Mitchell Johnson said he was stunned after being named 2009 ICC Cricketer of the Year at the LG ICC awards ceremony.

The 27-year-old Queenslander fought off stiff competition to take the award from fellow short-list nominees Gautam Gambhir and Mahendra Singh Dhoni of India and England captain Andrew Strauss.

"I'm really blown away," Johnson said after picking up the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy. "I am just surprised to be up here.

"It has been a great 12 months for our side. We have lost some wonderful players in recent years and we have been rebuilding with some young guys in the team and we have played together well.

"I'm enjoying the game at the moment - that makes all the difference.

"The highlight for me was actually my first century in a Test match."

During the voting period, Johnson played in 17 Test matches, taking 80 wickets, which was easily the highest number by any Test bowler in the voting period.

His best match bowling figures were 11 for 159 against South Africa in Perth in December of last year and Johnson's economy-rate over the whole period was a mere 3.12.

He managed to score a total of 632 runs for Australia, including a century and three half-centuries, to register an average of 30.09.

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Johnson also played 16 ODI matches in this time, taking 28 wickets at an average of 24.25 and an economy rate of 5.06, his best haul being four for 34 against South Africa in April of this year.

He added: "I would be quite happy to wear the tag of all-rounder so I have been pleased with how my batting has come on. Also, winning in South Africa was a huge high for us.

"I'd like to thanks my team-mates, friends and family and my fiancee for putting up with the ups and downs over the last year or so."

Johnson becomes the sixth winner of the accolade, following in the footsteps of India's Rahul Dravid (2004), Andrew Flintoff of England and South Africa's Jacques Kallis (joint winners in 2005), Ricky Ponting of Australia (2006 and 2007) and West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2008).

Johnson also made the short-list for ICC Test Player of the Year, but missed out to India batsman Gautam Gambhir.

As well as Johnson, Gambhir beat off competition from Strauss and Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera to claim the first ICC award of his career.

During the 12-month voting period, Gambhir put in some remarkable performances with the bat, making 1,269 runs with an impressive average of 84.60 in the eight Test matches he played. He scored five centuries and four half-centuries during the period.

Upon collecting the gong from ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Sunil Gavaskar, the 27-year-old Gambhir said: "It's been a dream run for me. I never thought it could be like this but life has changed for me and I am very happy.

"As a unit we have played very well and I am just glad to contribute to the overall success of the team."

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Gambhir's India team-mate Mahendra Singh Dhoni took home the ODI Player of the Year title for the second successive year.

The wicketkeeper-batsman beat off tough competition from team-mates Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag as well as Chanderpaul to take the prestigious award.

During the voting period Dhoni played 24 ODIs and scored 967 runs at an average of 60.43 and at a rate of 86.63 runs per 100 balls faced. In that time he hit nine 50s, making sure he led his team from the front.

Also in that time, wicketkeeper Dhoni played a hand in 26 dismissals (18 catches and eight stumpings) and led his country to victory in 17 of the 24 matches in which he played. He is currently ranked number one in the ICC player rankings for ODI batsmen, comfortably ahead of the next best.

Dhoni also features in both the Test and ODI Teams of the Year as both wicketkeeper and captain of both sides, as selected by the expert five-man panel.

The panel was chaired by West Indies legend Clive Lloyd and included former India captain Anil Kumble, former England wicketkeeper Bob Taylor, former Pakistan opener Mudassar Nazar and former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming.

Australia's Peter Siddle was named emerging player of the year, while Ireland captain William Porterfield was crowned associate player of the year.

Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan won international Twenty20 performance of the year for his unbeaten 96 off 57 balls against West Indies at The Oval.

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