Australian cricket captain Steve Smith has been honoured with this year’s Allan Border Medal at an event organised to honour Australian cricketers in Melbourne. The Allan Border Medal is awarded to the most outstanding Australian cricketer of the past season.
Smith, who last month was named the International Cricket Council’s Test Cricketer of the Year, became the fifth player after former skippers Michael Clarke (2005, 2009, 2012, 2013), Ricky Ponting (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009), Shane Watson (2010, 2011) and David Warner (2016, 2017) to win the medal on multiple occasions. This was Smith’s second AB Medal. He previously won it in 2015.
What a player! Congrats to the Australian skipper on winning the 2018 #ABmedal. MORE HERE: https://t.co/4c28GHuGBH pic.twitter.com/0iruMNIdES
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) 12 February 2018
Smith received this honour after he led Australia team to a 4-0 victory over England to reclaim the Ashes. He was also in his prime touch during Australia tour of India earlier in 2017.
We asked Australian cricketers and their partners what they do first when they get home after a long tour #ABmedal pic.twitter.com/E89cHtUdY5
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) 12 February 2018
Meanwhile, David Warner won the One-Day International Player of the Year for the second consecutive time. In the past year, Warner played 13 innings scored 691 runs at 57.58 strike-rate. He also scored 3 tons.
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The left-hander accrued 24 votes to win the award by a margin of six from skipper Steve Smith and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis.
2018 Winner’s List
Allan Border Medal: Steve Smith
Test Player of the Year: Steve Smith
ODI Player of the Year: David Warner
Women’s Domestic Player of the Year: Beth Mooney
Men’s Domestic Player of the Year: George Bailey
T20 Player of the Year: Aaron Finch
Betty Wilson Young Cricketer: Georgia Redmayne
Bradman Young Cricketer: Jhye Richardson
Congratulations to the 2018 Belinda Clark Medallist Ellyse Perry for an outstanding year in every format! https://t.co/eNxsccGVMG #ABmedal pic.twitter.com/wierpNFMzO
— Australian Women’s Cricket Team _ (@SouthernStars) 12 February 2018
Aaron Finch named the elite short-form player for Australia. READ MORE: https://t.co/X5RzqMlMgv #ABmedal pic.twitter.com/aaOA8NLnoO
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) 12 February 2018
Past Medal Winners List
Glenn McGrath (2000), Steve Waugh (2001), Matthew Hayden (2002), Adam Gilchrist (2003), Ricky Ponting (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009), Michael Clarke (2005, 2009, 2012, 2013), Brett Lee (2008), Shane Watson (2010, 2011), Mitchell Johnson (2014), Steve Smith (2015), David Warner (2016, 2017)
