Allan Border Medal

I'm sorry, but this caught my eye in the previous post and still haven't stopped laughing.  Isn't it just typical of Australia to give a medal to its top sports(wo)men- what's wrong with simply an award or title?  But a medal?  How utterly pretentious and gauche.  From wiki:

The Allan Border Medal is considered to be the biggest individual prize in Australiancricket. First awarded in 2000, the medal is named after former Australian captain Allan Border and recognises the most outstanding Australian cricketer of the past season as voted by his peers, the media and umpires. Votes are cast after each game on a 3-2-1 basis, with a weighting applied to give both One Day International and Test players an equal chance of winning the award.

The award ceremony takes place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne and is held towards the end of January or the start of February each year.

Past medal winners have been:

• 2000: Glenn McGrath
• 2001: Stephen Waugh
• 2002: Matthew Hayden
• 2003: Adam Gilchrist
• 2004: Ricky Ponting
• 2005: Michael Clarke
• 2006: Ricky Ponting
• 2007: Ricky Ponting
• 2008: Brett Lee
• 2009: Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke
• 2010: Shane Watson