Markram, Matthews Named Best Players for June 2025 by ICC

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named Aiden Markram from South Africa and Hayley Matthews from the West Indies as the Men’s and Women’s Players of the Month for June 2025. Their strong performances helped their teams win important matches, making a big impact in international cricket.

Markram’s Match-Winning Knock at Lord’s

Aiden Markram, aged 30, was awarded the ICC Men’s Player of the Month after his brilliant performance in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final against Australia at Lord’s, London. He scored 136 runs off 207 balls, sharing a 147-run partnership with captain Temba Bavuma, helping South Africa chase down 282 runs to win the match by five wickets.

This win marked South Africa’s first ICC title since 1998, when they won the Champions Trophy. Markram also took a wicket in each of Australia’s two innings. He beat teammate Kagiso Rabada and Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka to win the award.

Matthews Makes History with Fourth Award

Hayley Matthews, captain of the West Indies women’s team, won the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award. She scored 104 runs and took 4 wickets in the three-match ODI series against South Africa, including a half-century in the third game.

Her great form continued in the T20I series, where she scored 147 runs, including two fifties, and took 2 wickets, helping the West Indies win the series 2–1. She was named Player of the Series.

This is the fourth time Matthews has won this monthly award, making her the second player in history to achieve this after Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner.