Awarded during the Australian Cricket Awards, the Allan Border Medal is considered to be the most prestigious individual prize in Australian men's cricket. First awarded in 2000, the medal is named after former Australian men's captain Allan Border and recognises the most outstanding male Australian cricketer of the past season as voted by his peers, the media and umpires. Votes are cast after each game on a 3–2–1 basis, with a weighting applied to give both One Day International and Test players an equal chance of winning the award. Media The award ceremony itself is a major publicity event and traditionally takes place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, towards the end of January or the start of February each year. The 2014, 2015 and 2017 ceremonies however, were all held in Sydney. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 and 2022 ceremonies were unable to be held in person and the awards were instead announced as part of the pre-match show for the BBL Finals. The award ceremony itself, prior to 2019 was broadcast live and screened on the digital channel Nine (2000 to 2010) and 9Gem (2011 to 2018). Since 2019, the event has been televised live on both Fox Cricket and 7mate channels. Allan Border Medallists Five cricketers have won the award more than once. Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke won the award four times, sharing the award in 2009, as well as Steve Smith (4). The other multiple winners include David Warner who has won the award three times, as well as Shane Watson who has won the award twice. Watson also has the highest vote count of 296, with a huge margin of 100 votes in 2011. 2000: Glenn McGrath 2001: Steve Waugh 2002: Matthew Hayden 2003: Adam Gilchrist 2004: Ricky Ponting 2005: Michael Clarke 2006: Ricky Ponting 2007: Ricky Ponting 2008: Brett Lee 20091: Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke 2010: Shane Watson 2011: Shane Watson 2012: Michael Clarke 2013: Michael Clarke 2014: Mitchell Johnson 2015: Steve Smith 2016: David Warner 2017: David Warner 2018: Steve Smith 2019: Pat Cummins 2020: David Warner 2021: Steve Smith 2022: Mitchell Starc 2023: Steve Smith Ref: 1No count-back is used in the Allan Border Medal. Multiple winners Belinda Clark Award The Belinda Clark Award recognises Australia's best women's international cricketer. Like the Allan Border Medal, it is presented annually and determined by matches played in the previous twelve-month