Travis Head has won his second consecutive Allan Border Medal, pipping Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc in a thrilling count.

And a pair of Western Australians have also claimed awards, with Mitch Marsh crowned the One-Day International Player of the Year and Tim David earning a Twenty20 International Player of the Year accolade.

Head, who also won the top prize for an Australian male cricketer the last time it was awarded in February last year, finished with 153 votes for his performances across all three formats throughout the voting period.

He figured only a solitary vote ahead of second-placed Carey and three in front of third-placed Starc.

The South Australian left-hander’s contributions across Test, ODI and T20i cricket totalled 1437 runs, including a series-leading 629 in last summer’s Ashes.

Elevated to open the batting in the last innings of the first Test in Perth due to Usman Khawaja battling with back spasms, he duly smashed a remarkable and match-winning 123 from only 83 balls.

He continued at the top of the order throughout the remainder of the series, backing up with rapid centuries in his home city of Adelaide and in Sydney to play a crucial role in Australia’s 4-1 thrashing of England.

The winner of the Allan Border Medal has previously been announced out at a gala event but Head received this year’s award at a low-key team function in Brisbane, where Australia’s Test side are preparing for a two-Test series against Bangladesh.

Carey was in rare form with the wicketkeeping gloves in the Ashes, barley fumbling a delivery in long spells spent standing up to the stumps to his side’s fast bowlers and affecting 28 dismissals.

A fine 106 compiled alongside Head in Adelaide’s Ashes Test was the highlight of his more-than able contributions with the bat as he seized on an elevation up to No.6 in the red-ball side.

Starc added the Shane Warne Test Player of the Year Award to the Compton-Miller Medal he won as the player of the series in the Ashes.

The lion-hearted 36-year-old was tasked with a heavy workload throughout the summer but responded magnificently, leading all comers with the 31 wickets he claimed from the 154 overs he sent down and even managing to add 156 runs, including crucial half-centuries in Brisbane and Adelaide.

Meanwhile, an aggregate of 304 runs across six games was enough to win Marsh — who is not the 50-over side’s official captain, but has filled in with regularity for the consistently-absent Pat Cummins in recent years — the ODI award.

The 34-year-old, who retired from Test cricket last summer, was a key contributor in home series victories over both South Africa and India.

David turned his full attention to T20 cricket after being de-listed by WA following one season on their rookie list in 2019 and has become one of the world’s best middle-order short-form batters since.

While he was one of several Australians to struggle in a shock group-stage exit at the T20 World Cup in February, he smashed 395 runs at a blistering strike rate of 197.50 in 14 T20is in 2025, including a record-setting 102 not out from only 37 deliveries against West Indies.