Watson wins second successive Allan Border Medal

Shane Watson

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Shane Watson won the Allan  Border Medal as the outstanding Australian cricketer of the  season for the second year in a row yesterday.

Watson was also named player of the year for tests and  one-day internationals at a gala ceremony at a Melbourne casino  while David Hussey prevented a clean sweep by winning the  Twenty20 award.

The 29-year-old Watson has accumulated 2,067 runs at an  average of 39 over the three forms of international cricket  since the voting