Mitchell Marsh, Ashleigh Gardner Bag Top Honours At Australian Cricket Awards. See Pics | Cricket News




Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh was named the Allan Border Medalist on the 2024 Australian Cricket Awards on Wednesday whereas Ashleigh Gardner bagged the Belinda Clark Award. Marsh made a return to the Test format within the Ashes 2023 at Headingley and scored a run-a-ball 118. The right-handed batter went on to attain 441 runs with a mean of 49 throughout final 12 months’s ODI World Cup, which additionally included a 177* in opposition to Bangladesh.

“I’m a bit fat at times and I love a beer but you see the best in me always and you’ve changed my life. For your support and your leadership, Patty, playing under you is a dream,” Marsh stated through the occasion as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

“I often spoke to my wife about… that I just wanted to get one more crack at it, and it’s been amazing. She gave me the perspective on life that I needed,” Marsh added.

The 32-year-old scored 594 runs in six Tests at a mean of 66. In ODIs, he amassed 858 runs at a mean of 47.66 and had a strike charge of 113.94.

He additionally loved a prolific T20I collection in opposition to South Africa through which he struck 92* and 79* in three innings.

On the opposite hand, Gardner bagged her second Belinda Clark Award, she was beforehand honoured with the coveted accolade in 2022.

Gardner had an distinctive 2023 as she claimed 20 wickets, whereas in T20Is, which included Australia’s triumph on the World Cup in 2023, she picked up 19 wickets with an financial system charge of seven.49. With the bat, she averaged 33.16 in ODIs, and in T20I format she had a mean of 24.10 with a strike charge of 118.13.

“It’s been an interesting year. Think a lot of people probably think I’m more of a batter, or batting allrounder, but over the last 12-24 months think my bowling has probably evolved a lot quicker than what I was thinking. I’ve put a lot of trust in my captain to bring me on at different times and being able to reap those rewards of taking wickets has been a nice change,” Gardner stated through the occasion.

Australia’s veteran spinner Nathan Lyon was named Shane Warne Men’s Test Player of the Year. He missed out on three matches of the Ashes as a result of calf harm he suffered at Lord’s within the second Test.

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