Sri Lanka, Dec. 15 -- South Africa spinner Simon Harmer wins the men's award for his inspired bowling in the ICC World Test Championship series against India

* India opening batter Shafali Verma wins the women's award for her all-round heroics in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 Final

South African spinner Simon Harmer went past Bangladesh's Taijul Islam and Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz to be named the ICC Men's Player of the Month for the first time.

The 36-year-old received the honours after taking an incredible combined haul of 17 wickets in the two-match ICC World Test Championship series to help South Africa to a comprehensive two-nil victory, their first Test series victory in India 25 years.

He returned figures of ...