Best up and coming player in Australia

[tg123]

maybe haddind from nsw could take over from gilchrist

[trojan!]

Didn't Michael Clarke win it last year??? I would go for Cameron White, he leads Victoria very well, he can use the bat well, as well as be a good leg spinner

[Mr Cricket]

I think it should be Micheal Hussy. He is way undereated. He deserves much more respect from australia.

[Leafy Seadragon]

Michael Clarke actually won the award for "the most outstanding Australian cricketer of the past season as voted by his peers, the media and umpires" - the Allan Border Medal, the ultimate accolade for Australian Cricketers (at least at a national level). The "up and coming" award, the Bradman Young Player of the Year was won by Mark Cosgrove - not long before he was dropped from the State team as his form slumped. Past winners of the Bradman award were:
2000: Brett Lee
2001: Nathan Bracken
2002: Shane Watson
2003: Nathan Hauritz
2004: Shaun Tait

It would appear to be an omen of bad luck, rather than indicative of a rise to the top. Lee stuttered for a few years before being dropped after winning it; Bracken hasn't set the world on fire; Watson and Tait are nursing long-term injuries and Hauritz looks like being a one-test wonder.

[Vrock]

Mike Hussey IMO. He has shown what an incredibly quality batsmen he is with three centuries in five games. Although I think that Clarke could certainly become a force to be reckoned with if/when he returns. Since he was dropped he has shown good form with the bat in F/C games and has great talent.