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MNA Sports Desk: Smith, Lyon, Knight, Fakhar, Amir win awards for 2017.  Steven Smith, Nathan Lyon, Heather Knight, Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Amir are among the winners of the ESPNcricinfo Awards for the best performances in cricket in 2017. Smith’s battling 109 in Australia’s unexpected win in Pune won for best Test batting performance, beating his eight-and-a-half-hour 141 not out at the Gabba, and Shai Hope’s match-winning final-innings century in Headingley, among other performances. Lyon’s 8 for 50 was picked for the Test bowling award, over R Ashwin’s 6 for 41 in the same Test, in Bengaluru. Knight, the England ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan have been once again rewarded for their stellar performance in the longer version of the game in the last year, this time being named in ESPNcricinfo’s Team of the Year. Shakib made 665 runs at an average of 47.50 last year besides taking 29 wickets while Mushfiq made 766 runs at an average of 54.71. The latter, the wicket-keeper in the team, also had 14 dismissals to his name. A report on the ESPNcricinfo website read, “The top five batsmen combined are good for 300 runs on ...

MNA Sports Desk: The ESPNCricinfo has awarded Bangladesh pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman, also known as cutter-master, with the best T20 bowler of 2016 while his fellow Mehedi Hasan Miraz has been crowned the title of debutant of the year. According to the website, Mustafizur, who was the debutant of the year in 2015, won the award for his the best spell of 5 for 22 against New Zealand in the World T20. Miraz is the second Bangladeshi cricketer who has been chosen for the debutant of the year award. ESPNcricinfo, a cricket news website which honours the best batting and ...