–2019
Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh732006–present
Sourav Ganguly India751992–2007
Ricky Ponting Australia771995–2012
Mahendra Singh Dhoni India802004–2019

Last updated: 19 November 2023[8]

Twenty20 International cricket

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

Most Player of the Match awards

AwardsPlayerTeamMatchesCareer
15Virat Kohli  India1152010–present
14Mohammad Nabi Afghanistan1092010–present
12 Suryakumar Yadav India532021–present
Rohit Sharma India1482007–present
11 Virandeep Singh Malaysia672019–present
Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan852015–present
Shahid Afridi Pakistan992006–2018
David Warner Australia992009–present
Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh1172006–present
Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan1192006–2021
Shadab Khan Pakistan922017–present

Last updated: 5 November 2023[9]

Most Player of the Series awards

AwardsPlayerTeamSeriesCareer
7Virat Kohli India442010–present
5Babar Azam Pakistan292016–present
4 Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan262015–present
Glenn Maxwell Australia352012–present
Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh392006–present
David Warner Australia392009–present
Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan482006–2021
3 Suryakumar Yadav India142021–present
Wanindu Hasaranga Sri Lanka152019–present
Glenn Phillips New Zealand182017–present

Last updated: 7 January 2023[10]

All formats

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

Most Player of the Match awards

AwardsPlayerTeamMatchesTestsODIsT20Is
76Sachin Tendulkar India66414620
66Virat Kohli India515104115
58Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka5864486
57Jacques Kallis South Africa51923322
50Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka59416313
49Ricky Ponting Australia56016321
43Shahid Afridi Pakistan52403211
42Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh42962611
43Brian Lara West Indies43012300
41 Vivian Richards West Indies30810310
Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka40111300
Chris Gayle West Indies48382310
Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka65213226

Last updated: 5 November 2023[11]

Most Player of the Series awards

AwardsPlayerTeamSeriesTestsODIsT20Is
21Virat Kohli India1573117
20Sachin Tendulkar India1835150
17Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh155575
15Jacques Kallis South Africa148960
13Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka1762110
12 David Warner Australia122534
Chris Gayle West Indies141282
11 Ravichandran Ashwin India1001001
Shaun Pollock South Africa107290
Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies136740
Ricky Ponting Australia147470
Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka1551100

Last updated: 19 November 2023[12]

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.[13] 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.[14] It was the first time that a whole team had been given the Man of the Match award.[15]

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.[13]

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.[13]

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.[16][17] 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.[18]

#MatchVenueDateMoM 1MoM 2Result
1India v Sri LankaNagpur27 December 1986India Dilip VengsarkarIndia Maninder Singh India won
2New Zealand v West IndiesChristchurch12 March 1987New Zealand Richard HadleeNew Zealand Ewen Chatfield New Zealand won
3New Zealand v Sri LankaHamilton22 February 1991New Zealand Ian SmithNew Zealand Andrew JonesDrawn
4New Zealand v AustraliaAuckland12 March 1993New Zealand Ken RutherfordNew Zealand Danny Morrison New Zealand won
5New Zealand v PakistanChristchurch24 February 1994New Zealand Shane ThomsonNew Zealand Bryan Young New Zealand won
6Zimbabwe v PakistanHarare31 January 1995Zimbabwe Andy FlowerZimbabwe Grant Flower Zimbabwe won
7England v South AfricaJohannesburg30 November 1995England Jack RussellEngland Mike AthertonDrawn
8Australia v South AfricaJohannesburg28 February 1997Australia Steve WaughAustralia Greg Blewett Australia won
9South Africa v ZimbabweHarare11 November 1999South Africa Shaun PollockSouth Africa Mark Boucher South Africa won
10South Africa v ZimbabweBloemfontein17 November 2000South Africa Jacques KallisSouth Africa Makhaya Ntini South Africa won
11Australia v South AfricaSydney2 January 2002Australia Justin LangerAustralia Matthew Hayden Australia won
12South Africa v EnglandLondon31 January 2003South Africa Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa Graeme Smith South Africa won
13Pakistan v South AfricaLahore17 October 2003Pakistan Taufeeq UmarPakistan Danish Kaneria Pakistan won
14South Africa v EnglandJohannesburg14 January 2010South Africa Dale SteynSouth Africa 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.[18]

