Australia captain Steve Smith has added yet another award to his expanding collection after winning the Allan Border Medal for the second time in four years following his incredible year in 2017.
Smith was named the winner at Monday’s Allan Border Medal Ceremony in Melbourne, with the award the biggest individual prize for an Australian cricketer to win.
It was the one of two victories on the night as Smith also won Australia’s Test Player of the Year Award, after becoming the number one ranked Test batsman in world cricket by scoring 1,305 runs at an average of 76.76 last year.
Jhye Richardson was awarded the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year winner as one of the country’s rising stars, while George Bailey won Domestic Player of the Year for the men, with Beth Mooney scooping the award on the women’s side.
2018 Allan Border Award winners:
Allan Border Medal – Steve Smith
Test Player of the Year – Steve Smith
ODI Player of the Year – David Warner
T20I Player of the Year – Aaron Finch
Belinda Clark Award – Ellyse Perry
Betty Wilson Young Cricketer – Georgia Redmayne
Bradman Young Cricketer – Jhye Richardson
Men’s Domestic Player of the Year – George Bailey
Women’s Domestic Player of the Year – Beth Mooney
