2025 Domestic and Young Cricketers of the Year named
Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) are proud to announce the winners of the peer-voted Domestic and Young Cricketer of the Year Awards ahead of tonight’s 2025 Australian Cricket Awards.
The domestic awards are voted for by the players. To be eligible for the Young Cricketer of the Year awards, players must be 24 years or less prior to the commencement of the award period and have not won the award previously.
Prior to the award period, male players must have played 10 or less first-class matches and 25 or less combined List A and BBL matches and female players 25 or less matches.
Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year – Chloe Ainsworth (Western Australia/Perth Scorchers)
Nineteen-year-old Chloe Ainsworth continued to impress after her breakout debut season and was named in the KFC WBBL Team of the Tournament for the second year running.
The Perth Scorchers pace bowling all-rounder took 12 wickets at 18.58 with economy rate of just 5.86 in 10 matches. Ainsworth was particularly strong in the powerplay overs and consistently picked up key wickets throughout the Scorchers campaign.
Her performances led to selection in the Australian U19 team, which reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Malaysia.
Upon accepting the award, Chloe Ainsworth said:
“I was pretty surprised to be given this award as there is so much amazing young talent in Australian cricket, it’s pretty cool to get it.
“The highlight of the season for me was getting to play my first game on the WACA Ground and getting a couple of wickets.
“I’ve been in the pathways for a few years now and being able to train with so many great players and coaches has been amazing so I’m super grateful and enjoying the journey.”
Previous winners:
2017: Sophie Molineux (Victoria/Melbourne Renegades)
2018: Georgia Redmayne (Tasmania/Hobart Hurricanes)
2019: Georgia Wareham (Victoria/Melbourne Renegades)
2020: Tayla Vlaeminck (Victoria/Melbourne Renegades)
2021: Hannah Darlington (NSW/Sydney Thunder)
2022: Darcie Brown (South Australia/Adelaide Strikers)
2023: Courtney Sippel (Queensland/Brisbane Heat)
2024: Emma DeBroughe (South Australia/Melbourne Renegades)
Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year – Sam Konstas (NSW/Sydney Thunder)
Nineteen-year-old Sam Konstas enjoyed a breakout season that culminated with his selection in the Australian Test team on Boxing Day against India. Konstas was Australia’s fourth youngest Test debutant and made an immediate impact, scoring 60 off just 65 balls in front of a packed MCG crowd.
Konstas’ international selection came after scoring 471 runs at 58.87 in five Sheffield Shield matches to start the season. Against South Australia, he scored a century in each innings of the match, the youngest to do so since Ricky Ponting.
His potential as an all-format player was also illustrated in the KFC Big Bash League, where he made two half-centuries for Sydney Thunder in five games, both featuring his ability to utilise the full 360 degrees of the field.
Upon accepting the award, Sam Konstas said:
“To even be considered is a huge honour, just grateful for the opportunities that I had. I’ve learnt so much from my mentors throughout the year.
“The pinnacle of my season was the Boxing Day Test and playing with and against the players that I idolised as a kid and winning that Test was significant given where the series was at 1-1.
“The key for me has been having the right people around me so I’m grateful to them and all the opportunities that I’ve had.”
Previous winners:
2000: Brett Lee
2001: Nathan Bracken
2002: Shane Watson
2003: Nathan Hauritz
2004: Shaun Tait
2005: Mark Cosgrove
2006: Dan Cullen
2007: Ben Hilfenhaus
2008: Luke Pomersbach
2009: Phillip Hughes
2010: John Hastings
2011: Trent Copeland
2012: David Warner
2013: Joe Burns
2014: Jordan Silk
2015: Sean Abbott
2016: Alex Ross
2017: Hilton Cartwright
2018: Jhye Richardson
2019: Will Pucovski
2020: Wes Agar
2021: Will Sutherland
2022: Tim Ward
2023: Lance Morris
2024: Fergus O’Neill
Women’s Domestic Player of the Year – Georgia Voll (Queensland/Sydney Thunder)
Twenty-one-year-old Georgia Voll demonstrated she is one of Australia’s most promising batters in a season where she made an immediate impact as a white-ball player on the international stage.
