Cricket Australia hosted its annual awards ceremony, honouring the top Australian cricketers for their mesmerising performances during the year’s voting period, which ended on February 2, 2025, so as to ensure the inclusion of performances from the recently concluded Ashes series. The grand event witnessed some of the biggest names being appreciated for their remarkable show around the cricketing world.

From the women’s fraternity, all-rounder Annabel Sutherland bagged the Belinda Clark Award as the best Australian cricketer of the year. Companions Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney were awarded with the best ODI and T20 player of the year respectively.
Belinda Clark Award – Annabel Sutherland
The Belinda Clark Award, the top honour in the women’s division, went to star all-rounder Annabel Sutherland. The 23-year old’s achievement came soon after she made history by becoming the first female cricketer to score a Test century at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. She edged past Ashleigh Gardner by 25 votes and bagged the honour by polling 168 votes. The right-hander started the 12-month span with a spectacular 210 against South Africa at the WACA Ground in February. Last Friday, in just her sixth Test match, she achieved her third Test century, sharing the record with champions Jill Kennare and Betty Wilson.
The all-rounder was outstanding across formats throughout the year, during which Australia completed series victories over India, New Zealand, and England without losing a match. She smashed 798 runs at an average of 46.94 and also had a big impact with the ball in her 33 matches across all three formats, finishing the voting period with the fourth most wickets for Australia (34 at 20.82) behind Gardner (45), Alana King (40) and Megan Schutt (35).
She is one of the youngest to win the top honour, succeeding former skipper Meg Lanning who won it consecutively aged 21 and 22 in 2014 and 2015. “Pretty surreal. To win an award named after Belinda Clark is pretty special,” said Sutherland, who has even been picked in the ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year.
Women’s ODI Player of the Year Award – Ashleigh Gardner
Ashleigh Gardner won the Women’s ODI Player of the Year Award and consolidated her position as one of the finest cricketers in recent times. The 27-year-old finished the voting period as Australia’s leading run scorer in the 50-over format, with 385 runs at 38.50 including her first international hundred and two fifties. She levelled up her game with the ball as Australia’s second highest wicket taker in ODIs across the voting period with 23 wickets at 15.52.

Gardner made her return to the 50-over format in December by finding form with half-century in the third ODI against India at the WACA Ground, which was topped up with a fifer, a record in itself, left the best for last, hitting 102 in the third Ashes ODI in Hobart and taking one of the best catches of the summer.
Women’s T20 Player of the Year – Beth Mooney
Ms. Consistent Beth Mooney collected her third T20 Player of the Year award as she looked consistent as ever in the 17 matches played during the voting period. The left-hander amassed 618 runs at a strike rate of 130, which included five half centuries. She was the standout performer of the T20 leg of the multi-format series against South Africa, scoring 72 not out and 82 in the series decider at Bellerive Oval.

An unbeaten 55 in unfamiliar conditions in Dhaka followed, while Mooney made some vital contributions on tricky pitches during the T20I World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. The left-handed scored 75, 44, and 94 runs in the Ashes T20Is to round up the voting session and was unaffected by taking over wicketkeeping duties from the injured Alyssa Healy.
WBBL 10 Player(s) of the Tournament Award – Ellyse Perry and Jess Jonassen
There was a tie for the award belonging to franchise cricket. Australian legend Ellyse Perry topped the run-scorers list with 424 runs at an average of 53 and was named in the WBBL Team of the Tournament for the sixth time. Jess, meanwhile, led Brisbane Heat to the WBBL final, taking 14 wickets at 18 as well as scoring 174 runs at an average of 34 with four unbeaten knocks in nine innings. The left-arm spinner picked up 17 wickets at 18.23 with an economy rate of 7.04, including four three-wicket hauls.


Women’s Domestic Player of the Year Award – Georgia Voll
Georgia Voll has debuted in all three international formats across the last two months for the Australian side. She was rightly awarded for her standout domestic form for Queensland and Sydney Thunder. The 21-year-old had an outstanding performance at the top of the batting order for the Fire throughout the voting duration, amassing 566 runs in 12 innings at an average of 56.6, which included two centuries during the 2023-24 Women’s National Cricket League season and a score of 98 to begin the ongoing season. Voll transitioned from the Brisbane Heat to the Sydney Thunder for WBBL|10 and continued her impressive run with the bat.

Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year – Chloe Ainsworth
Emerging fast bowler Chloe Ainsworth from Western Australia has been recognised for her impressive season by being awarded the Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year. She finished the season with 12 wickets at 18.58 with an economy rate of 5.86, while she also picked up 10 wickets for Western Australia in the WNCL. Alongside Lanning and Sutherland, Ainsworth accounted for wickets of international stars Chamari Athapaththu, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Alice Capsey, Tahlia McGrath and Ellyse Perry during WBBL 10.
Christina Matthews – Inductee of the Hall of Fame
Australia’s most capped female Test cricketer and a World Cup winner, the Victoria born keeper, Christina Matthews was named in the prestigious Hall of fame. She has also been a pioneering administrator as the CEO at the WACA.


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