ICC Player of the Month Nomination has officially begun. The ICC has put out its shortlist for July’s Player of the Month awards, and it is a genuinely a tough call in both men and women categories this time.
Three names are up for the men’s award and three more for the women’s, each of them coming off the back of a month where they more or less carried their team on their own.
Voting is split between the ICC’s panel of former players, journalists, and Hall of Fame members who make up the bulk of the decision and fans, who get a smaller say through the ICC website.
Here below is a short list of the nominees who are in the running and why.
Men’s Nominees
There are three nominees for the men. Let’s have a look at each one of these:
Justin Greaves from West Indies
Justin Greaves had the kind of month all-rounders dream about. He top scored with a superb 180 in the first Test against Sri Lanka, a knock that helped West Indies pull off a series win despite the match itself ending in a draw. He was not done there against Pakistan a little later in the month, he took five wickets in the first innings, including a stretch of five maiden overs in a row, and followed it up with two more in the second to help seal the win. Add it up and he finished July with well over 200 runs and eight wickets across just two Tests a total of eight matches, numbers that put him firmly in the conversation.
Harry Brook from England
Harry Brook’s case rests almost entirely on a dominant run in the shorter formats. Leading England in white-ball cricket against India, he was the standout batter across the T20I series, racking up well over 200 runs at a strike rate north of 200 and picking up unbeaten scores in back to back matches late in the series. England swept both the ODI and T20I series under his captaincy, and Brook walked away with the Player of the Series award for the T20Is on the back of being the tournament’s leading run-scorer.
Tanzid Hasan from Bangladesh
Tanzid’s nomination comes down to sheer consistency. Across a white-ball series against Zimbabwe, he was Bangladesh’s most reliable batter in both the formats, finishing as the most run-scorer in the ODIs and then carrying that form straight into the T20Is. He did not have one standout innings the way Greaves or Brook did instead he just kept delivering, in every match after match, which is exactly the kind of contribution voters tend to notice. He made a total of 299 runs in 6 matches.
Women’s Nominees
Same as the men’s nominees women’s nominees also have three competing cricketers:
Hayley Matthews from West Indies
Harley Matthews might have had the single most complete month of anyone on either list. Across a three-match ODI series against Ireland, she scored two centuries including a career best knock in the opening game. By the end of the series she had racked up well over 250 runs and seven wickets combined just in 3ODIs. The numbers speak for themselves and earned her the Player of the Series award.
Harshitha Samarawickrama from Sri Lanka
Harshitha Samarawickrama had a slow start in Sri Lanka’s ODI series against Pakistan which was a quiet opening game before completely turning it around. She followed it with a commanding century in the second match and then stayed unbeaten in the decider as Sri Lanka chased down a target well above 180 to win the series. Her overall numbers for the series were remarkable enough that she also picked up Player of the Series honors.
Nat Sciver-Brunt from England
Sciver-Brunt’s nomination is tied to England’s run to the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup where she played on home soil, and she managed it all while carrying a calf injury picked up mid-tournament. Her most important contribution came in the semi-final against South Africa, where England collapsed early to 23 for 3 before she stood firmly with a match-winning innings in the 70s. She backed that up with another strong knock in the final against Australia, and while England came up short in the title match, Sciver-Brunt’s performances under pressure was hard to ignore.
What is the Nomination Criteria?
- On the basis of their performance players are evaluated strictly on their individual on-field performances and contributions recorded from the first to the last day of the calendar month (July 1–31) across all formats of international cricket (Test, ODI, and T20I).
- The ICC Awards Nominations Committee select a shortlist of three male and three female players based on match-winning performances, statistical output, and impact on team results throughout that specific month.
How the Voting Works:
According to the ICC the public voting closes on 14 August 2026, most of the decision comes down to the ICC’s Voting Academy from a panel made up of former players, cricket journalists, and Hall of Fame members who account for the large majority of the result.
About 90% weight comes from the ICC Voting Academy and 10% weight comes from fans. The 10% share is decided by fans, who can cast a vote through the ICC’s website.
Winners are usually announced on the second Monday of the following month, so both results should be public not long from now.
