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The ACHoF was first proposed by the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) in 1995 and officially opened in 1996. It is now located inside the National Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

With the support of Cricket Australia and Cricket Victoria, 10 players were inducted at its official opening in 1996 and a further 27 have been welcomed since (see list over page).

The selection panel comprises MCC Cricket chairman David Crow, former Test captains Bill Lawry, Mark Taylor and Richie Benaud, Australian Cricketers’ Association Chief Executive Paul Marsh, Cricket Australia Chief Executive James Sutherland and media representatives Malcolm Conn and Gideon Haigh.
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Australian Cricket Hall of Fame Inductees

1996

· Fred Spofforth

· John Blackham

· Victor Trumper

· Clarrie Grimmett

· Bill Ponsford

· Sir Donald Bradman

· Bill O’Reilly

· Keith Miller

· Ray Lindwall

· Dennis Lillee

2000

· Warwick Armstrong

· Neil Harvey

· Allan Border

2001

· Bill Woodfull

· Arthur Morris

2002

· Stan McCabe

· Greg Chappell


2003

· Lindsay Hassett

· Ian Chappell

2004

· Hugh Trumble

· Alan Davidson

2005

· Clem Hill

· Rod Marsh

2006

· Monty Noble

· Bob Simpson

2007

· Charles Macartney

· Richie Benaud

2008

· George Giffen

· Ian Healy


2009

· Steve Waugh

2010

· Bill Lawry

· Graham McKenzie

2011

· Mark Taylor

· Doug Walters

2012

· Shane Warne

2013

· Glenn McGrath

· Charlie Turner

2014

· Belinda Clark

· Mark Waugh
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Belinda Clark and Mark Waugh to be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

Former Australia women’s captain Belinda Clark and former Australia batsman Mark Waugh will be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame (ACHoF) at the 2014 Allan Border Medal in Sydney tomorrow night.

ACHoF chairman Mr David Crow today announced that Waugh and Clark were the selection committee’s choice for induction this year.

“This is a special year as we induct our first female, Belinda Clark, into the Hall of Fame,” Mr Crow said.

“Women’s cricket continues to emerge as a very important part of Australian cricket and the time is right for us to recognise the wonderful feats of some of our women on the international stage. Belinda’s performances have been outstanding and she is clearly the most dominant Australian women’s cricketer of the modern era.”

Mark Waugh now joins his brother Steve in the Hall of Fame, making them the second set of brothers to do so, behind Ian and Greg Chappell.

“Mark Waugh’s career provided us with many brilliant moments, which millions of spectators have had the honour to witness,” said Mr Crow. “Whether batting, bowling or fielding, playing Tests or ODIs, he was a joy to watch.”

Two of the finest players of their generation, Waugh and Clark share a special milestone, playing their first Tests and scoring centuries on debut a day apart in January 1991– Waugh making 138 against England at Adelaide Oval on 25 January in 1991 and Clark 104 the following day against India at North Sydney.

For more than a decade the pair then set about helping the Australian men’s and women’s teams develop into two of the dominant sporting teams of the era.

An outstanding batsmen and brilliant fieldsman, Waugh becomes the 38th man inducted into the Hall of Fame. In a 12-year international career, he played a significant role in Australia’s rise to the top of world cricket, including the 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup and a run of 16 successive Test victories between October 1999 and February 2001.

Waugh is one of six Australian men to score more than 8000 Test runs while his 20 Test centuries is the 11th highest by an Australian. He and brother Steve are the only siblings to have represented Australia in 100 Test matches.

In ODIs he formed a lethal opening partnership with Adam Gilchrist and in 96 matches opening the innings together, the pair scored 3959 runs with eight century partnerships and a high of 206 against the West Indies at the Gabba in January 2001. Waugh’s 18 ODI centuries are second highest for an Australian and ninth all-time.

