Travis Head is the strong favorite to win the Allan Border Medal for the first time, despite Australia's top men's cricketers being in Sri Lanka. Steve Smith has tipped Head, the leading runscorer in the Border-Gavaskar trophy triumph, to win the award. While Pat Cummins is a potential contender, he is absent from the ceremony due to the impending birth of his second child.
Whoever wins the Allan Border Medal , they will be accepting the award via video link. Travis Head is the strong favourite to be crowned the top Australian men’s cricketer for the first time during the awards ceremony at Melbourne’s Crown Palladium on Monday night. Stand-in Australia captain Steve Smith has tipped Head, the leading runscorer in the Border-Gavaskar trophy triumph, to win the Allan Border Medal . “I’m going to go Travis Head, he’s had a pretty good year in all formats.
But if Cummins wins his second Allan Border Medal, then he could be accepting the award from Sydney with a newborn baby on his lap. Cummins has missed the tour of Sri Lanka due to the impending birth of his second child. He first won the medal back in 2019, with axed Test allrounder Mitch Marsh claiming an emotional and unexpected victory last year.
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