Australian captain Michael Clarke stole the honours in the International Cricket Council awards announced Friday, winning both player of the year and the Test cricketer of the year.
Clarke, whose Australia team have taken a firm grip of the ongoing Ashes series, beat five other nominees including England skipper Alastair Cook to bag the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the player of the year.
"I was very surprised, to be honest, probably because there are so many guys who are playing so well around the world at the moment," Clarke told the cricket.com.au website.
Hashim Amla, James Anderson, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumar Sangakkara were the others on the shortlist to miss out.
In the Test player of the year category, Clarke scored over five other nominees -- Amla, Anderson, Ravichandran Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara and Dale Steyn.
Sri Lanka's Sangakkara was named the one-day player of the year, while Indian batsman Pujara was voted the emerging player of the year.
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene beat Bangladesh's Forhad Reza to win the spirit of cricket award for not waiting for the umpire's decision after edging a catch when he was on 91 against New Zealand in a Test match in Galle in November 2012.
THE WINNERS
Cricketer of the year: Michael Clarke
Test cricketer of the year: Michael Clarke
One-day cricketer of the year: Kumar Sangakkara
Emerging cricketer of the year: Cheteshwar Pujara
Associate and Affiliate cricketer of the year: Kevin O'Brien
Twenty20 international performance of the year: Umar Gul
Umpire of the year: Richard Kettleborough
Spirit of cricket award: Mahela Jayawardena