Allan Border Medal

[Adelaide Hawk]

Yeah, it hardly fills you with any excitement leading up to the event.

My favourite memory was Colin 'Funky' Miller winning test player of the year, that was awesome!

... and he thanked his two dogs, "Richie" and "Benaud".

 

[BACCS]

Yeah, it hardly fills you with any excitement leading up to the event.

My favourite memory was Colin 'Funky' Miller winning test player of the year, that was awesome!

Doesn't help that it isn't shown live on TV, and we know he winner before the broadcast starts. Doesn't look like we even get it at all on Channel 9 in Adelaide.

 

[Mateyman]

What is the actual voting system for this?

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Extremely good speech from Adam Gilchrist.

 

[JUBJUB]

Doesn't help that it isn't shown live on TV, and we know he winner before the broadcast starts. Doesn't look like we even get it at all on Channel 9 in Adelaide.

It was on GO this year at 8.30 tonight,instead of the recent years coverage on GEM

 

[The Passenger]

This is why the award is crap, only really 2 people were going to win the main award, either smith or warner.

It was really only ever gonna end like this.

It's like an AFL best and fairest. Half of them the winner is a dead cert certainty, a quarter of them there's a clear favourite with some competition, whilst only about a quarter are a two or three horse race.

When CA started the award it had a bit of suspense because we had half a dozen guys who contributed to wins with regularity and all had varying levels of a chance to win. Now that we don't have that, it really becomes a pretty obvious winner walking in. And in this day and age with ODI and T20 specialists, rotation policies etc,. this has only become more pronounced as only a handful play enough games to make a mark in the voting.

I read an article bemoaning the fact that ODI and T20 specialists were virtually no chance to win the award, but that is exactly how it should be IMO.

Smith a well deserved winner, but I wouldn't be surprised if sometime in the future this event gets relegated to a presentation after one of the January ODI's.

Imagine if a guy like AB De Villiers came along for Australia. He'd win it every year for 10 years and the night would just become an annual coronation.

 

[Klim]

It was on GO this year at 8.30 tonight,instead of the recent years coverage on GEM

What's up with that? Don't they show it at a later time?

 

[Damon_3388]

Twenty20 International Player of the Year - Glenn Maxwell, 2014 calendar year:

50 T20 Matches

Batting
49 Innings (2 not out)
1,126 Runs (7 fifties, 0 hundreds, 6 ducks) @ 23.96 average
650 Balls Faced @ 173.23 strike rate
94 Fours and 71 Sixes @ 3.94 balls per boundary

Bowling
28 Innings
11 Wickets @ 43.55 average
479 Runs Against (10 wides, 0 no balls) @ 8.26 economy rate
348 Balls Bowled @ 31.64 strike rate

Fielding
34 catches, 0 stumpings, 5 run outs

 

[The_Reaper]

Twenty20 International Player of the Year - Glenn Maxwell, 2014 calendar year:

Only international matches count

 

[Damon_3388]

Only international matches count

Really?:

12 T20I Matches

Batting
12 Innings (0 not outs)
241 Runs (1 fifty, 0 hundreds, 1 duck) @ 20.08 average
137 Balls Faced @ 175.91 strike rate
22 Fours and 16 Sixes @ 3.61 balls per boundary

Bowling
10 Innings
9 Wickets @ 23.88 average
215 Runs Against (4 wides, 1 no ball) @ 6.94 economy rate
186 Balls Bowled @ 20.67 strike rate

Fielding
9 catches, 0 stumpings, 1 run out

 

[The_Reaper]

Really?:

Yeah.
Three-Two-One votes per game.

Was one of our better batsman in the World T20 and of course contributes quite well with the ball

 

[Damon_3388]

BTW, this photo just screams "w*nker!"

 

[Carbine Chaos]

BTW, this photo just screams "w*nker!"

Why? Screams proud/delighted young man who has just won an award to me.

 

[Belnakor]

I read an article bemoaning the fact that ODI and T20 specialists were virtually no chance to win the award, but that is exactly how it should be IMO.

pretty sure they changed it so tests got much greater weighting after the year Martyn didn't win it and the players kicked up a fuss.

Imagine if a guy like AB De Villiers came along for Australia. He'd win it every year for 10 years and the night would just become an annual coronation.

we had ponting/gilly/mcgrath/warne in the same team, if any of them were in the team at their peak it would have been the same. just how it works with cricket i guess.

 

[Costanza_]

Well deserved Smith. He'll have a few more of them around his neck by the time he's done.

 

[FRUMPY]

BTW, this photo just screams "w*nker!"

So they all get dressed up and then sit in an auditorium? thats hilarious. No meal or free drinks?

 

[JUBJUB]

What's up with that? Don't they show it at a later time?

I think they use to show it at 9.30 or 10pm on GEM but that may've been when Fox Sports was showing it live.Fox haven't shown it the last few years.

 

[Caesar]

What is the actual voting system for this?

3-2-1 for each international match, then a weighting.

Test votes are multiplied by 6
ODI votes are multiplied by 3
T20I votes are multiplied by 2

 

[Andrew Mc]

So they all get dressed up and then sit in an auditorium? thats hilarious. No meal or free drinks?

They definitely have in the past (sat down at tables). Perhaps because of the World Cup and cricket is still ongoing, they thought it better to not have the players on the piss.

 

[JUBJUB]

They definitely have in the past (sat down at tables). Perhaps because of the World Cup and cricket is still ongoing, they thought it better to not have the players on the piss.

Cricket still been going in recent years.It's often been held during an ODI series.

 

[FRUMPY]

it'll end up being like the rookie draft in the AFL, all via satellite from the winners lounge room

 

[Andrew Mc]

Cricket still been going in recent years.It's often been held during an ODI series.

Yeah, you're right - maybe because of the World Cup being a bit more important?

 

[weekend at bernies]

I think Jimmy Pattinson won.

 

[The_Eagles]

They wont get rid of it, the WAGs wont stand for it - it's a thankyou to them in part

 

[QAFL_Fan]

When CA started the award it had a bit of suspense because we had half a dozen guys who contributed to wins with regularity and all had varying levels of a chance to win. Now that we don't have that, it really becomes a pretty obvious winner walking in. And in this day and age with ODI and T20 specialists, rotation policies etc,. this has only become more pronounced as only a handful play enough games to make a mark in the voting.

.

Clarke won his first one, despite Damien Martyn dominating test cricket that year (won Test player of the year) but then late in the Tri-Series he was rested for the last 4 matches. Clarke was promoted to opener and made a few runs and ended up pipping Marto by a handful of votes.