Beth Mooney wins second Belinda Clark Award after unforgettable year

Beth Mooney wins second Belinda Clark Award after unforgettable year

Beth Mooney has been crowned the Belinda Clark Award recipient following another successful 12 months for herself and the Australian women’s cricket team.

The 29-year-old was comfortably Australia’s leading run-scorer during the voting period, accumulating 976 runs at a strike rate of 102.6.

She featured in Australia’s undefeated Ashes campaign on home soil, the World Cup triumph in New Zealand and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where Australia won gold.

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Mooney scored a career-best 133 against Pakistan during last week’s third ODI at North Sydney Oval, also plundering an unbeaten 62 off 47 balls during the World Cup final in New Zealand.

Last week, the left-hander was named in the ICC Women’s ODI and T20I Teams of the Year and also nominated for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year.

Mooney, who also won the Belinda Clark Award in 2021, received 129 votes, beating out the likes of Meg Lanning (110 votes) and Tahlia McGrath (95 votes).

Earlier on Monday evening, she also won Women’s ODI Player of the Year after scoring 594 runs at 99.00 during the voting period.

Meanwhile, teammate Tahlia McGrath won the Women’s T20I Player of the Year, a few days after being named ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year.

Rachael Haynes and Beth Mooney of Australia. Photo by Mark Tantrum/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images

Belinda Clark Award Winners

2023 – Beth Mooney

2022 – Ashleigh Gardner

2021 – Beth Mooney

2020 – Ellyse Perry

2019 – Alyssa Healy

2018 – Ellyse Perry

2017 – Meg Lanning

2016 – Ellyse Perry

2015 – Meg Lanning

2014 – Meg Lanning

2013 – Jess Cameron

2012 – Shelley Nitschke

2011 – Shelley Nitschke

2010 – Shelley Nitschke

2009 – Shelley Nitschke

2008 – Lisa Sthalekar

2007 – Lisa Sthalekar

2006 – Karen Rolton

2005 – Karen Rolton

2004 – Cathryn Fitzpatrick

2003 – Karen Rolton

2002 – Karen Rolton

Beth Mooney arrives ahead of the 2023 Australian Cricket Awards. Photo by Mark Evans/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images