Australia batsman Steve Smith beat Pat Cummins by 12 votes to win the Allan Border Medal, the highest honor in Australian men's cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
This is the third time he is winning the prestigious medal. He was pipped by David Warner by one vote last year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The right-handed batsman made the most runs for Australia across all formats in the voting period with 1,098 at an average of 45.75. The effort was built on four half-centuries and four centuries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I was a bit surprised. I don't know, I didn't feel like I had the biggest Test summer, which I think holds the most votes. I think my one-day cricket was pretty good last year, so I obviously got a lot of votes there<\/strong>," said Smith after winning the medal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n "I didn't expect it. I thought Marnus or Pat Cummins was probably the front-runners because they both had exceptional years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n "I'm thrilled, plenty of hard work has gone into it. I'm just really honored to have won my third and hopefully I can keep producing results for Australia and win as many games as we can.<\/strong>"<\/p>\r\n\r\n Australia women's team batter Beth Mooney won the Belinda Clark Award, which is given to the best woman cricketer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Award winners:<\/strong> 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; Women's ODI Player of the Year -- Rachael Haynes; Women's T20 Player of the Year - Beth Mooney; Men's T20I Player of the Year - Ashton Agar; 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 Vilanni; Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year - Hannah Darlington; Australian Cricket Hall of Fame - Johnny Mullagh, Merv Hughes and Lisa Sthalekar.<\/p>\r\n",
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