The Australian Cricket Awards are a series of awards given to Australian cricketers by Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association. It was originally known as the Allan Border Medal awards in 2000.
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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 (2000 to 2010) and 9Gem (2011 to 2018). Since 2019, the event has been televised live on both Fox Cricket and 7mate channels. There was no physical award ceremony for 2026. New members of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame are also inducted during the ceremony.
Nomination process Both the Allan Border Medal and the Belinda Clark award recipients are determined through a voting system where, after each international match, votes are cast after on a 3–2–1 basis by teammates, umpires, match referees and press. This voting system is weighted, with Test votes being three times more valuable than T20I votes, and two times more valuable than ODI votes. These votes are also used when determining the Test, ODI and T20I cricketers of the year for both men and women.
Allan Border Medallists 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.
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 (4). The other multiple winners include David Warner who has won the award three times, as well as Shane Watson, Travis Head who has won the award twice. Watson also has the highest vote count of 296, with a huge margin of 100 votes in 2011.
2000: Glenn McGrath 2001: Colin Miller 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 2021: Steve Smith 2022: Mitchell Starc 2023: Steve Smith 2024: Mitchell Marsh 2025: Travis Head 2026: Travis Head Ref:
1No count-back is used in the Allan Border Medal.
Multiple winners Wins Player Years4 Ricky Ponting 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 Michael Clarke 2005, 2009, 2012, 2013Steve Smith2015, 2018, 2021, 2023 3 David Warner 2016, 2017, 20202 Shane Watson 2010, 2011 Travis Head 2025, 2026
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 (for example: Ellyse Perry was the winner of the 2020 award, based on her performances predominantly taking place in 2019). 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. 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 2021: Beth Mooney 2022: Ashleigh Gardner 2023: Beth Mooney 2024: Ashleigh Gardner 2025: Annabel Sutherland 2026: Annabel Sutherland Ref:
Multiple winners Wins Player Years4Karen Rolton 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006Shelley Nitschke 2009, 2010, 2011, 20123Meg Lanning 2014, 2015, 2017Ellyse Perry2016, 2018, 20202Lisa Sthalekar2007, 2008Beth Mooney2021, 2023Ashleigh Gardner2022, 2024Annabel Sutherland2025, 2026
Other awards During the Australian Cricket Awards, other awards announced include: Shane Warne Men'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
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 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 2021: Pat Cummins 2022: Travis Head 2023: Usman Khawaja 2024: Nathan Lyon 2025: Josh Hazlewood 2026: Mitchell Starc Ref:
Multiple winners Wins Player Years4 Michael Clarke 2009, 2012, 2013, 20143 Ricky Ponting 2003, 2004, 20072 Steve Smith 2015, 2018 Nathan Lyon 2019, 2024 Mitchell Starc 2017, 2026
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 2021: Steve Smith 2022: Mitchell Starc 2023: David Warner 2024: Mitchell Marsh 2025: Travis Head 2026: Mitchell Marsh Ref:
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 Years3Shane Watson 2010, 2011, 2012David Warner2017, 2018, 20232Adam Gilchrist 2003, 2004 Ricky Ponting 2002, 2007 Steve Smith 2015, 2021 Mitchell Marsh 2024, 2026
Women's One Day International Player of the Year 2019: Alyssa Healy 2020: Alyssa Healy 2021: Rachael Haynes 2022: Alyssa Healy 2023: Beth Mooney 2024: Ellyse Perry 2025: Ashleigh Gardner 2026: Annabel Sutherland Ref:
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 2021: Ashton Agar 2022: Mitchell Marsh 2023: Marcus Stoinis 2024: Jason Behrendorff 2025: Adam Zampa 2026: Tim David Ref:
1Not awarded due to only 1 T20I played in 2015.
Multiple winners Wins Player Years3Shane Watson 2012, 2013, 20172Aaron Finch2014, 2018Glenn Maxwell2015, 2019
Women's Twenty20 International Player of the Year 2019: Alyssa Healy 2020: Alyssa Healy 2021: Beth Mooney 2022: Beth Mooney 2023: Tahlia McGrath 2024: Ellyse Perry 2025: Beth Mooney 2026: Beth Mooney Ref:
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.
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 2021: Will Sutherland 2022: Tim Ward 2023: Lance Morris 2024: Fergus O'Neill 2025: Sam Konstas 2026: Cooper Connolly Ref:
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. 2017: Sophie Molineux 2018: Georgia Redmayne 2019: Georgia Wareham 2020: Tayla Vlaeminck 2021: Hannah Darlington 2022: Darcie Brown 2023: Courtney Sippel 2024: Emma de Broughe 2025: Chloe Ainsworth 2026: Caoimhe Bray Ref:
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) 2021: Shaun Marsh (Western Australia) 2022: Travis Head (South Australia) 2023: Michael Neser (Queensland) 2024: Cameron Bancroft (Western Australia) 2025: Beau Webster (Tasmania) 2026: Jake Lehmann (South Australia) Ref:
Multiple winners Wins Player Years3Darren Lehmann 2000, 2001, 20022Michael Klinger 2009, 2010Cameron White 2014, 2017Shaun Marsh 2020, 2021
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) 2021: Elyse Villani (Victoria / Melbourne Stars) 2022: Elyse Villani (Tasmania / Melbourne Stars) 2023: Annabel Sutherland (Victoria / Melbourne Stars) 2024: Elyse Villani (Tasmania / Hobart Hurricanes) and Sophie Day (Victoria / Melbourne Stars) 2025: Georgia Voll (Queensland / Sydney Thunder) 2026: Nicola Carey (Tasmania / Hobart Hurricanes) Ref:
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