Annabel Sutherland, on Saturday, become just the fifth woman to win consecutive Belinda Clark medals, capping a dominant year in the green and gold as one of the team’s star all-format allrounders.

The medal, awarded to Australia’s best woman cricketer for the year past, was handed to Sutherland at the Sydney Cricket Ground, beating two-time winner Beth Mooney by three votes.

According to Cricket Australia, conflicting schedules between the men’s and women’s teams have prevented the Australian Cricket Awards from being held in their traditional format this season.

Sutherland was honoured in an unusual and informal announcement in the SCG Members’ Long Bar on the sidelines of training ahead of Australia’s 1st T20I against India.

Sutherland also claimed the ODI Player of the Year award, while Beth Mooney was named T20I Player of the Year.

Mooney’s remarkable consistency in the format was honoured, with this being the fourth time she has snapped up the award since it was instituted in 2019.

Across all formats, Sutherland took 27 wickets at an average of 15.63 alongside 250 runs at an average of 41.66

The Victorian is the fifth woman to win consecutive Belinda Clark Awards, after Karen Rolton (2002-03, 2005-06), Lisa Sthalekar (2007-08), Shelley Nitschke (2009-12) and Meg Lanning (2014-15).

“It’s pretty special to be alongside a few of those names … it’s pretty cool and very surreal at the moment,” Sutherland said.

“I’m super grateful to receive the award from ‘BC’ (Clark), and just grateful and nice to know that I’ve contributed to the team’s success over the last 12 months.”

The awards for international cricket are based on votes from players, umpires and media on a 3-2-1 basis from each match.

Published on Feb 15, 2026