by PatowalongaPirate » Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:15 pm
Men's ODI Player of the Year: David Warner
It took a countback to separate David Warner and Steve Smith, who were locked on 25 votes for this tightly-contested award, with that pair one vote ahead of Travis Head.
The award was the first major prize handed out at the 2023 Australian Cricket Awards after votes from players, umpires and media across the 17 matches Australia played in the voting period.
Smith scored 539 at 67.37 in 11 games while a "very surprised" Warner posted 552 runs across 13 games at an average of 42.46. Warner won the tiebreaker because he had polled the maximum three votes in more games – three times to Smith's one.
Warner polled maximum votes for his 99 in the fourth game against Sri Lanka in Colombo, his 94 in the third game against Zimbabwe in Townsville, and his 86 in the first ODI against England in Adelaide.
Smith polled votes in all but three of Australia home one-dayers played against Zimbabwe, New Zealand and England between August and November, and picked up the maximum three votes for his century against the Kiwis in Cairns in September.
Head blitzed his way to 24 votes – including a trio of three-vote performances – to finish third following his return to the team after the retirement from the format of Aaron Finch. Head scored 550 runs in just nine matches after coming into the side, at an average of 68.75 and an impressive strike-rate of 112.24, with two centuries.
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