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Travis Head scored 1,437 runs for Australia in all cricket formats, with three centuries in the Ashes series.

Short summary:

Travis Head won the Allan Border Medal for the second time, beating Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc.

Head got 153 votes, just ahead of Carey with 152 and Starc with 150.

Starc won the Test player award, and Mitchell Marsh won the ODI award.

Travis Head won the Allan Border Medal again, beating fellow Ashes hero Alex Carey.

At an event in Brisbane, Head was named Australia's top male cricketer with 153 votes.

Head's teammate Alex Carey came second with 152 votes.

Mitchell Starc finished third with 150 votes despite stopping one format of cricket.

Head won the award ahead of Carey and Starc.

Starc is still playing Tests and ODIs, and stopped playing T20 internationals to focus on longer formats.

Starc won the Test award, and Mitchell Marsh won the ODI award.

Tim David was named Australia's best T20 player.

Head joins other great cricketers who have won the Allan Border Medal more than once.

Head played 30 games for Australia and scored 1,437 runs across all formats.

Head scored a great 123 runs in the first Ashes Test to help Australia win.

He then scored 170 runs in the next Test with Alex Carey.

Carey had a great season, scoring 1,079 runs in 24 games.

Carey hit a great century in Adelaide and did well with his wicketkeeping.

The Allan Border Medal event was delayed this year because of scheduling issues.

Last year, the event was held without the men's players, so Head accepted his award via video.

Annabel Sutherland won the Belinda Clark Award for the second time.

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