ICC Men’s Player of the Month for December 2025 announced
Australia’s Mitchell Starc has been named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for December 2025 after a stunning display with the ball during the Ashes.
Mitchell Starc was awarded the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for December 2025 after leading Australia’s pace attack during their stellar Ashes series victory at home.
The Australian beat two other impressive performers in West Indies’ Justin Greaves who scored his maiden double hundred against New Zealand at Christchurch and Jacob Duffy who bagged 25 wickets in the Black Caps’ 2-0 series victory over West Indies.
Starc was proud to have won the honour on the back of a successful home Ashes win.
“It’s an honour to be named the ICC Player of the Month, and even more special that it came on the back of such a successful home Ashes. To have played a part in winning such an iconic series in front of our home crowd is something we will all relish for a long time,” Starc said.
“As a team we’ve had some outstanding performances in the last few years. The focus now is on building that momentum towards a place in next year’s ICC World Test Championship Final,” he added.
The 35-year-old bowler entered the month on the back of picking up ten wickets in Australia’s win over England in the first Ashes Test match at Perth and followed that up with eight wickets in Brisbane to start December on a strong note.
He then played a solid support role to other Australian bowlers picking up four wickets each in the following two Test matches at Adelaide and Melbourne to finish the month with 16 wickets.
Starc removes Markram in the first over | WTC25 Final
Mitchell Starc provided Australia with the perfect start as he got rid of Aiden Markram in the first over of South Africa's innings.
Starc’s contribution wasn’t limited to the ball as he was equally useful with a bat in his hand. His two half-centuries in Brisbane and Adelaide were crucial in helping the home side take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Australia eventually won the series 4-1 with Starc picking up 31 wickets and a deserved Player of the series award.
This was the first time that Starc has received this award as he ended a two-year wait for an Australian to be adjudged ICC Men’s Player of the Month with Pat Cummins being the last player from Australia to win this award in December 2023.