#MatchVenueDateMoM 1MoM 2Result
1Pakistan v West IndiesPort of Spain4 March 1977Pakistan Wasim RajaCricket West Indies Colin Croft West Indies won
2New Zealand v IndiaWellington21 February 1981New Zealand Geoff HowarthIndia Sandeep Patil New Zealand won
3New Zealand v IndiaAuckland13 March 1981New Zealand John WrightIndia Ravi ShastriDrawn
4England v West IndiesLondon28 June 1984England Ian BothamCricket West Indies Gordon Greenidge West Indies won
5West Indies v New ZealandPort of Spain29 March 1985Cricket West Indies Vivian RichardsNew Zealand Ewen ChatfieldDrawn
6India v AustraliaChepauk18 September 1986India Kapil DevAustralia Dean JonesTied
7Pakistan v IndiaChepauk3 February 1987Pakistan Imran KhanIndia Kris SrikkanthDrawn
8England v Sri LankaLondon25 August 1988England Phil NewportSri Lanka Ravi Ratnayeke England won
9Australia v PakistanFaisalabad23 September 1988Australia Allan BorderPakistan Ijaz AhmedDrawn
10West Indies v AustraliaKingston1 March 1991Cricket West Indies Gus LogieAustralia David BoonDrawn
11England v Sri LankaLondon22 August 1991England Alec StewartSri Lanka Ravi Ratnayeke England won
12West Indies v South AfricaBridgetown18 April 1992Cricket West Indies Curtly AmbroseSouth Africa Andrew Hudson West Indies won
13England v New ZealandAuckland24 January 1997England Alec StewartNew Zealand Nathan AstleDrawn
14West Indies v IndiaGeorgetown17 April 1997Cricket West Indies Shiv ChanderpaulIndia Rahul DravidDrawn
15South Africa v PakistanJohannesburg14 February 1998South Africa Pat SymcoxPakistan Azhar MahmoodDrawn
16Pakistan v IndiaKolkata16 February 1999Pakistan Saeed AnwarIndia Javagal Srinath Pakistan won
17Sri Lanka v AustraliaKandy9 September 1999Sri Lanka Aravinda de SilvaAustralia Ricky Ponting Sri Lanka won
18Zimbabwe v Sri LankaHarare4 December 1999Zimbabwe Andy FlowerSri Lanka Russell ArnoldDrawn
19England v South AfricaDurban26 December 1999England Andy CaddickSouth Africa Gary KirstenDrawn
20Sri Lanka v South AfricaKandy30 July 2000Sri Lanka Arjuna RanatungaSouth Africa Lance Klusener South Africa won
21India v AustraliaChepauk18 March 2001India Harbhajan SinghAustralia Matthew Hayden India won
22Sri Lanka v BangladeshColombo6 September 2001Sri Lanka Muttiah MuralitharanBangladesh Mohammad Ashraful Sri Lanka won
23Sri Lanka v West IndiesColombo29 November 2001Sri Lanka Chaminda VaasCricket West Indies Brian Lara Sri Lanka won
24South Africa v PakistanFaisalabad24 October 2003South Africa Gary KirstenPakistan Taufeeq UmarDrawn
25Sri Lanka v PakistanColombo12 July 2009Sri Lanka Nuwan KulasekaraPakistan Fawad Alam Sri Lanka won
26Pakistan v AustraliaLondon13 July 2010Pakistan Salman ButtAustralia 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.[19]

#MatchVenueDateMoM 1MoM 2MoM 3Result
1New Zealand v Sri LankaHamilton4 March 1977New Zealand Ian SmithNew Zealand Andrew JonesSri Lanka 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.[20]

