Travis Head named Australia player-of-the-year for second consecutive season

The left-handed batter smashed 629 runs in the Ashes against England after moving up the order to open the batting in Test cricket, as the hosts win the series 4-1 against their arch-rivals.

Head flayed 123 off 83 balls in the first Test in Perth and followed that knock up with 170 in Adelaide and 163 at the SCG.

"Very privileged and honoured to have someone like AB in the room," Head told reporters. "I think that's probably the difference in the two of them, is having him there, having him present it.

"It's something you look back on it and to have that in a picture frame later in your career, to sit there and think that I've got two medals and your kids can look at them and I can tell them how good I am 20 years' time is pretty cool.

"It's crazy to think you're in that sort of category (of other winners). I look back as a young kid and look what Smudge (Smith) did to go back-to-back through those years, and he piled on a lot more runs than what I did, certainly, and dominated world cricket a lot more than me, but it's cool to have (wins against) India and England in there and have Ashes series in there."

The 32-year-old pipped wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey by one vote and fast bowler Mitchell Starc by three to win the top award again.

Head is the sixth player to win the Allan Border Medal on multiple occasions after Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Steven Smith (four times), David Warner (three) and Shane Watson (two).

"It's crazy to think you're in that sort of category (of other winners)," Head added. "I look back as a young kid and look what Smudge [Smith] did to go back-to-back through those years, and he piled on a lot more runs than what I did, certainly, and dominated world cricket a lot more than me, but it's cool to have [wins against] India and England in there and have Ashes series in there."

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