Ponting poses with one of the three awards he received on the night

Ponting won his third Allan Border Medal, which recognises Australia's best player, and was also named Test player and one-day player of the year.

The Aussie captain is the first man to win the Allan Border Medal three times.

West Australian batsman Chris Rogers was state player of the year, while Tasmania bowler Ben Hilfenhaus was Bradman young cricketer of the year.

Ponting became the first player to claim all three awards - which are voted for by players, media and umpires - in a single year.

Having produced the best form of his career in both Test and one-day cricket, Ponting was a clear winner in the top award, polling 107 votes.

Mike Hussey was second on 58 and recently retired leg-spinner Shane Warne third.

Ponting scored 1,115 Test runs during the voting period, including five centuries.

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He also scored 968 one-day runs at 48.40, with four centuries, and led both Australian sides in fine style.

"To win all three awards tonight has blown me away," Ponting said.

"I knew I'd had a good Test year, I thought my one-day season had been very up and down, but if you get enough man of the match awards I guess you're going to poll a few votes.

"It's a great honour to win an Allan Border Medal, but to win three is pretty special."

In the Test count, Ponting polled 12 votes in the 10 eligible matches during the voting period to edge out Warne (10), while paceman Stuart Clark was third on six votes.

And his century in Sunday's win over New Zealand proved pivotal as he also snatched the one-day player award by two votes.