Mitchell Starc claims maiden Allan Border medal, Ashleigh Gardner wins Belinda Clarke award

Mitchell Starc claimed his maiden Allan Border medal within the Cricket Australia awards on Saturday, whereas Ashleigh Gardner gained the Belinda Clarke award. Mitchell Starc gained maiden Allan Border medal, (AP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSMitchell Starc, Ashleigh Gardner declare prime honours at Australian Cricket awardsStarc was honoured for his sturdy efficiency in all three codecs of the sportGardner was Australia’s Third-highest run-scorer and Fifth-highest wicket-taker in 1 yrThe Cricket Australia (CA) Awards have been introduced on Saturday as Mitchell Starc gained his maiden Allan Border medal whereas Ashleigh Gardner grew to become the primary indigenous particular person to seize the Belinda Clarke award.

Starc was honoured for his sturdy efficiency in all three codecs of the sport – he took 43 wickets within the 12-month interval. He is simply the fifth bowler in 22 years to win the award, edging out Mitchell Marsh by one vote. The awards have been determined by a voting course of for the interval 2021-22.It was a double celebration for Starc as he additionally gained the lads’s ODI participant of the yr award. He joins Pat Cummins, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath as the one quick bowlers to win the highest award since its inception in 2000.Gardner was Australia’s third-highest run-scorer and fifth-highest wicket-taker within the final 12 months. She scored 281 runs at a median of 35.10 – together with 4 half-centuries – and claimed 9 wickets. She obtained 54 votes to win the Belinda Clark award, forward of Beth Mooney (47) and Alyssa Healy (39).Star wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy gained the ladies’s ODI participant of the yr award for the third time.Marsh, who was the star of the T20 World Cup closing final yr, was named the lads’s T20 participant of the yr after an incredible 12 months. He obtained 53 votes, forward of pacer Josh Hazlewood (29) and spinner Ashton Agar (26).Beth Mooney gained her second successive girls’s T20 Player of the Year award. With 13 votes, she completed forward of Tahlia McGrath (10) and Gardner (6). Batter Travis Head bagged the Test Player of the Year award courtesy a superb Ashes marketing campaign that included two match-winning centuries.The award winners have been determined by votes from gamers, umpires and media representatives all year long.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.