Smith matches two greats with fourth AB Medal

Steve Smith has achieved a feat that lone Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke could laic assertion to previously, becoming the 3rd subordinate to clinch the Allan Border Medal connected 4 occasions.

Another prima of the Australian cricket awards nighttime connected Monday was Beth Mooney, who collected the Belinda Clark Medal for the 2nd time.

Smith, who added to his 2015, 2018 and 2021 Allan Border Medal victories, claimed the gong aft compiling 1547 runs astatine 55.3 from 32 matches crossed the 3 formats.

The New South Welshman scored much than fractional of those runs successful Test cricket, making 863 astatine 71.92.

Smith polled 171 votes to bushed Travis Head (144) and David Warner (141) for the highest idiosyncratic honour successful Australian men's cricket.

"You're successful rarefied air," said presenter Mel McLaughlin erstwhile Smith arrived connected the stage.

The erstwhile Test captain's archetypal absorption was 1 of humour.

"Four clip conscionable makes maine consciousness old," helium laughed.

"Extremely humbled to beryllium up here.

"My past 4 months I've changed a batch of things. I've worked incredibly hard connected my crippled to get myself backmost playing the mode I wanted to play. I'm truly pleased.

"I surely don't play for these accolades.

"But it's been a tremendous 12 months with the Australian team. I deliberation we've flooded immoderate truly bully hurdles and played immoderate tremendous cricket.

"Really humbled."

Ponting won the Allan Border Medal successful 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009, portion Clarke was the recipient successful 2005, shared the grant with Ponting successful 2009 and triumphed again successful 2012 and 2013.

Although Smith registered the astir votes overall, Usman Khawaja won men's Test subordinate of the year, David Warner collected men's one-day planetary subordinate of the twelvemonth and Marcus Stoinis took retired T20 planetary subordinate of the year.

Khawaja, who carved retired 1020 runs astatine 78.46, picked up the men's Test subordinate of the twelvemonth grant present named successful remembrance of Shane Warne.

Mooney, who won the Belinda Clark Medal and women's ODI subordinate of the year, was recognised for piling up 976 runs astatine 65.1. The prima batter was besides important to Australia's victorious 50-over World Cup campaign, which saw her pummel 62 from 47 against England successful the final.

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