#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 1986New Zealand Martin CroweNew Zealand Richard Hadlee New Zealand won
2New Zealand v AustraliaWellington26 March 1986Australia Wayne PhillipsAustralia Steve Waugh Australia won
3India v New ZealandNagpur31 October 1987India Sunil GavaskarIndia Chetan Sharma India won
4Australia v IndiaSydney20 January 1992Australia David BoonAustralia Geoff Marsh Australia won
5Pakistan v New ZealandPort Elizabeth13 December 1994Pakistan Aqib JavedPakistan Waqar Younis Pakistan won
6Australia v Sri LankaSydney20 January 1996Australia Mark TaylorAustralia Shane Warne Australia won
7India v ZimbabweCenturion7 February 1997Zimbabwe Craig EvansZimbabwe Paul Strang Zimbabwe won
8New Zealand v EnglandAuckland2 March 1997New Zealand Nathan AstleNew Zealand Gavin Larsen New Zealand won
9Pakistan v IndiaSharjah26 March 2000Pakistan Inzamam-ul-HaqPakistan Waqar Younis Pakistan won
10New Zealand v Sri LankaSharjah17 April 2001New Zealand Kyle MillsNew Zealand Mathew Sinclair New Zealand won
11Pakistan v New ZealandRawalpindi7 December 2003Pakistan Yasir HameedPakistan Imran Farhat Pakistan won
12South Africa v New ZealandPort Elizabeth30 November 2007New Zealand Jamie HowNew Zealand Brendon McCullum New Zealand won
13South Africa v PakistanJohannesburg17 March 2013South Africa Hashim AmlaSouth Africa AB de Villiers South Africa won
14New Zealand v Sri LankaDunedin23 January 2015New Zealand Luke RonchiNew Zealand Grant Elliott New Zealand won
15New Zealand v ZimbabweHarare4 August 2015New Zealand Martin GuptillNew Zealand Tom Latham New Zealand won
16Zimbabwe v AfghanistanHarare21 February 2017Zimbabwe Tendai ChataraZimbabwe Sean Williams Zimbabwe won
17Afghanistan v IrelandGreater Noida10 March 2017Afghanistan Najeeb TarakaiAfghanistan Rashid Khan Afghanistan won
18South Africa v AustraliaBloemfontein4 March 2020South Africa Lungi NgidiSouth Africa 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 awards in ODI cricket.

#MatchVenueDateMoM 1MoM 2Result
1Australia v EnglandMelbourne1 January 1975Australia Ian ChappellEngland Dennis Amiss England won
2India v EnglandPune5 December 1984India Dilip VengsarkarEngland Mike Gatting England won
3Australia v West IndiesSydney12 February 1985Australia Allan BorderCricket West Indies Michael Holding West Indies won
4India v South AfricaKolkata10 November 1991India Sachin TendulkarSouth Africa Allan Donald India won
5Zimbabwe v PakistanHarare22 February 1995Zimbabwe Bryan StrangPakistan Saeed AnwarTied
6Zimbabwe v EnglandHarare1 January 1997Zimbabwe Paul StrangEngland John Crawley Zimbabwe won
7South Africa v IndiaEast London4 February 1997South Africa Gary KirstenIndia Saurav Ganguly South Africa won
8West Indies v AustraliaGeorgetown21 April 1999Cricket West Indies Mervyn DillonAustralia Steve WaughTied
9South Africa v AustraliaJohannesburg12 March 2006South Africa Herschelle GibbsAustralia Ricky Ponting South Africa won
10South Africa v Sri LankaGeorgetown28 March 2007South Africa Charl LangeveldtSri Lanka Lasith Malinga South Africa won
11Zimbabwe v BangladeshBulawayo16 August 2009Zimbabwe Charles CoventryBangladesh Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh won
12England v IndiaLondon11 September 2011England Ravi BoparaIndia Suresh RainaTied
13West Indies v PakistanGros Islet19 July 2013Cricket West Indies Lendl SimmonsPakistan Misbah-ul-HaqTied
14Zimbabwe v AfghanistanBulawayo24 October 2015Zimbabwe Sean WilliamsAfghanistan Dawlat Zadran Afghanistan won

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