Head claims Cricket Australia's top gong...again

After another dominant year with the bat, Travis Head has once again been awarded Cricket Australia’s highest individual honour in the Allan Border Medal on Friday night.

Awarded to the best player across all three formats for Australia, it’s been another stellar 12 months from the left-handed batter.

The 32-year-old led with the bat during the Ashes, totalling 629 runs at an average of 62.9, which saw him pass the triple-digit mark on three occasions as Australia claimed a 4-1 series win.

He also managed some strong performances in the white-ball space, having scored 142 runs against South Africa in Mackay in an ODI.

The South Australian claimed 153 votes, seeing him pipped his fellow state teammate Alex Carey by one vote whilst star pace bowler Mitchell Starc finished third with 150.  

Head becomes the first Allan Border Medallist to go back-to-back since David Warner back in 2016-17.

He also becomes only the fifth player to have won multiple medals since the award began in 2000.

Reflecting on winning his second medal, Head expressed his privilege at the achievement in a ceremony in Brisbane where he was handed the medal by Border himself.

"To think that I've got two medals and my kids can look at them and I can tell them (about it) in 20 years' time is pretty cool,” he said.

"To have both India and England series in there (for both medals) is cool.”

On the women’s side, Annabel Sutherland also claimed her second Belinda Clark Award, becoming the ninth player to win multiple awards and the first since Meg Lanning in 2014-15 to win back-to-back.

Head has been selected in Australia’s 13-man Test squad for their upcoming series against Bangladesh.

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