South Africa boycotted [oh the irony], India went home, the West Indies only had their third XI available and England, despite staying in a hotel a full 500 yards from the venue, mustered a handful of attendees.
And the player of the year was... Mitchell Johnson*!
Trebles all round!
* Probably the first winner who felt the need to apologise for his form over the year in question.
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Let's say, the range of his form, shall we? Cos when he is good, he is supersonic.
Anon, supersonic enough to not win the best cricketer at the Aus awards? And that was after he had just taken an 8 wicket haul! Deserved it imho more than Ponting-Clarke, but still afaik he's only had one really good test series and there were plenty of other good contenders for the top honor.
No surprises then OB, that the awards ceremony got the response it did...
Johnson looks a surprising choice when we go by our memory of his performances in the Ashes.
But look at the figures - 80 odd wickets in a year is mighty impressive.
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