Australian Cricket Awards: Steve Smith, Beth Mooney bag top honors; here's complete list of winners

Image Source : IANS Steve Smith and Beth Mooney

Beth Mooney and Steve Smith were awarded top honors at the Australian Cricket Awards held in Sydney on Monday after capping off a prolific year with the bat.

Beth Mooney earned her second Belinda Clark Award after her outstanding performance over the season in all three formats, where she scored 976 runs with an average of 65.1 and a strike rate of 102.6. Steve Smith received his fourth Allan Border Medal, putting him in the same league as Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting. He had a successful season with 1547 runs in 32 matches across all formats, averaging 55.3.

Beth, the 29-year-old left-handed opener, also took out the Women's ODI Player of the Year, which included Australia's 2022 Women's ODI World Cup triumph in New Zealand, where she scored an unbeaten 62 off 47 balls in the final. In the final Belinda Clark Medal tally, she got 129 votes, ahead of runner-up Meg Lanning (110) and Tahlia McGrath (95) in third place.

More than half of the runs scored by Smith were in the Test arena, where he amassed 863 at an average of 71.92. In the final Allan Border Medal tally, Smith (171 votes) outpolled Travis Head (144 votes) and David Warner (141 votes).

Other Awards

Tahlia was voted the Women's T20I Player of the Year after an incredible 12 months in the shortest format. She averaged 62.14 with the bat and just 12.84 with the ball across the voting period, in which the Australian team lost only one match. Usman Khawaja took out the Shane Warne Men's Test Player of the Year Award, following an incredible return to the Australian team. Khawaja scored 1020 runs in the voting period at an average of 78.46, hitting three centuries.

In addition to being the leading run-scorer in men's Test Cricket for Australia in 2022, Khawaja's off-field contributions also earned him recognition with the Community Impact Award. The Australian opener's Usman Khawaja Foundation helps young people from disadvantaged communities by providing educational and cricketing opportunities. Warner claimed his third Men's ODI Player of Year, after scoring 552 runs at the top of the order at an average of 42.5, making four half-centuries and one hundred in 13 matches.

Marcus Stoinis took out the Men's T20 International Player of the Year for the first time, with the all-rounder striking at an incredible 168.5 within the voting period. In addition to his 347 runs at an average of 31.6, Stoinis also claimed eight wickets. Australia's top domestic cricketers were also acknowledged with Queensland's Michael Neser and Victoria's Annabel Sutherland taking out the Men's and Women's Domestic Player of the Year Awards, which includes matches in all formats.