Voll made her One Day International debut against India, scoring 173 runs in the three-game series, including 101 off 87 balls in just her second match.
In her first season at the Sydney Thunder, Voll was selected in the WBBL team of the tournament after scoring 310 runs in 10 matches at a strike rate of 147.62. Much was made of her 97 at the MCG, but her 92 off 55 balls against the Strikers was just as impressive.
Across all domestic formats, Voll scored 810 runs from 24 innings at an average of 36.81 with an impressive strike rate of 116.05.
Upon accepting the award, Georgia Voll said:
“It’s an honour to receive this award as the depth in Australian women’s cricket is so strong and I’m sure there are many players who could’ve won it.”
“I’ve worked really hard to develop my game and focusing on staying in the moment, whether it be with Queensland or Sydney Thunder and doing my role for them.
“To be able to get my opportunity to then play more for Australia has been a dream come true, sharing a dressing room with some of the greats of the game.
“It’s humbling to be voted by the players to receive this award and I’d like to thank my family, coaches and teammates for their support.”
Previous winners:
2017: Meg Lanning (Victoria/Melbourne Stars)
2018: Beth Mooney (Queensland/Brisbane Heat)
2019: Heather Graham (Western Australia/Perth Scorchers)
2020: Molly Strano (Victoria/Melbourne Renegades)
2021: Elyse Villani (Victoria/Melbourne Stars)
2022: Elyse Villani (Tasmania/Hobart Hurricanes)
2023: Annabel Sutherland (Victoria/Melbourne Stars)
2024: Sophie Day (Victoria/Melbourne Stars)/Elyse Villani (Tasmania/Hobart Hurricanes)
Men’s Domestic Player of the Year – Beau Webster (Tasmania/Melbourne Stars)
An incredible 12 months of consistent all-round performances in domestic cricket saw Beau Webster break into the Australian Test team for the first time in the Fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar series.
Within the voting period, Webster scored over 1087 runs at 47.26 across First-Class and List A cricket for Tasmania, the second highest of any player. In addition, Webster also took 43 wickets at 23.37.
After being named the Sheffield Shield Player of the Year for 2023-24, Webster’s strong form continued in this season, scoring 113 against Victoria, before playing in two Australia ‘A’ matches against India in the lead into the Test series where he was a consistent performer.
Upon accepting the award, Beau Webster said:
“It’s a proud moment being a peer voted award, so it’s nice to get the votes from the boys around the country.
“The more you play, the more you learn and I’ve played 90+ First Class games and now I’m really settled into a clear role. The amount of First Class games I’ve played has definitely held me in good stead and I’ll keep playing for Tasmania as often as I can.
“It’s a great vibe in Tasmania, we’ve got a great group and played a lot of cricket together and that’s definitely been a factor in performances I’ve been able to put in.”
Previous winners:
2000: Darren Lehmann (South Australia)
2001: Darren Lehmann (South Australia)
2002: Darren Lehmann (South Australia)
2003: Martin Love (Queensland)
2004: Simon Katich (New South Wales)
2005: Andy Bichel (Queensland)
2006: Phil Jaques (New South Wales)
2007: Chris Rogers (Western Australia)
2008: Ashley Noffke (Queensland)
2009: Michael Klinger (South Australia)
2010: Michael Klinger (South Australia)
2011: Usman Khawaja (New South Wales)
2012: Rob Quiney (Victoria)
2013: Phillip Hughes (New South Wales)
2014: Cameron White (Victoria)
2015: Jason Behrendorff (Western Australia)
2016: Adam Voges (Western Australia)
2017: Cameron White (Victoria)
2018: George Bailey (Tasmania)
2019: Matthew Wade (Tasmania)
2020: Shaun Marsh (Western Australia)
2021: Shaun Marsh (Western Australia)
2022: Travis Head (South Australia)
2023: Michael Neser (Queensland)
2024: Cameron Bancroft (Western Australia)