Australian sport has a brand new energy couple after rising cricket star Matt Short and Aussie swimmer Madi Wilson debuted their new romance on the Australian Cricket Awards.
Short was named the BBL Player of the Year on Monday evening in recognition of his breakout Big Bash season for the Adelaide Strikers.
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The 27-year-old was the main runscorer of BBL12, putting 458 runs at a mean of 35.23.
But his efforts weren’t sufficient to make sure a finals berth for the Strikers, who completed seventh on the BBL ladder with 5 wins.
Short stepped out on the blue carpet alongside Wilson of their first public look, with the couple sharing a number of comfortable snaps from the awards evening on social media.
“Ending BBL12 thanks for all the messages and support, hopefully bigger things next year,” Short posted on Instagram.”
“Deserves the hardest launch,” Wilson wrote in her submit together with a rocket emoji.
Wilson, 28, is a stalwart of the Australian swimming workforce and beforehand dated Kyle Chalmers earlier in her profession.
The 28-year-old has received two Olympic gold medals as a part of the ladies’s 4x100m freestyle at Rio and Tokyo Olympics and is a present holder of 5 relay world data.
She trains in Adelaide in the identical squad as fellow Australian swimmers Chalmers and Matthew Temple.
Short had a superb BBL marketing campaign with each bat and ball, with the spotlight coming within the Strikers’ record-breaking run chase in opposition to the Hobart Hurricanes.
Chasing Hobart’s monster whole of 229, Chris Lynn struck a 29-ball 64 however he was overshadowed by opener Short, who introduced up his 100 off 59 balls with the matchwinning 4.
Short was additionally the Strikers’ stand-in captain for the primary time ever after Peter Siddle was dominated out with harm.
2023 Australian Cricket Award winners
— Allan Border Medal: Steve Smith
— Belinda Clark Award: Beth Mooney
— Women’s ODI Player of the Year: Beth Mooney
— Women’s T20I Player of the Year: Tahlia McGrath
— Shane Warne Men’s Test Player of the Year: Usman Khawaja
— Men’s ODI Player of the Year: David Warner
— Men’s T20I Player of the Year: Marcus Stoinis
— Women’s Domestic Player of the Year: Annabel Sutherland (VIC)
— Men’s Domestic Player of the Year: Michael Neser (QLD)
— WBBL Player of the Year: Ash Gardner (Sydney Sixers)
— BBL Player of the Year: Matt Short (Adelaide Strikers)
— Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year: Courtney Sippel (QLD)
— Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year: Lance Morris (WA)
— Community Champion Award: Usman Khawaja
— Woolworths Cricket Blaster of the Year: Mabel Tovey
— Australian Cricket Hall of Fame inductees: Marg Jennings and Ian Redpath
Source: www.news.com.au
