DAVID Warner has been crowned Cricket Australia’s Allan Border Medallist, but he admits he probably would have been lost to the game without the support of wife Candice.

Bad boy turned vice-captain and now player of the year, Warner polled 240 votes from players, umpires and media representatives to beat last year’s winner and skipper Steve Smith on 219.

Pace bowler Mitchell Starc was third on 183 votes, completing a trio for NSW.

Warner also won the Test Player of the Year Award with 30 votes ahead of Smith on 24, while Victoria’s exciting all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was named One-Day International Player of the Year after playing a starring role in Australia’s successful World Cup campaign.

Ellyse Perry won the Belinda Clark Medal with 33 votes, beating Meg Lanning on 20 who was shooting for a third consecutive title.

“My heart’s racing,” Warner, 29, said after receiving his award at Melbourne’s Crown Palladium.

“Candice you’re my rock. I love you to death and I probably wouldn’t be playing cricket today without you so thank you.”

Warner and ironwoman Candice welcomed their second child two weeks’ ago.

“My wife is doing a fantastic job at the moment at home with our two girls,” Warner said.

“In the last two or three years, meeting Candice and settling down ... has helped me a lot.”

Warner said Candice had mentored him on self-belief and the importance of discipline.

Always a tough competitor, behavioural issues had begun to mount up for Warner by January 2015. Warner received a warning from Cricket Australia’s chief James Sutherland to “stop looking for trouble” after a verbal clash with India’s Rohit Sharma during a one-day international match at the MCG.

Warner was suspended for one month during the 2013 Ashes tour for throwing a punch at England’s batsman Joe Root at a nightclub in Edgbaston and was also fined for a Twitter rant in 2013.

Named as Smith’s vice-captain in August 2015 following the retirement of Test skipper Michael Clarke, Warner has retained his hard-nosed style but kept his nose clean in recent times.

The explosive opener was in amazing touch in this summer’s six Tests against New Zealand the West Indies, clubbing 818 runs at an average of 90.88 including four centuries and polling top votes in three of the six home Tests.

Warner has been rested from Australia’s last two Twenty20 games against India ahead of the tour of New Zealand which starts next week.

He says he’ll use his time off to let his achievements “sink in”.

“I’ll try to keep my best to keep entertaining everyone while I’m on the field and I’ll try to keep my mouth shut on the field as well a bit,” Warner said.

In the last two to three years I really have turned the corner and that’s something I’m really really proud of. I’ve learnt my lesson.”

ALLAN BORDER MEDAL VOTING

240 David Warner

219 Steve Smith

183 Mitchell Starc

105 Josh Hazlewood

96 Adam Voges

TEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR

David Warner

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Glenn Maxwell

DOMESTIC PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Adam Voges (Western Australia) with 32.41% of the vote from the playing group

BRADMAN YOUNG CRICKETER OF THE YEAR

Alex Ross (South Australia) with 31.86% of the vote from the playing group

BELINDA CLARK MEDAL

Ellyse Perry