Border Medal No 2 for Smith

– Australian cricket captain Steve Smith capped off a golden 12 months by winning his second Allan Border Medal in Melbourne yesterday.

Smith, hailed as the country’s finest batsman since Donald Bradman, polled 246 votes, well ahead of two-time medal winner David Warner (162 votes) and Nathan Lyon (156 votes).

Smith, who had earlier been named Australia’s Test Player-of-the-Year for his dominant 12 months with the bat, won his first Border Medal in 2015.

The skipper was the hot favourite to take the award. – AFP