Smith wins record-equalling fourth Allan Border Medal, Mooney takes out Belinda Clark medal

Mooney was also named Women's ODI Player Of The Year having posted a career-high 133 in her most recent ODI to help Australia complete a clean sweep of the home series against Pakistan.

Her stellar year came after suffering a nasty nets injury that threw her Ashes and ODI World Cup campaigns into doubt last summer. Mooney's injury required surgery to insert three metal plates into her face and forced her to adopt a liquid diet but miraculously, she bounced back to play in the Ashes only days later.

"You don't play the game of cricket to win these awards or for personal accolades, you play for team success, and we certainly had a whole bunch of that this year, which was amazing to be a part of," Mooney said.As part of the ceremony at Royal Randwick Racecourse, Test revenant Usman Khawaja was named the inaugural Shane Warne Men's Test Player Of The Year for his consistency with the bat locally and abroad.

David Warner was named the Men's ODI Player Of The Year, with Adam Zampa overlooked for nomination despite being selected in the ICC's ODI Team Of The Year.

Why do any other male cricketers bother playing at all when it appears that Smith and Warner are always given the medals/prizes?

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