(Cricket news) Beth Mooney has become the sixth player to win multiple Belinda Clark Medals, joining an illustrious group which includes current Australian skipper Meg Lanning, Shelley Nitschke, Karen Rolton, Lisa Sthalekar and Ellyse Perry. The 29-year-old star opener dominated across all formats, amassing 976 runs at an average of 65.1 and a strike-rate of 102.6 during the voting period. 

Beth Mooney won her second Belinda Clark Award with 129 votes, ahead of runner-up Meg Lanning (110) and Tahlia McGrath (95) in third place. Mooney took out the One-Day International Player of the Year award,which included Australia’s 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup triumph in New Zealand, where she scored an unbeaten 62 off 47 balls in the Final.  

Beth Mooney’s top score for the year, an unbeaten 73, was the catalyst for Australia’s 27-run win in the opening One-Day International against England at Manuka Oval in February. Perth Scorchers and Western Australian quick Lance Morris has capped off a breakout summer, by being named the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year.

The 24-year-old has been a key contributor in his five KFC Big Bash League appearances for Perth this season, taking nine wickets at 15.22 with a tight economy rate of 6.85. Morris has also shown his talent in the longer form of the game, currently sitting atop the wicket-takers list in the 2022-23 Marsh Sheffield Shield, with 27 scalps at an average of 18.40 in five matches.

The tearaway started off the summer in style, capturing career-best match figures of 9-82 in WA’s convincing eight-wicket win over New South Wales at the WACA Ground.

Full List of Award winners  

Belinda Clark Award –

Beth Mooney (129 votes) 

Meg Lanning (110 votes) 

Tahlia McGrath (95 votes) 

Allan Border Medal –

Steve Smith (171 votes) 

Travis Head (144 votes) 

David Warner (141 votes) 

Women’s ODI Player of the Year – Beth Mooney 

Women’s T20I Player of the Year – Tahlia McGrath 

Shane Warne Men’s Test Player of the Year – Usman Khawaja 

Men’s ODI Player of the Year – David Warner 

Men’s T20I Player of the Year – Marcus Stoinis 

Women’s Domestic Player of the Year – Annabel Sutherland 

Men’s Domestic Player of the Year – Michael Neser 

Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year – Courtney Seppel 

Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year – Lance Morris 

Community Champion Award – Usman Khawaja 

Woolworths Cricket Blaster of the Year – Mabel Tovey 

Australian Cricket Hall of Fame inductees – Marg Jennings and Ian Redpath

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