Legend in the making crowned Australia’s best

News.com.au - 03/02
Two days after making history on the MCG, Annabel Sutherland’s Test match dominance was rewarded with a maiden Belinda Clark Award for an unforgettable 12 months.

Two days after making history on the MCG, Annabel Sutherland’s Test match dominance was rewarded with a maiden Belinda Clark Award for an unforgettable 12 months.

Sutherland, who rewrote records this year by becoming the first woman to hit a Test hundred at the MCG as Australia sealed an Ashes whitewash over England, won ahead of two-time winners Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney.

She collected every possible vote across both Tests in the eligibility period to beat Mooney and Gardner, who have alternated winning the award for the past four years.

The 23-year-old became the youngest f...
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