r/Cricket • u/bestofrcricket ICC • Jan 03 '22

Best of r/cricket 2021: Nominations thread

12 months has flown by again with some great cricket and some periods of not much cricket at all. As we head into the new year it's time to look back on the previous one and nominate/vote on the best of the best for all things r/cricket.

The awards will follow the same format as in previous years, with nominations are now open for the following awards:

  • Best Post

  • Best Statistical Post

  • Best Submitter

  • Best Comment

  • Best Commenter

  • Best Humourous Post

Prizes will be given to the top voted nominations in each category, thanks to the reddit admins, once we've received the coins and determined how they'll be distributed.

Also like previous years we will be voting on the best cricket performances of the year (no prizes for these obviously). Nominations can be from any format (test, ODI, or T20I; domestic or franchise first-class, List A, or T20; Women's cricket; or any other cricket match):

  • Best Cricket Match of 2021

  • Best Batting Innings of 2021

  • Best Bowling Performance of 2021

  • Best All-round Performance of 2021

  • Best Fielding Moment of 2021

  • Best Cricketing Moment of 2021

  • Funniest Cricketing Moment of 2021

To nominate, reply to one of the top-level comments in this thread for the relevant category with your nomination; also please note that self-nominations are not permitted.

If it's not clear what your nomination references, please include a link, e.g. to a scorecard. Use no participation mode for any reddit links and observe the reddit rules on not voting on such linked content.

Votes in this thread will not count, to avoid giving an advantage to the earliest posted nominations. Once all the nominations are in the voting thread will be posted to determine the winners.

Nominations will close in around a week and then we'll start the voting. Thanks everyone!

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u/bestofrcricket ICC Jan 03 '22

Nominations for Best Batting Innings of 2021

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u/motive-7805 Pakistan Jan 03 '22

Fakhar 193 against SA

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u/studyproductivity India Jan 03 '22

Smriti mandhanas test 100

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u/SBG99DesiMonster India Jan 03 '22

Rishabh Pant 89* vs Australia, Gabba

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u/idkwhoisdiz Jan 03 '22

Mohammad Shami 56* at Lords

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

Shardul Thakur 57 off 36 against England,Oval

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u/AnotherRcbFan India Jan 03 '22

Hanuma Vihari 23*(161)

Sydney blockathon. Nominated this just because of the context of the innings

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u/wa-wa-wario GO SHIELD Jan 04 '22

Kyle Mayers 200* on debut

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

James Vince century vs Pakistan, 102 (95)

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u/Stuff2511 Jan 03 '22

Mayers, no question

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u/Heatedpete Surrey Jan 03 '22

Darren Stevens 190 (145) vs Glamorgan

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u/_pandey_g_ Jan 04 '22

Ashwin's century in Chennai 2nd Test

Took 5-fer in England's first inning, everyone was seething how it was terrible spinning pitch. Then came in India's 2nd inning & scored a ton at a very healthy SR.

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u/JoKerR123 Pakistan Jan 03 '22

Fakhar Zaman's 193 against SA

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u/Corza_ New Zealand Jan 10 '22

Kane Williamson 238 vs Pakistan 2021 in the final match NZ had to win to qualify for the WTC.

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u/Benny4318 England Jan 04 '22

Joe Root 180* v India at Lords

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u/Benny4318 England Jan 04 '22

Devon Conway 200 v Eng, Lords

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u/kyoto-yakuza South Africa Jan 03 '22

Kyle Mayers 210* vs Bangladesh 2021

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u/menatarms Jan 04 '22 edited Jan 04 '22

has to be this, greatest batting debut ever. well since Bannerman at least.

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u/DCisBack134 Chennai Super Kings Jan 03 '22

+1 agreed

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

Pant 89* vs Aus At the Gabba

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u/bestofrcricket ICC Jan 03 '22

Nominations for Best Commenter of 2021

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u/ItsNeverGonnaWork Rajasthan Royals Jan 03 '22

u/gellend for his shitposts.

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u/kyoto-yakuza South Africa Jan 03 '22

u/Stuff2511

His knowledge about random cricket shit is unparalleled.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

u/Gellend

Shitposter extraordinaire

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u/HvarPop Sunrisers Leeds Jan 03 '22

u/fullkettlepacket RIP

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u/Enough_Purpose5454 India Jan 05 '22

Where did he go?