Belinda Clark is the first woman inducted into the ACHoF after a peerless international career. For 14 years she dominated women’s cricket and led Australia to an era of dominance including the 1997 and 2005 ICC Women’s World Cups.

A prolific run scorer at the top of the order, her individual performances stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the very best in world cricket, highlighted by an unbeaten 229 against Denmark in the 1997 World Cup. It’s a performance that ranks as the highest individual score in a one-day international by a man or woman.

Clark’s 4844 ODI runs are the most by an Australian woman and second of all-time, while she’s one of only four women in world cricket to have averaged more than 45 with the bat in both Tests and ODIs.

Clark embodied Australian women’s cricket during a period of significant change for the women’s game, leading the team to an incredible 83 wins from 101 matches. In 2011, she became the second woman inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
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Mitchell Johnson wins 2014 Allan Border Medal

Please find below the results from the 2014 Allan Border Medal held at Doltone House in Sydney tonight.


Award winners

· Allan Border Medal – Mitchell Johnson

· Belinda Clark Award – Meg Lanning

· Test Player of the Year – Michael Clarke

· One-Day International Player of the Year – George Bailey

· T20 International Player of the Year – Aaron Finch

· Domestic Player of the Year – Cameron White (Victoria/Melbourne Stars)

· Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year – Jordan Silk (Tasmania/Sydney Sixers)

· Australian Cricket Hall of Fame – Belinda Clark, Mark Waugh



Belinda Clark Award – Meg Lanning

Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars Vice-Captain Meg Lanning has won the Belinda Clark Award. The Victorian polled 33 votes to edge out Erin Osborne (31 votes) with last year’s winner Jess Cameron and Sarah Coyte tied for third place (25 votes).



Lanning, who was runner-up in the award last year, played a total of 17 matches in the voting period, amassing 684 runs at an average of 36.00 with a superb strike rate of 78.53. During the period she notched up five half centuries and one century.



The award caps a fantastic 12 months for Lanning, which included a Player-of-the-Series performance in the WT20 INTL Series against New Zealand, and an ICC Women’s World Cup victory in India, where she scored her fourth career ODI century.



Domestic Player of the Year – Cameron White

Victorian and Melbourne Stars right-hander Cameron White has been named Domestic Player of the Year.



White received 30.1% of player votes to be a clear winner ahead of rejuvenated Western Australian veteran Marcus North (16.8%) and dynamic South Australian opener Phil Hughes (13.3%).



Thirty year-old White relinquished the Victorian captaincy prior to the 2013-14 season after a decade at the helm and the change hasn’t harmed his form.



He enjoyed a superb series in the condensed Ryobi Cup competition, scoring five half-centuries in six games to be named Player of the Series. He scored 387 runs at 77.40.



In the Sheffield Shield, the powerful right-hander scored 858 runs at an average of 47.67 throughout the voting period – the most of any player - and took 11 wickets at 23.73.



Including three of his matches for the Melbourne Stars, White posted 1,363 domestic runs during the voting period to reinforce his ambition to return to international ranks.



Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year – Jordan Silk

Emerging opener Tasmanian opener Jordan Silk has capped a terrific start to his first-class career to be named Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year.



The 21-year-old won the award convincingly, polling 43.3% of player votes to finish well ahead of Western Australian all-rounder Ashton Agar and South Australian batsman Travis Head, who each polled 14.3% of the votes.



Silk debuted in March last season, scoring an assured century in just his second match to help lift Tasmania into the Bupa Sheffield Shield final. His seven-hour innings of 107 in the decider underlined his sound temperament and technique.



The right-hander has continued to impress in 2013-14, posting tons against Queensland and South Australia to take his tally to four centuries from just 11 first-class games.



In nine Sheffield Shield matches in the voting period, Silk scored 768 runs at an average of 42.67, adding a further 238 at 39.67 in the Ryobi Cup.



He totalled 1,006 runs across both formats throughout the voting period, at an average of 41.91.
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