• Former Australian captain Steve Smith won the third Allan Border Medal of his career at the Australian Cricket Awards for the period 2020-21.
• The Allan Border Medal recognises the most outstanding male Australian cricketer of the past season as voted by his peers, the media and umpires. 
• Apart from this, Beth Mooney bagged Belinda Clarke Award, the top honour for female player at the Australian Cricket Awards. This is the maiden Belinda Clarke Award for Mooney.

Other awards :

• Steve Smith : Men’s ODI Player of the Year
• Ashton Agar : Men’s T20 Player of the Year
• Beth Mooney: Women’s T20 Player of the Year award
• Pat Cummins: Women’s Test player of the year award