South African spinner Simon Harmer grabbed the ICC Men's Player of the Month award after absolutely torching Bangladesh's Taijul Islam and Pakistan's Mohammad Nawaz in the voting. The 36-year-old bowler snagged 17 wickets across a two-match series against India, helping his squad pull off their first Test series win there in a quarter century. His numbers were basically unreal, with an average under nine and an economy rate that barely cracked two runs per over.
Harmer dedicated the whole thing to his squad and his family back home, saying anything beyond playing for his country is basically just extra. Meanwhile, Shafali Verma snatched her first-ever women's award after getting called up as a last-minute replacement. She dropped 87 runs in the World Cup final against South Africa, the highest score ever by an Indian opener in a final, and then grabbed a couple of key wickets to seal the deal for her team.
Harmer dedicated the whole thing to his squad and his family back home, saying anything beyond playing for his country is basically just extra. Meanwhile, Shafali Verma snatched her first-ever women's award after getting called up as a last-minute replacement. She dropped 87 runs in the World Cup final against South Africa, the highest score ever by an Indian opener in a final, and then grabbed a couple of key wickets to seal the deal for her team.
