McGilvray Medal domestic performer and Australia's top female cricketer. McGilvray Medal The McGilvray Medal is an annual award given by ABC Radio to a player chosen by the commentators. It is awarded at the beginning of the calendar year to honour the player's achievements of the preceding year in Test cricket. It is sometimes referred to as the ABC Test Cricketer of the Year. Awarded since 1997, the medal is named for Alan McGilvray, a former cricketer and long-serving veteran cricket commentator, and is usually presented by his surviving family members. Prior to the 2002 Year Award, it was awarded annually to
Medal for Exemplary Border Service left edge of the obverse are curved, stylized stalks of wheat which terminate with the inscription • D • D • R •. In the center is a raised embossed three-line inscription: () For Exemplary Border Service. The reverse of the medal has a raised edge with a smooth center which contains with a four-digit award number at the bottom edge. There are known to be 1.5 mm and 2 mm high numbers. The medal was worn on the left upper chest suspended from a woven 36 x 39 mm wide pentagonal shaped ribbon. The ribbon is dark green with