Australia captain Ricky Ponting capped another excellent year by picking up the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Cricketer of the Year award for the second successive year on Tuesday.
"I am the first player to win this award twice in a row and it's a great thrill for me and something I am very proud of," Ponting, who was also named Captain of the Year, said after being presented with the Garfield Sobers Trophy.
Prolific Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf won the Test Player of the Year award while another Australian, Matthew Hayden, was named as the ODI Player of the Year after his leading role in winning the World Cup.
Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait's explosive entry into international cricket won him the Emerging Player of the Year award. Sri Lanka were honoured with the Spirit of Cricket acknowledgement.
ICC AWARDS WINNERS LIST
Cricketer of the year: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
Test player of the year: Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)
ODI player of the year: Matthew Hayden (Aus)
Captain of the year: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
Emerging player of the year: Shaun Tait (Aus)
Umpire of the year: Simon Taufel (Aus)
Women's cricketer of the year: Jhulan Goswami (Ind)
Associate ODI player of the year: Thomas Odoyo (Ken)
Spirit of cricket award: Sri Lanka
Test team of the year: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Michael Vaughan
(Eng), Ricky Ponting (capt), Mohammad Yousuf (Pak), Kevin Pietersen
(Eng), Michael Hussey (Aus), Kumar Sagakkara (SL), Stuart Clark
(Aus), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Mahkaya Ntini (SA), Mohammad Asif
(Pak), Zaheer Khan (Ind) (12th man).
ODI team of the year: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Sachin Tendulkar
(Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Shivnarine
Chanderpaul (WI), Jacques Kallis (SA), Mark Boucher (SA), Chaminda
Vaas (SL), Shane Bond (NZ), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Glenn
McGrath (Aus), Michael Hussey (Aus) (12th man).