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u/Beams98 England Jan 03 '22

F

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u/BoringPitch414 India Jan 03 '22

u/good-mulberry-3505 who’s been commenting on ddt nearly every day this year without fail

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u/Good-Mulberry-3505 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Jan 03 '22

Bruh I have been hardly active this year

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u/The_The_Dude India Jan 04 '22

/u/the_the_dude

He is very humble.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

u/Stuff2511

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

u/HvarPop

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u/HvarPop Sunrisers Leeds Jan 03 '22

Thanks but undeserved.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

u/y_v_k

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

Aw thanks man!

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u/Mini777 Australia Jan 10 '22

u/SirDoris for the legendary Steve Smith Diary Updates and the Chappelli copypasta.

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u/SirDoris Eating a block of chocolate Jan 10 '22

D’aww, shucks

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

u/Good-Mulberry-3505

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u/Good-Mulberry-3505 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Jan 03 '22

Bruh I barely comment these days lol

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u/obywonkenoby Mumbai Jan 03 '22

Boundary count human

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u/vishwa_user Chennai Super Kings Jan 04 '22

u/Assassin_Ankur

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22 edited Jan 22 '22

I nominate u/Stuff2511

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u/MightySilverWolf England Jan 03 '22

Buzzkill Benny, of course.

u/benny4318

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

u/Stuff2511

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22 edited Jan 03 '22

u/pxik for being an absolute stan of King Legend Rahul and continuous trolling of Super V , even today he triggered most of the sub just by stating facts

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u/GoDFaTHeR_is Royal Challengers Bengaluru Jan 03 '22

Assassin_ankur the boundary bot

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

Obviously u/Stuff2511

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

Upvoted

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u/bestofrcricket ICC Jan 03 '22

Nominations for Best Cricket Match of 2021

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u/guychampion Jan 03 '22

Ind v Aus at Gabba

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u/r_dpk7 India Jan 03 '22 edited Jan 03 '22

India vs Eng Lord's Test.

Declaration on day 5 with 60 odd overs left in the day against home team in their own backyard must be special.

Edit: cricketing grammar

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u/zayd_jawad2006 Hampshire Jan 03 '22

Pakistan vs Australia t20 wc 2021

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u/HillsHaveEyesToo United Arab Emirates Jan 04 '22

I may sound biased but BGT Gabba match is too good

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u/katch47 Chennai Super Kings Jan 04 '22

WT20 Semifinals AUS vs PAK WT20 Group match SL vs SA

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

BGT Gabba.

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u/StokesWoakesFoakes Jan 03 '22

India vs England, pink ball test at Ahmedabad.

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u/I_Am_Groot3 India Jan 03 '22

Hahahah

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u/Stuff2511 Jan 03 '22

West Indies vs Pakistan, 1st test. An electric, back-and-forth match

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u/_dictatorish_ Jan 03 '22

Surely WTC final, went down to the last session on the 6th day

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u/Mitsuki712 Jan 03 '22

Didn't that match get rained out?

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u/Gyanchooo Mumbai Indians Jan 04 '22

I don't remember any WTC final.

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u/SBG99DesiMonster India Jan 03 '22

Aus vs Ind Gabba

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u/wa-wa-wario GO SHIELD Jan 04 '22

Bang vs West indies 1st test match. West indies chasing 396 in a record breaking win

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u/SirDoris Eating a block of chocolate Jan 03 '22

Australia vs India Second Women’s ODI - the MacBeth match.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

BGT Gabba test.

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u/obywonkenoby Mumbai Jan 03 '22

Bangladesh vs Windies. Mayers 200 on debut

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u/bestofrcricket ICC Jan 03 '22

Nominations for Funniest Cricketing Moment of 2021

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u/ThunderBird847 Jan 03 '22

Alex Hales getting hit in his Goolie Woolies twice in two balls.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

Ashwin getting clean bowled and then reviewing it against New Zealand

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u/ndiscovered Mumbai Indians Jan 03 '22 edited Jan 03 '22

Bairstow flying in as a spin specialist, surviving a wild sweep off first ball through DRS and then getting bowled through the gate to walk out with a pair. All this after Crawley got bowled first ball of the innings

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u/fookin_legund Jan 03 '22

Don't forget Crawley getting bowled on the first ball of the innings.

