Allan Border Medal
Allan Border Medal | |
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Description | Most outstanding male Australian cricketer of the year |
Country | Australia |
Presented by | Cricket Australia & Australian Cricketers' Association |
Hosted by | Tim Lane Mel McLaughlin Jason Richardson |
First awarded | 2000 |
Currently held by | David Warner (2020) |
Most awards | Ricky Ponting (4) Michael Clarke (4) |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Fox Cricket Seven Network |
Awarded during the Australian Cricket Awards, the Allan Border Medal is considered to be the most prestigious individual prize in Australian men's cricket. First awarded in 2000, the medal is named after former Australian men's captain Allan Border and recognises the most outstanding male Australian cricketer of the past season as voted by his peers, the media and umpires. Votes are cast after each game on a 3–2–1 basis, with a weighting applied to give both One Day International and Test players an equal chance of winning the award.
Media
The award ceremony itself is a major publicity event and usually takes place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, towards the end of January or the start of February each year. The 2014 and 2017 ceremonies however, were both held in Sydney.
The award ceremony itself, prior to 2019 was broadcast live and screened on the digital channel Nine (2000 to 2010) and 9Gem (2011 to 2018).
Since 2019, the event has been televised live on both Fox Cricket and 7mate channels.
Allan Border Medallists
Five cricketers have won the award more than once. Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke won the award four times, sharing the award in 2009. The other multiple winners include David Warner who has won the award three times, as well as Shane Watson and Steve Smith, who have won the award twice. Watson also has the highest vote count of 296, with a huge margin of 100 votes in 2011.[1][2]
- 2000: Glenn McGrath
- 2001: Steve Waugh
- 2002: Matthew Hayden
- 2003: Adam Gilchrist
- 2004: Ricky Ponting
- 2005: Michael Clarke
- 2006: Ricky Ponting
- 2007: Ricky Ponting
- 2008: Brett Lee
- 20091: Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke
- 2010: Shane Watson
- 2011: Shane Watson
- 2012: Michael Clarke
- 2013: Michael Clarke
- 2014: Mitchell Johnson
- 2015: Steve Smith
- 2016: David Warner
- 2017: David Warner
- 2018: Steve Smith
- 2019: Pat Cummins
- 2020: David Warner
Ref:[3]
1No count-back is used in the Allan Border Medal.
Multiple winners
Wins | Player | Years |
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4 | Ricky Ponting | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 |
Michael Clarke | 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013 | |
3 | David Warner | 2016, 2017, 2020 |
2 | Shane Watson | 2010, 2011 |
Steve Smith | 2015, 2018 |
Belinda Clark Award
The Belinda Clark Award recognises Australia's best women's international cricketer.[4] Like the Allan Border Medal, it is presented annually and determined by matches played in the previous twelve-month period (for example: Ellyse Perry was the winner of the 2020 award, based on her performances predominantly taking place in 2019).[5] The award is named after former national team captain Belinda Clark, whom the similarly-titled Belinda Clark Medal—given to the New South Wales Breakers Player of the WNCL Season—also honours.[6]
- 2002: Karen Rolton
- 2003: Karen Rolton
- 2004: Cathryn Fitzpatrick
- 2005: Karen Rolton
- 2006: Karen Rolton
- 2007: Lisa Sthalekar
- 2008: Lisa Sthalekar
- 2009: Shelley Nitschke
- 2010: Shelley Nitschke
- 2011: Shelley Nitschke
- 2012: Shelley Nitschke
- 2013: Jess Cameron
- 2014: Meg Lanning
- 2015: Meg Lanning
- 2016: Ellyse Perry
- 2017: Meg Lanning
- 2018: Ellyse Perry
- 2019: Alyssa Healy
- 2020: Ellyse Perry
Ref:[3]
Multiple winners
Wins | Player | Years |
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4 | Karen Rolton | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 |
Shelley Nitschke | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 | |
3 | Meg Lanning | 2014, 2015, 2017 |
Ellyse Perry | 2016, 2018, 2020 | |
2 | Lisa Sthalekar | 2007, 2008 |
Other awards
During the Australian Cricket Awards, other awards announced include:
- Men's Test Player of the Year,
- Women’s Test Player of the Year
- Men's One Day International Player of the Year,
- Women’s One Day International Player of the Year,
- Men's Twenty20 International Player of the Year,
- Women’s Twenty20 International Player of the Year,
- Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year,
- Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year,
- Male Domestic Player of the Year,
- Female Domestic Player of the Year,
- Community Champion Award, and
- New members of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame are also inducted on Allan Border Medal night.
Shane Watson won a total of 7 awards which is the most by any player. He is the only player to have won in all formats and all five major awards for male players.[7] Three players won three major awards including the Allan Border Medal in the same year - Ricky Ponting in 2007, Shane Watson in 2011 and Steve Smith in 2015.
