In addition to the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, Smith was also recognised as the year's best Test player, while South Africa ODI captain AB de Villiers was named 2015's one-day international player of the year.

In Tests, Smith scored 1,270 runs at an average of 63.50, with five tons and four half-centuries, and took over the national team captaincy after Michael Clarke's retirement during the Ashes.

The 26-year-old also had a brilliant year in the 50-over game, scoring 805 runs at 53.66, including a half-century in the final of the Cricket World Cup against New Zealand.

Lanning, meanwhile, played three ODIs in 2015, all of them coming during the Southern Stars' victorious Women's Ashes series.

The 23-year-old skipper averaged 65 in those matches with a top score of 104 off 98 deliveries.

The world governing body named Australian Test seamer Josh Hazlewood the emerging cricketer of the year.

Hazlewood, 24, made his Test debut in December last year and took 51 wickets in 11 Tests at an average of just under 22 this year.

Here is the full list of ICC awards for the year 2015

ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) - Steve Smith (Australia)
ICC Test Cricketer of the Year - Steve Smith (Australia)
ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year - AB de Villiers (South Africa)
ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year - Meg Lanning (Australia)
ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year - Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)
ICC T20I Performance of the Year - Faf du Plessis (South Africa) (119, 56 balls, 11x4, 5x6 - 2nd T20I Vs West Indies, 11 January 2015, Johannesburg)
ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year - Josh Hazlewood (Australia)
ICC Associate/Affiliate Cricketer of the Year - Khurram Khan (UAE)
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award - Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
ICC Umpire of the Year (David Shepherd Trophy) - Richard Kettleborough (England)