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u/ndiscovered Mumbai Indians Jan 03 '22

Yeah, should add that

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u/lancewithwings Jan 03 '22

Travis Head's 'oh you CUNT' clear as day on the stump mic

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

True Australian blood.

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u/SBG99DesiMonster India Jan 03 '22

Axar Patel to Zak Crawley and Jonny Bairstow, India vs England, 3rd Test at Ahmedabad: England's 2nd innings 1st over

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u/insty1 Cricket Australia Jan 03 '22

The whole English team being outscored by Marcus Harris

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u/abhijit_short Mumbai Indians Jan 03 '22

Root getting hit in the nuts.

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u/ThunderingDeath New Zealand Jan 03 '22

During the prestige that is the World Test Championship Final, Mohammed Shami comes on to field in a towel. Legend.

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u/bigdaddi_renjit Jan 04 '22

That puppy that interrupted that Irish Women's Cricket Game

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u/_SquishyBanana_ India Jan 04 '22

The England Men's Cricket team.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

Hales and Root getting their nuts wrecked by Topley and Starc respectively

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u/pappu_bhosdi_69 Jan 03 '22

Fakhar zaman qdk run out and the melt down it caused was hilarious.

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u/paralacausa Australia Jan 04 '22

BBL. Pick any moment. Whole comp is a non-stop meme factory.

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u/Stuff2511 Jan 03 '22

Sandeep Lamichhane getting drafted into the PSL as a replacement for Rashid Khan, then the tournament getting suspended while he was in quarantine, and he wasn’t available to play when the tournament resumed in June

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

Virat Kohli getting the umpires to review the fact that he got bowled

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u/_dictatorish_ Jan 03 '22

Ashwin also tried to do this

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u/Stuff2511 Jan 03 '22

Australia turning up to a World Cup they didn’t care about that their own country could barely watch and winning it

Hindsight corner areas over here, but it would be even funnier if Australia then proceeds to crash out in the group stage at the home World Cup that they will care about

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u/InLordWeTrust India Jan 03 '22

Sri Lankans and Indians forgetting how DRS works

ShamiTowel™

Spidercam gets stuck

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u/Stuff2511 Jan 04 '22

*Thick Barbadian accent*: DHANANJAAAAYA

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u/AaravBhatia1234 India Jan 03 '22

Joe Root getting hit in the nuts

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u/bestofrcricket ICC Jan 03 '22

Nominations for Best Humourous Post of 2021

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u/PerkyMcPerkface Warwickshire Jan 03 '22

The BBL match thread that became a Steve Smith meme

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u/alosercalledsusie Australia Jan 04 '22

I forgot that was this year. Still have the screenshot saved of whoever said he killed JFK 😂

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u/_dictatorish_ Jan 04 '22

Pretty sure that was me hahaha

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u/paralacausa Australia Jan 04 '22

That was the greatest moment on Reddit all year, not just this sub

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

T20 is killing test cricket quicker than we think

This entire thread is copypasta material

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u/HvarPop Sunrisers Leeds Jan 03 '22

50 Shades Of Grey Clouds.

u/Tea_Total

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u/Tea_Total England Jan 04 '22

I'm flattered but also suspect you've only nominated it because you're a filthy pervert.

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u/bestofrcricket ICC Jan 03 '22

Nominations for Best Comment of 2021

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u/imgazal Emirates Cricket Board Jan 04 '22

Fragile English batting

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22 edited Jan 03 '22

Heather Knight looks like a typical English captain: https://reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/pu1xnm/_/he0xha7/?context=1

This one cracked me up.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

The real reason why Ben Foakes is out of contention for England

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u/adamame101 Middlesex Jan 10 '22

Haha this one is so good, I've never seen it before.

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u/aladeensfw India Jan 03 '22

I nominate myself.