Men's Test Player of the Year
- 2000: Glenn McGrath
- 2001: Colin Miller
- 2002: Matthew Hayden
- 2003: Ricky Ponting
- 2004: Ricky Ponting
- 2005: Damien Martyn
- 2006: Shane Warne
- 2007: Ricky Ponting
- 2008: Brett Lee
- 2009: Michael Clarke
- 2010: Simon Katich
- 2011: Shane Watson
- 2012: Michael Clarke
- 2013: Michael Clarke
- 2014: Michael Clarke
- 2015: Steve Smith
- 2016: David Warner
- 2017: Mitchell Starc
- 2018: Steve Smith
- 2019: Nathan Lyon
- 2020: Marnus Labuschagne
Ref:[3]
Multiple winners
Wins | Player | Years |
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4 | Michael Clarke | 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
3 | Ricky Ponting | 2003, 2004, 2007 |
2 | Steve Smith | 2015, 2018 |
Men's One Day International Player of the Year
- 2000: Shane Warne
- 2001: Glenn McGrath
- 2002: Ricky Ponting
- 2003: Adam Gilchrist
- 2004: Adam Gilchrist
- 2005: Andrew Symonds
- 20061: Michael Hussey
- 2007: Ricky Ponting
- 2008: Matthew Hayden
- 2009: Nathan Bracken
- 2010: Shane Watson
- 2011: Shane Watson
- 2012: Shane Watson
- 2013: Clint McKay
- 2014: George Bailey
- 2015: Steve Smith
- 2016: Glenn Maxwell
- 2017: David Warner
- 2018: David Warner
- 2019: Marcus Stoinis
- 2020: Aaron Finch
Ref:[3]
1After counting in the 2006 One Day International Player of the Year award, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Brett Lee and Adam Gilchrist all drew on 22 votes. On a count-back, the winner would have been Andrew Symonds but he was ruled ineligible because he was suspended for 2 One Day Matches for an off-field indiscretion. On a second count-back Michael Hussey was declared the winner.
Multiple winners
Wins | Player | Years |
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3 | Shane Watson | 2010, 2011, 2012 |
2 | Adam Gilchrist | 2003, 2004 |
Ricky Ponting | 2002, 2007 | |
David Warner | 2017, 2018 |
Men's Twenty20 International Player of the Year
- 2011: David Hussey
- 2012: Shane Watson
- 2013: Shane Watson
- 2014: Aaron Finch
- 2015: Glenn Maxwell
- 20161: Not awarded
- 2017: Shane Watson
- 2018: Aaron Finch
- 2019: Glenn Maxwell
- 2020: David Warner
Ref:[3]
1Not awarded due to only 1 T20I played in 2015.
Multiple winners
Wins | Player | Years |
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3 | Shane Watson | 2012, 2013, 2017 |
2 | Aaron Finch | 2014, 2018 |
2 | Glenn Maxwell | 2015, 2019 |
Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year
- 2000: Brett Lee
- 2001: Nathan Bracken
- 2002: Shane Watson
- 2003: Nathan Hauritz
- 2004: Shaun Tait
- 2005: Mark Cosgrove
- 2006: Dan Cullen
- 2007: Ben Hilfenhaus
- 2008: Luke Pomersbach
- 2009: Phillip Hughes
- 2010: John Hastings
- 2011: Trent Copeland
- 2012: David Warner
- 2013: Joe Burns
- 2014: Jordan Silk
- 2015: Sean Abbott
- 2016: Alex Ross
- 2017: Hilton Cartwright
- 2018: Jhye Richardson
- 2019: Will Pucovski
- 2020: Wes Agar
Ref:[3]
Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year
Named in honour of Betty Wilson, one of Australia's great all-rounders, it recognises a female cricketer who, prior to 5 December 2015, was aged under 25 and had played 10 or fewer matches.[8]
- 2017: Sophie Molineux (Victoria / Melbourne Renegades)
- 2018: Georgia Redmayne (Tasmania / Hobart Hurricanes)
- 2019: Georgia Wareham (Victoria / Melbourne Renegades)
- 2020: Tayla Vlaeminck (Victoria / Melbourne Renegades)
Ref:[3]
Male Domestic Player of the Year
- 2000: Darren Lehmann (South Australia)
- 2001: Darren Lehmann (South Australia)
- 2002: Darren Lehmann (South Australia)
- 2003: Martin Love (Queensland)
- 2004: Simon Katich (New South Wales)
- 2005: Andy Bichel (Queensland)
- 2006: Phil Jaques (New South Wales)
- 2007: Chris Rogers (Western Australia)
- 2008: Ashley Noffke (Queensland)
- 2009: Michael Klinger (South Australia)
- 2010: Michael Klinger (South Australia)
- 2011: Usman Khawaja (New South Wales)
- 2012: Rob Quiney (Victoria)
- 2013: Phillip Hughes (New South Wales)
- 2014: Cameron White (Victoria)
- 2015: Jason Behrendorff (Western Australia)
- 2016: Adam Voges (Western Australia)
- 2017: Cameron White (Victoria)
- 2018: George Bailey (Tasmania)
- 2019: Matthew Wade (Tasmania)
- 2020: Shaun Marsh (Western Australia)
Ref:[3]
Multiple winners
Wins | Player | Years |
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3 | Darren Lehmann | 2000, 2001, 2002 |
2 | Michael Klinger | 2009, 2010 |
Cameron White | 2014, 2017 |
Female Domestic Player of the Year
- 2017: Meg Lanning (Victoria / Melbourne Stars)
- 2018: Beth Mooney (Queensland / Brisbane Heat)
- 2019: Heather Graham (Western Australia / Perth Scorchers)
- 2020: Molly Strano (Victoria / Melbourne Renegades)
Ref:[3]
References
- ^ "Watson wins second Allan Border Medal". Cricinfo. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Smith blitz betters Ponting, Clarke". 27 January 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Award winners". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Australian Cricket Awards | Cricket Australia". www.cricketaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Ellyse Perry wins her third Belinda Clark Award". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Awards | Cricket NSW". www.cricketnsw.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Watson crowned T20I Player of the Year". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Jolly, Laura (23 January 2017). "Molineux wins Betty Wilson Award". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2017.