Allan Border Medal


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 traditionally takes place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, towards the end of January or the start of February each year. The 2014, 2015 and 2017 ceremonies however, were all held in Sydney. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 and 2022 ceremonies were unable to be held in person and the awards were instead announced as part of the pre-match show for the BBL Finals.
The award ceremony itself, prior to 2019 was broadcast live and screened on the digital channel Nine and 9Gem. 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, as well as Steve Smith. The other multiple winners include David Warner who has won the award three times, as well as Shane Watson who has won the award twice. Watson also has the highest vote count of 296, with a huge margin of 100 votes in 2011.
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1No count-back is used in the Allan Border Medal.

Belinda Clark Award

The Belinda Clark Award recognises Australia's best women's international cricketer. Like the Allan Border Medal, it is presented annually and determined by matches played in the previous twelve-month period. 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.
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Other awards

During the Australian Cricket Awards, other awards announced include:
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. 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.

Shane Warne Men's Test Player of the Year

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Men's One Day International Player of the Year

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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.

Women's One Day International Player of the Year

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Men's Twenty20 International Player of the Year

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1Not awarded due to only 1 T20I played in 2015.

Women's Twenty20 International Player of the Year

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Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year

The Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year Award has been awarded continuously since 1990 and is The Bradman Foundation's principal award of recognition to elite cricketers.
To be eligible for the award, the player must be a contracted first-class player, be under the age of 24, and have played not more than 10 first-class matches before 26 January.
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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, was aged under 25 and had played 10 or fewer matches.
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Male Domestic Player of the Year

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Female Domestic Player of the Year

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