Clarke wins Australia's top cricket award
Michael Clark joins Ricky Ponting by winning Allan Border Medal for the fourth time.
MELBOURNE: Captain Michael Clarke has joined his predecessor Ricky Ponting as the only four-time winner of the Allan Border Medal after taking Australian cricket s highest award for the second consecutive year on Monday.
In match-by-match voting by players, media and umpires, Clarke won with 198 votes, ahead of Mike Hussey and two-time winner Shane Watson, who each polled 165 votes.
Clarke also won the test cricketer of the year award for the second consecutive time, after scoring 1,080 runs at 77.14 in the nine tests covered by the voting period, which went from Feb. 25, 2012 to Jan. 28.
Watson was 87 votes clear of Clarke after comfortably winning the Twenty20 award and also polled well for the one-day honor, which went to pace bowler Clint McKay.
Clarke also comfortably won the Test cricketer of the year award, again for the second year in a row, after scoring 1,080 runs at an average of 77.14 in the nine Tests covered by the voting period, from February 25 last year to January 28 this year.
Watson won the Twenty20 award and also polled well for the one-day honour, which was won by paceman Clint McKay.
Top-order batsman Phil Hughes, who moved from New South Wales to South Australia ahead of the season, was named the domestic player of the year, and Queensland batsman Joe Burns was voted the Bradman young cricketer of the year.
