Australia’s star batsman, the ‘genius’ Steve Smith has won the Allan Border Medal for the year 2021. Along with this Steve Smith also bagged Australia’s Men’s ODI Player of the Year.
Steve Smith won the Allan Border Medal
With this, Steve Smith has joined David Warner in the second position on the all-time list behind four-time winners of the medal- Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke.
Presenting the 2020-21 Allan Border and Belinda Clark Medallists, Steve Smith and Beth Mooney! 👏 #AusCricketAwards pic.twitter.com/Ybl8VfYZfq
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) February 6, 2021
Smith on receiving Allan Border Medal
“It’s a great thrill, plenty of hard work has gone into it (but) I didn’t expect it; I thought Marnus (Labuschagne) or Pat Cummins were the front runners because they both had exceptional years. I didn’t feel I had the biggest Test summer, which normally holds the most votes. I think my one-day cricket was pretty good last summer,” Smith said, on receiving the award.
“I’m just really honoured to have won my third AB Medal and hopefully I can keep producing results for Australia.”
Full list of 2021 Australian Cricket Awards recipients
Allan Border Medal: Steve Smith
Belinda Clark Award: Beth Mooney
Men’s Test Player of the Year: Pat Cummins
Men’s ODI Player of the Year: Steve Smith
Men’s T20I Player of the Year: Ashton Agar
Women’s ODI Player of the Year: Rachael Haynes
Women’s T20I Player of the Year: Beth Mooney
Community Impact Award: Josh Lalor
Men’s Domestic Player of the Year: Shaun Marsh
Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year: Will Sutherland
Women’s Domestic Player of the Year: Elyse Villani
Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year: Hannah Darlington
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame: Johnny Mullagh, Merv Hughes, and Lisa Sthalekar
