Travis Head named Australian cricket player of the year for second consecutive year

[p]The opener polled 153 votes, one ahead of wicketkeeper and South [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a] teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carey-alex/0jSW0rT0/"]Carey[/a], and three clear of fast bowler [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/starc-mitchell/CQX4De2l/"]Mitchell Starc[/a].[/p][p]Fellow players, the media and umpires select the player of the year, with the awards handed out at a function in Brisbane on Friday evening.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/head-travis/EiBJThAd/"]Head[/a] played 30 matches across all three formats during the 2025-26 international season, blasting 1,437 runs.[/p][p]The left-hander's highlight was a brilliant 123 off 83 balls on day two of the Ashes Test against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] in Perth, which helped Australia claim an eight-wicket win.[/p][p]He went on to score two more big Ashes centuries.[/p][p][b]"To think that I've got two medals and my kids can look at them and I can tell them (about it) in 20 years' time is pretty cool,"[/b] said Head.[/p][embed guid="84c6dd2e-2f36-4804-81bb-b652b17cc1ce" url="https://x.com/cricinfo/status/2085757864195531079" social-type="twitter" /][p]Head was only the fifth player to win back-to-back Allan Border Medals, following in the footsteps of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ponting-ricky/6PtEJMI0/"]Ricky Ponting[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clarke-michael/I1qTh8o2/"]Michael Clarke[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/warner-david/vBpPglWe/"]David Warner[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/watson-shane/z5td8TVr/"]Shane Watson[/a].[/p][p]Starc's remarkable durability through Australia's 11 Tests last season, including 31 Ashes wickets, saw him recognised as Australian Test player of the year.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marsh-mitchell/UovVueNf/"]Mitchell Marsh[/a] was named ODI player of the year while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/david-tim/vBbcnzCQ/"]Tim David[/a] took the Twenty20 honour.[/p][p]Earlier this year, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sutherland-annabel/fikSXVm8/"]Annabel Sutherland[/a] claimed her second consecutive Belinda Clark Award, which recognises Australia's best woman cricketer.[/p]