Australian Cricket Awards: Steve Smith, Beth Mooney bag top honors

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).

Full List of Award



winners:

. Belinda Clark Award - Beth Mooney (129 votes)

. 2nd: Meg Lanning (110 votes)

. 3rd: Tahlia McGrath (95 votes)

. Allan Border Medal - Steve Smith (171 votes)

. Travis Head (144 votes)

. David Warner (141 votes)

. Women's ODI Player of the Year - Beth Mooney

. Women's T20I Player of the Year - Tahlia McGrath

. Shane Warne Men's Test Player of the Year - Usman Khawaja

. Men's ODI Player of the Year - David Warner

. Men's T20I Player of the Year - Marcus Stoinis

. Women's Domestic Player of the Year - Annabel Sutherland

. Men's Domestic Player of the Year - Michael Neser

. Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year - Courtney Sippel

. Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year - Lance Morris

. Community Champion Award - Usman Khawaja

. Woolworths Cricket Blaster of the Year - Mabel Tovey

. Australian Cricket Hall of Fame inductees - Marg Jennings and Ian Redpath