MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Shane Watson won the Allan Border Medal as the outstanding Australian cricketer of the season for the second year in a row yesterday.
Watson was also named player of the year for tests and one-day internationals at a gala ceremony at a Melbourne casino while David Hussey prevented a clean sweep by winning the Twenty20 award.
The 29-year-old Watson has accumulated 2,067 runs at an average of 39 over the three forms of international cricket since the voting