Batsman David Warner has capped off a stellar season at the top of the order by winning his third Allan Border Medal at Crown Palladium on Monday night at the Australian Cricket Awards.

Despite a poor run of form during the 2019 Ashes series, Warner’s strong work across the Australian summer and in the T20I format has helped him secure the coveted award.

Warner won the Allan Border Medal by a single vote over Steve Smith, making it the closest Allan Border Medal since Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke shared the award in 2009.

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Warner’s year included a triple century against Pakistan. Source: AAP

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The 33-year-old has won three of the last five awards, with Steve Smith (2018) and Pat Cummins (2019), the only players to stop him in his tracks.

Making his return to the international scene for the first time since the ball tampering saga, Warner blitzed the 2019 ICC World Cup with 647 runs at an average of 71.8.

The left-hander scored three centuries for the tournament, with a highest score of 166 coming against Bangladesh in June.

England fast bowler Stuart Broad made life difficult for the aggressive opener, as Warner struggled for runs in the Ashes series in the UK, scoring just 95 runs across the five-Test series.

But the opener bounced back with a century to start the summer against Sri Lanka in a T20I at the Adelaide Oval, dominating the home summer for Australia.

Pakistan had no method to remove Warner as the opener scored an amazing 335 not out in the day-night Test at the Adelaide Oval. Warner followed up his fine series against Pakistan with 297 runs against the Kiwis, which included a century at the SCG.

During the voting period from January 8, 2019 to January 8, 2020, Warner scored 1815 runs at an average of 69.81.

His closest rival, Smith, scored 1553 runs at 62.12 with 11 half-centuries.

Warner won the T20I Player of the Year by three votes ahead of last year’s winner, Glenn Maxwell, with Kane Richardson and Steve Smith finishing equal third on eight votes.

Warner won the Allan Border Medal by a single vote over Steve Smith. Source: AAP

He was only dismissed once in his six T20I outings, scoring 287 runs at a strike rate of 145.

While Warner scooped the top prize, the individual awards for Test and ODI Player of the Year was shared across three different players for the second consecutive year.

Players, umpires and media awarded votes for the Allan Border Medal on a 3-2-1 basis.

As per Cricket Australia regulations, Test matches received a ‘weighting factor’ of six, while ODIs (3) and T20 internationals (2) are not as significant under this system.

Australia’s shining light in the Test arena has been Marnus Labuschagne, with Steve Smith’s concussion replacement going from super-sub to Test Player of the Year.

Labuschagne finished with 25 votes, ahead of Smith by three and fast bowler Pat Cummins who finished with 19 votes.

Australia’s No.3 scored 1340 runs across 11 Test matches, averaging 74.44 with a highest score of 215 coming against New Zealand in January.

The Queenslander’s victory means there has been five different winners of the award over the last five years.

White ball captain Aaron Finch won the ODI Player of the Year ahead of Usman Khawaja, with the Victorian polling 38 votes, five ahead of Khawaja.

Finch scored 1141 runs at an average of 51.86 during the voting period, with the right-hander hitting four centuries and six fifties across 23 innings.

It is the first time the 33-year-old has won the award, with no Australian making more ODI runs in the period.

ALLAN BORDER MEDAL TOP THREE

1.DAVID WARNER - 194 VOTES

2.STEVE SMITH - 193 VOTES

3.PAT CUMMINS - 185 VOTES

TEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR TOP THREE

1.MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE - 25 VOTES

2.STEVE SMITH - 22 VOTES

3.PAT CUMMINS - 19 VOTES

ODI PLAYER OF THE YEAR TOP THREE

1.AARON FINCH - 38 VOTES

2.USMAN KHAWAJA - 33 VOTES

3.DAVID WARNER - 24 VOTES

T20I PLAYER OF THE YEAR TOP THREE

1.DAVID WARNER - 19 VOTES

2.GLENN MAXWELL - 16 VOTES

3.KANE RICHARDSON - 8 VOTES

3.STEVE SMITH - 8 VOTES