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Last year Steve Smith made a clean sweep of the major Australian cricket awards by capturing the Test and ODI Player of the Year, as well as the coveted Allan Border Medal – all for the first time.
In the 16-year history of the annual awards, only Ricky Ponting, in 2007, has been successful in winning all three awards in the same year.
Tonight Australian captain Smith has a mortgage on the Test award, but he has serious opposition from giant left-arm paceman Mitchell Starc for the other two.
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Contenders for Test Player of the Year
Steve Smith (13 Tests) – 1474 runs at 73.70 with a top score of 215 that included six centuries and five half-centuries, cracking 167 boundaries, and seven sixes.
David Warner (13) – 1317 runs at 54.87 – 253 – four centuries and seven half-centuries – 163/11.
Adam Voges (12) – 1028 runs at 85.66 – 269* – four centuries and three half-centuries – 133/2.
Joe Burns (6) – 631 at 63.10 – 173 – one century and five half-centuries – 94/1.
Usman Khawaja (3) – 504 at 126 – three centuries and one half-century – 38/5.
Josh Hazlewood (12) – 51 wickets at 23.35 – ER 2.95, SR 47.4
Nathan Lyon (13) – 48 at 28.72 – 3.07, 55.9.
Mitchell Starc (11) – 46 at 25.06 – 3.35, 44.7.
Mitchell Johnson (9) – 30 at 33.75 – 3.82, 53.
Contenders for ODI Player of the Year
Steve Smith (19) – 805 runs at 53.66 – 105 – two centuries and five half-centuries – SR 86.85 – 71/7.
David Warner (15) – 652 runs at 54.33 – 178 – two centuries and two half-centuries – 110.50 – 74/12.
Mitchell Starc (18) – 41 wickets at 16.26 – ER 4.61, SR 21.1.
Contenders for the Allan Border Medal
Steve Smith is the world number one ranked Test batsman, Mitchell Starc the world’s most successful ODI bowler in 2015 – and the reasons for their international recognition are set out above.
Tonight will have two added attractions, with expressman Jeff Thomson, and the late, great keeper Wally Grout to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Other awards are the Twenty20 Player of the Year, the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year, the State Player of the Year and the women’s international Cricketer of the Year.
It promises to be a cracker of a night. Don’t miss it televised live on Gem, starting at 8:40pm (AEDT).