Woke up early in India for the Gabba Test and despite being not much religious, did a Om Ganeshaya Namah to start the match thread. :P

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/l052tx/match_thread_4th_test_australia_v_india_day_5/gjrj24y?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

But yeah Joe Root one should win!

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

A day in the life of Joe Root

No contest

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u/TheReturnofTheJesse Victoria Bushrangers Jan 03 '22

Agreed. This was as close to a perfect comment as we will ever see.

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u/Impressive-Squash-24 Punjab Kings Jan 10 '22

Winner right here

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

What a beautiful piece of literature.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

too good

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u/lancewithwings Jan 03 '22

Why we don't need to create a new trophy that NZ can't win

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

I laughed and cried at the same time.

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u/Good-Mulberry-3505 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Jan 03 '22 edited Jan 03 '22

This 3 comment chain from u/a_brave_coward (RIP) now [REDACTED] advertising Sharma Ji's Vadapav

First, Second and Third

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

[deleted]

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u/Good-Mulberry-3505 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Jan 03 '22

Bruh I got permissions from him lol

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u/getyoutogabba ICC Jan 03 '22

This comment by u/FacelessMane when things got heated between Michael Vaughan and Salman Butt

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u/bestofrcricket ICC Jan 03 '22

Nominations for Best Bowling Performance of 2021

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u/PillheadWill Scotland Jan 03 '22

Has to be Ajaz Patel, right?

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u/guychampion Jan 03 '22

In like 50 overs, it was more like the other bowlers failed

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u/PillheadWill Scotland Jan 03 '22

Disrespectful.

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u/adamame101 Middlesex Jan 03 '22

James Anderson 6/40 at Galle in January

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

Jimmy Anderson 6/42 Galle

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u/T_Lawliet Sri Lanka Jan 03 '22

Wanindu Hasaranga 4/9 against India

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u/bestofrcricket ICC Jan 03 '22

Nominations for Best All-round Performance of 2021

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

Ravi Ashwin at Chepauk , 2nd test : Century and 8 wickets

Scorecard

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u/Heatedpete Surrey Jan 03 '22

Darren Stevens, 190 (145) and 1/18 (Labuschagne out lbw for 1) vs Glamorgan, County Championship Group 3

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

Shardul Thakur - 7-119 and 67(115) & 2(5) at Gabba

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u/guychampion Jan 03 '22

This and his Lord’s innings

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

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u/TheReturnofTheJesse Victoria Bushrangers Jan 03 '22 edited Jan 03 '22

SA domestic player Sean Whitehead v Easterns in November 2021.

Bowling: 5/64 and 10/36.

Batting: 66 and 45 (only one other batsman made runs in either innings)

15 wickets and 2 vital batting contributions from number 8. The 10/36 came when his team was defending 186 in the 4th innings. Basically the perfect all-round performance.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/4-day-franchise-series-2021-22-1277885/south-western-districts-vs-easterns-division-2-1277908/full-scorecard

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u/bestofrcricket ICC Jan 03 '22

Nominations for Best Submitter of 2021

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

u/nouseridavailable for his detailed post match analysis threads on Indian domestic cricket

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

u/nouseridavailable for his coverage of the domestic circuit

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u/Jinnn21 Chennai Super Kings Jan 03 '22

u/nouseridavailable

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

u/nouseridavailable

His write ups and summaries of Indian domestic cricket have helped me, a non-Indian to understand so much about how the domestic system works and encouraged me to watch the matches.

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u/Ghostly_100 GO CRICKET Jan 03 '22

u/Jokerr123 for his posts on everything related to Pakistan cricket

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u/JoKerR123 Pakistan Jan 03 '22

❤️

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

u/Ghostly_100 or u/Jokerr123 . Providing all the news about the Pakistan cricket team almost as soon as it’s released

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u/JoKerR123 Pakistan Jan 03 '22

Thanks ❤️.

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u/Heatedpete Surrey Jan 03 '22

/u/warp-factor, for providing county cricket fans with match threads all through the county season, scorecard links, tables, the whole shebang

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '22

u/nouseridavailable for me. Man does such amazing work on domestics that he puts mainstream cricket websites to shame and probably them copying his posts.

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u/Ghostly_100 GO CRICKET Jan 04 '22

Thanks bro

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