Mitchell Starc claimed his maiden Allan Border medal while Ashleigh Gardner became the first indigenous person to win the Belinda Clarke award at the Cricket Australia (CA) Awards on Saturday.
Fast bowler Starc was honoured for his strong performance in all three formats of the game - he took 43 wickets in the 12-month period. He is only the fifth bowler in 22 years to win the award, edging out Mitchell Marsh by one vote. The awards were decided by a voting process for the period 2021-22.
It was double celebration for Starc as he also won the men’s ODI player of the year award. He joins Pat Cummins, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath as the only fast bowlers to win the top award since its inception in 2000.
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Gardner was Australia’s third-highest run-scorer and fifth-highest wicket-taker in the last 12 months. She scored 281 runs at an average of 35.10 - including four half-centuries - and claimed nine wickets. She received 54 votes to win the Belinda Clark award ahead of Beth Mooney (47) and Alyssa Healy (39).
Star wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy won the women’s ODI player of the year award for the third time.
Marsh, who was the star of the T20 World Cup final last year, was named the men’s T20 player of the year after a tremendous 12 months. He received 53 votes, ahead of pacer Josh Hazlewood (29) and spinner Ashton Agar (26).
Beth Mooney won her second successive women’s T20 Player of the Year award. With 13 votes, she finished ahead of Tahlia McGrath (10) and Gardner (6). Batter Travis Head bagged the Test Player of the Year award courtesy a brilliant Ashes campaign that included two match-winning centuries.
The award winners were decided by votes from players, umpires and media representatives throughout the year. The announcement came during the lunch break of the ongoing women’s Ashes Test here.
- Belinda Clark Award : Ashleigh Gardner (54 votes)
- Allan Border Medal : Mitchell Starc (107 votes)
- Men’s Test Player of the Year : Travis Head (12 votes)
- Women’s ODI Player of the Year : Alyssa Healy (13 votes)
- Men’s ODI Player of the Year : Mitchell Starc (15 votes)
- Women’s T20 Player of the Year : Beth Mooney (13 votes)
- Men’s T20 Player of the Year : Mitchell Marsh (53 votes)
- Women’s Domestic Player of the Year : Elyse Villani
- Men’s Domestic Player of the Year : Travis Head
- Betty Wilson Young Cricketer : Darcie Brown
- Bradman Young Cricketer : Tim Ward
- Australian Cricket Hall of Fame inductees : Justin Langer and Raelee Thompson.
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