1/38Alyssa Healy had dad Greg Healy on her arm for the Australian Cricket Awards blue carpet. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
Alyssa Healy’s AB Medal date says it all
Australian cricket’s night of nights is set to crown the sport’s best players, but the blue carpet has shown this will be different than in the past.
2/38That is because the Australian men’s team is on tour in Sri Lanka at the moment, a bit of an oversight considering none of the best men’s cricketers in the country will be there. That includes Alyssa Healy’s husband Mitchell Starc, who was celebrating a wicket in last week’s Test. Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP
3/38Mitchell Starc and Alyssa Healy at the 2024 Australian Cricket Awards. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
4/38Cricket Australia’s head of events Joel Morrison told The Age recently: “The difference this time will be the fact that the men’s Test team will be over in Sri Lanka. That’s a reflection of the evolution of the global game and the increasing playing opportunities overseas while the awards are on. This is the first time where we literally haven’t been able to find a window where all players can be in the one location at the one time, without conflicting with a BBL game and still holding it in the thick of the cricket season as opposed to at the end of the season for club and state cricket in March. It’s the first time we haven’t been able to have the men’s Test team there, but we’ll have our Australian women’s team, WBBL and BBL players, and men’s white-ball players as well.” Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
5/38Alyssa and dad Greg Healy on the blue carpet ahead of the awards. Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
6/38It also means the favourite for the Allan Border Medal, Travis Head, won’t be available in person if he wins the award. Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP
7/38Even though he’s not in Sri Lanka, Australia captain Pat Cummins won’t be at the event either. He’s awaiting the birth of his second child and will skip the event after also skipping the Sri Lanka Tour. Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP
8/38It will be a bizarre event with 15 of the best men’s cricketers in the nation unavailable to be there. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
9/38Australian women’s captain Alyssa Healy still brought the style though. Picture: Ian Currie
10/38Last year’s Allan Border Medallist Mitchell Marsh is also in attendance. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
11/38Belinda Clark Medal favourite Annabel Sutherland is also in the room. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
12/38As is Beth Mooney.Picture: Ian Currie
13/38Ash Gardener, who is also a favourite and the reigning Belinda Clark Medallist, with her partner Monica Wright. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
14/38Gardner and Wright pose for a photo. Picture: Ian Currie
15/38Aussie sensation Sam Konstas won’t even be there despite not getting a run in the first Test. The 19-year-old was awarded the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year. Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
16/38Ellyse Perry. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
17/38Perry was honoured in the WBBL Team of the Decade. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
18/38Michael Bevan will also be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame - with daughter Milly. Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Cricket Australia)
19/38Australia’s chief Ashes destroyer Alana King at the awards. Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
20/38Alana King spun Australia to victory in the Ashes and won the player of the series. Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images
21/38Phoebe Litchfield attends the 2025 Cricket Australia Awards. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
22/38Vini Raman and Glenn Maxwell. Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
23/38Georgia Voll. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
24/38Tahlia McGrath and Cameron Nesbitt. Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
25/38Maddie Wilson and Matt Short. Picture: Ian Currie
26/38Cricket star Short and his fiance and former Australian Olympic swimmer Madi Wilson, retired olympic swimmer getting ready for the Awards. Picture: Jake Nowakowski
27/38Nathan Ellis and Connie Edwards. Picture: Ian Currie
28/38MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 03: Kim Garth and partner attend the 2025 Cricket Australia Awards at Crown Palladium on February 03, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Cricket Australia)
29/38Kiara Henry and Jake Fraser McGurk.Picture: Ian Currie
30/38Spencer Johnson looked like he was going stag. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia)
31/38Sarah Petherick and Spencer Johnson. Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
32/38Emily Redwood and Cameron Green. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
33/38Aaron Hardie and partner. Picture: Ian Currie
34/38Mahli Beardman and Bianca Greene. Picture: Ian Currie
35/38Sarah Williams and Lance Morris. Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
36/38Megan Schutt. Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
37/38Georgia Wareham. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
38/38Wareham and Schutt together. Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images for Cricket Australia
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