Australian Cricket Awards: Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head rewarded for their exceptional season

Following heroic performances in the year, Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head are named Men’s T20 player and Men’s Test player of the year, respectively.

On Saturday, Australia cricket announced the winners of the Australia cricket awards. Mitchell Starc was honored with the Allan Border Medal, the most prestigious honor in Australian cricket. Starc was also named as the Australia men’s ODI player of the year.

The man of the series of the Ashes 2021-22, Travis Head, was also rewarded for his phenomenal performance in Australia’s 4-0 victory against England. Travis was awarded as the Test player of the year.

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Following his incredible T20 World Cup campaign, Mitchell Marsh was named the Male T20 Player of the year. The allrounder scored a total of 684 runs in Australia’s triumph at an average of 34.2. Marsh was the hero of the World Cup finals; he played an innings of 77 runs off 50 balls to get Australia over the line against New Zealand.

On the other hand, Ashleigh Gardner bagged the prestigious Belinda Clark Award, coming in seven votes ahead of the last year’s winner Beth Mooney. Also, Alyssa Healy was named female ODI player of the year. She won the award for the third time in a row.

Here’s the list of all the winners of the Australian Cricket awards:

Awards Players
Allan Border Medal Mitchell Starc

 

Belinda Clark Award

 

Ashleigh Gardner

 

Male Test Player of the Year

 

Travis Head

 

Male ODI Player of the Year

 

Mitchell Starc

 

Male T20I Player of the Year Mitchell Marsh
Female ODI Player of the Year

 

Alyssa Healy

 

Female T20I Player of the Year Beth Mooney
Female Domestic Player of the Year

 

Elyse Villani

 

Male Domestic Player of the Year

 

Travis Head

 

Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year Darcie Brown
     Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year

 

Tim Ward

 

Community Champion Award Zoe Cooke
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame inductees Raelee Thompson and Justin Langer