Will Sutherland, Nicole Faltum and Matt Short have received the top honours at Cricket Victoria's 2022-23 State and Big Bash awards this evening.
Will Sutherland, Nicole Faltum and Matt Short have received the top honours at Cricket Victoria's 2022-23 State and Big Bash awards this evening.
Sutherland has been awarded his first Bill Lawry Medal after taking 41 wickets and 467 runs across the Marsh Sheffield Shield season in a breakout year.
Will stepped into the captaincy role while Peter Handscomb was with the Test squad and led the side to four wins and was a key performer in the run of wins to qualify for the Shield Final.
Nicole Faltum becomes a back-to-back winner of the Sharon Tredrea Award, and joins the likes of Belinda Clark, Cathryn Fitzpatrick & Meg Lanning in winning this award multiple times.
Nicole again took on the Victorian captaincy for the WNCL campaign after the WBBL when Sophie Molineux was out with injury and scored her maiden Victorian century against NSW in January.
It was an incredible season for our Dean Jones Medal winner Matt Short, kickstarted by hitting the last ball of the game against NSW for six to win in a rain affected match at the CitiPower Centre.
Matt scored 301 runs across seven matches at an average over 60 and a strike rate above 100.
In Big Bash news, Renegades captain Sophie Molineux was named the Renegades' WBBL|08 Player of the Season while Aaron Finch was named the Renegades' BBL|12 Player of the Season.
Englishman Joe Clarke was named the Melbourne Stars' BBL Player of the Season for a second consecutive season, while Annabel Sutherland took the honours for the WBBL squad.
2022-23 CV STATE AND BIG BASH AWARD WINNERS:
Bill Lawry Medal
Player judged to have had the best performances for Victoria over the course of the Marsh Sheffield Shield season
Winner: Will Sutherland
Sharon Tredrea Award
Player judged to have had the best performances for Victoria during the Women's National Cricket League season (WNCL)
Winner: Nicole Faltum
Dean Jones Medal
Player judged to have had the best performances for Victoria during the Marsh One-Day Cup tournament
Winner: Matt Short
John Scholes Medal
Voted on by the Victorian men's squad and awarded to the player judged to best exhibit Victorian values.
Winner: Will Sutherland
Women's Players' Player
Voted on by the Victorian women's squad and awarded to the player judged to best exhibit Victorian values.
Winner: Sophie Day
Melbourne Stars BBL and WBBL Players of the Season
Awarded to the players adjudged to have had the best performances in the respective tournaments.
Winners: Joe Clarke and Annabel Sutherland
Melbourne Renegades BBL and WBBL Players of the Season
Awarded to the players adjudged to have had the best performances in the respective tournaments.
Winner: Aaron Finch and Sophie Molineux
