Overview
- At a team event in Brisbane on Friday, Head polled 153 votes to finish one ahead of teammate Alex Carey on 152 with Mitchell Starc on 150.
- Cricket Australia said the vote covered the 2025–26 international season and Head finished that period with 1,437 runs in 30 matches, highlighted by Ashes centuries of 123 (Perth), 170 (Adelaide) and 163 (SCG).
- Format awards named at the same gathering saw Mitchell Starc win the Shane Warne Men’s Test Player of the Year, Mitchell Marsh take Men’s ODI Player of the Year and Tim David claim Men’s T20I Player of the Year.
- Organisers held a low‑key, delayed presentation rather than the usual gala, the ceremony was not televised, and Cricket Australia pointed to a congested international and franchise calendar when rescheduling the awards.
- Reports noted inconsistent accounts of the exact voting window while confirming the medal is decided by players, umpires and media with Tests weighted more heavily and that Head now joins a small group of consecutive Allan Border medallists.