Gregor Mactaggart, Sportal
Lee Furlong as well as Shane Watson
Shane Watson has reliable his station as Australia’s many profitable cricketer by winning a second unbroken Allan Border Medal in Melbourne upon Monday night.
The 29-year-old became a initial player given captain Ricky Ponting in 2006-07 to explain a country’s many cherished particular cricket endowment in back-to-back years.
Watson valid because he was a raging-hot prime starting in by branch a endowment competition during Crown Casino in to a one-act affair, pollling 295 votes to finish 100 forward of runner-up Michael Hussey (195), with Mitchell Johnson (193) third.
“It’s unequivocally strenuous to embrace these awards tonight, it’s a loyal honour to win a Allan Border Medal,” Watson said.
Watson thanked his family together with mother Lee Furlong during his acceptance debate as well as paid reverence to a await of Cricket Australia’s healing staff for gripping a once injury-plagued cricketer upon a field.
“It was something we didn’t consider was unequivocally starting to occur a integrate of years ago,” Watson said.
“To get a event to open a batting in Test cricket was something which we never suspicion would happen. It’s usually great which it came along during a time we felt which we was in a unequivocally great place with my batting especially. It’s been great to go upon to stay upon a fool around ground for a final year as well as a half. For me that’s a greatest thing we have been means to achieve.”
He led Australia’s run-scorers by all 3 forms of a diversion with 2067 runs during an normal of 39.00 as well as his 47 scalps during 26.53 saw Watson ranked fourth upon a altogether wicket-takers tally.
In further to a tip gong, Watson enjoyed an awards excavation by receiving home a Test as well as One-Day International Player of a Year awards.
Watson was crowned a premier Test player for a initial time by trait of his 847 runs during 44.58 as well as sixteen wickets during 29.25, polling fourteen votes to finish 4 transparent of bowler incited all-rounder Johnson.
While gratified to win a award, Watson certified array waste to India as well as England had gradual his success.
“It’s a empathize it wasn’t in improved resources with a approach which a Test cricket worked out this year, saying a highlights brings behind a little not so great memories, a little great personal ones there, though we fool around to win as well as which unfortunately wasn’t a many successful year we’ve had,” Watson said.
Watson’s limited-over exploits saw him corner out Michael Clarke by a single opinion to win his second true One-Day International Player of a Year award.
He was Australia’s heading scorer for a 12-month choosing by casting votes duration with 859 runs during 40.90, highlighted by his shining 161 not out during a Melbourne Cricket Ground in a opening Commonwealth Bank Series compare opposite England.
Not usually that, though Watson was a third top wicket-taker interjection to twenty wickets during 26.60.
Watson’s hopes of a purify brush of a 4 general awards was stopped by David Hussey, who took home a initial Twenty20 International player of a year.
The Victorian, who captivated a $1.4 million bid from Indian Premier League outfit Kings XI Punjab final month, polled twelve votes to kick his Bushrangers team-mate Cameron White as well as Watson (10) in a parsimonious count.
Hussey strike 346 runs during an normal of 24.71 as well as strike-rate of 119.31, whilst his off-spin conjured 9 wickets during 17.67.
“You’ve got to consider obviously underneath pressure. Twenty20 cricket tests your ability opposite a bowler to transparent a bounds as well as we suffer which contest,” Hussey said.
Recent Test debutant Usman Khawaja valid a widespread leader of a State Player of a Year award.
The 24-year-old New South Welshman polled 35 votes, a overwhelming twenty-three forward of runner-up Andrew McDonald (Victoria), to turn a 10th batsman in twelve years to be successful in a award.
The inclusive left-hander thick with 952 runs during 59.50 in a choosing by casting votes period, highlighted by a career-best 214 opposite South Australia final October.
Khawaja’s Blues team-mate Trent Copeland was rewarded his overwhelming entrance first-class deteriorate with a Bradman Young Cricketer of a Year.
Copeland’s transport of 55 wickets during 23.60 saw him consequence 44 votes as well as kick earnest Queensland batsman Chris Lynn by seventeen votes.
South Australian all-rounder Shelley Nitschke combined story when she finished a hat-trick in a Women’s International Player of a Year award.
The 34-year-old scored 760 runs during 30.40 as well as took 34 wickets during 17.68 during a past twelve months to check 76 votes, with Lisa Sthalekar a runner-up upon 50.
Former Australian captain Mark Taylor as well as mythological NSW batsman Doug Walters were a 2011 inductions in to a Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.
Allan Border Medal
Shane Watson 295, Michael Hussey 195, Mitchell Johnson 193, Michael Clarke 174, Cameron White 121, Brad Haddin 98, David Hussey 90, Ricky Ponting 87, Doug Bollinger 84, Marcus North 72, Steve Smith 68, Simon Katich 60, Shaun Tait 57, Ryan Harris 56, Peter Siddle 54, James Hopes 51, David Warner 38, Brett Lee 33, Dirk Nannes 28, Shaun Marsh 24, Clint McKay 23, John Hastings 20, Xavier Doherty 18, Nathan Hauritz 15, Aaron Finch 12, Mitchell Starc 12, Tim Paine 12, Ben Hilfenhaus 6, Stephen O’Keefe 6, Dan Christian 2.
Test Player of a Year
Shane Watson 14, Mitchell Johnson 10, Michael Hussey 8, Marcus North 7, Michael Clarke 6, Simon Katich 5, Peter Siddle 5, Doug Bollinger 3, Brad Haddin 2, Ricky Ponting 2, Steve Smith 2, Ryan Harris 1, Ben Hilfenhaus 1.
One-Day Player of a Year
Shane Watson 16, Michael Clarke 15, Cameron White 13, Michael Hussey 10, Ricky Ponting 10, Doug Bollinger 8, James Hopes 8, Ryan Harris 7, David Hussey 7, Mitchell Johnson 7, Brett Lee 6, Brad Haddin 4, John Hastings 4, Shaun Marsh 4, Steve Smith 4, Shaun Tait 4, Clint McKay 3, Xavier Doherty 2, Nathan Hauritz 2, Tim Paine 2, Mitchell Starc 2.
Twenty20 Player of a Year
David Hussey 12, Shane Watson 10, Cameron White 10, David Warner 9, Michael Hussey 8, Mitchell Johnson 8, Shaun Tait 8, Dirk Nannes 7, Brad Haddin 6, Steve Smith 5, Aaron Finch 3, Michael Clarke 3, Stephen O’Keefe 3, John Hastings 2, Dan Christian 1, Clint McKay 1.
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