Annabel Sutherland and Travis Head are named Australia's top cricketers at an awards night missing the country's best men's cricket players.

Travis Head became the first South Australian to win the Allan Border Medal on Monday night. But it also marked the first time in its 25-year history that the winner of the prestigious medal wasn't at the Australian Cricket Awards in person to receive it from Border.

It’s cricket’s equivalent of the Dally M Awards or Brownlow Medal night, but for the first time in history, none of Australia’s men’s Test stars will be present when the Allan Border Medal winner is announced on Monday night.

Travis Head, who has been the main wrecker-in-chief when it comes to India, on Monday, was awarded the prestigious Allan Border Medal. This is Head’s first Allan Border Medal win, and it caps off a wonderful year for the left-handed batter.

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.

For the second time in as many years, the loveable larrikin has taken out the Allan Border Medal. Twelve months ago, it was Mitch Marsh; this time it is Travis Head who has won the biggest individual male prize in Australian cricket.

Australian Cricket Awards were held on Monday evening, with the nation's best cricketers recognised for their performances over the past 12 months. Held at Crown in Melbourne, the two most prestigious awards in the men's and women's games – the Allan Border Medal and Belinda Clark Award,

Star batter Travis Head was named the winner of the prestigious Allan Border Medal for the top Australian men's cricketer, while young all-rounder Annabel Sutherland was awarded the Belinda Clark Medal at the Australian Cricket Awards held here on Monday.

Travis Head had an outstanding year across all three formats with 1,427 runs since the start of the polling period and received 208 votes to secure the top honour, surpassing Josh Hazlewood (158 votes

Australian opener Travis Head, who secured his first-ever Allan Border Medal on Monday opened up on his resurgence in international cricket back in 2021 after being dropped from the team and central contract list.