Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 242 - Fourth Cricketer of the Week accolade for Azam who scored the highest score for the week despite scoring 0 points in the middle T20 against Ireland. This is his 19th COTW in his five years on the List. Just 23 to catch up to Harmer who has the most.

2. Daryl Mithcell - 165 - Seems to have put his poor form behind him. Helps that he played two games (but then again so did our other 3 Chennai players). Despite the second highest score of the week he holds 13th place overall with a 65 point gap to 12th.

3. Shubman Gill - 164 - Hasn't been a vintage IPL for Gill. After having scored 346 points in the first fortnight, he then went on to bag 87 up to last week. His 104 against Chennai a reminder of his prodigious form.

4. Sam Curran - 153 - Not hugely eye-catching this campaign but has been fairly consistent. This is his third 100+ score across the tournament. Moves up 3 places to 8th overall in a very fluid mid-table.

5. Moeen Ali - 116 - Has been much more of an asset for Chennai in the second half of the season. He scored 40 fewer points in his two games this week than he has in his whole competition up to this point.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 2359 - Sat there in his top position for a 13th week. The chasing pack seemed to be edging closer, but his weekly high score jerks him away form them once more. The 370 point gap between him and second is the largest on the List once more.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 1989 - A well earned rest for the Sri Lankan captain after her Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier heroics. The problem is that break could extend as long as June and a series with West Indies Women.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1793 - Just 62 points scored over the last fortnight; rather undoing his three weeks of three figure scores before that. Still holds third though.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 1637 - Controversy dogged Jadeja this week but over and above that he scored modestly but still retains fourth spot.

5. Travis Head - 1567 - Inactive this week but a poor week for James Vince sees him hold fifth with a gap of 48 from the Hampshire captain.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam -181.46 (Up from 176.42)
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 165.75
3. Virat Kohli - 133.8 (Down from 141.21)

Daryl Mitchel's average improves the most - however even an improvement of 5.6 doesn't see him edge over the 100 points a week mark. Buttler drops the most for the second consecutive week - down by 7.51, he has leaked 17.84 points on his average in the last fortnight.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2290

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 1339
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 290
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 530

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 540
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 110
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 270

Fielding – Phil Salt = 230
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith & *Phil Salt- 20

Weekly Scores In Full

Babar Azam 242
Daryl Mitchell 165
Shubman Gill 164
Sam Curran 153
Moeen Ali 116
James Vince 76
Rachin Ravindra 68
Virat Kohli 67
Yashasvi Jaiswal 58
Ravindra Jadeja 43
Jos Buttler 31
Phil Salt 26

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Travis Head dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp

Overall Scores in Full

Babar Azam 2359
Chamari Athapaththu 1989
Yashasvi Jaiswal 1793
Ravindra Jadeja 1637
Travis Head 1567
James Vince 1519
Rachin Ravindra 1431
Sam Curran 1421
Shubman Gill 1387
Jos Buttler 1377
Virat Kohli 1338
Phil Salt 1337
Daryl Mitchell 1272
Moeen Ali 1054
Glenn Maxwell 984
Mitchell Marsh 931
Simon Harmer 754
Marnus Labuschagne 708
Aaron Hardie 690
Harry Brook 588
Steve Smith 538
Usman Khawaja 338

Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Huge amount of movement this week on our Overall List with only 8 people in the same position they were last week.

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 357 - Returning for a third highest scoring week of 2024 - the joint most alongside Azam and Ravindra. Scored 57% of her points with the bat and then contributed with the ball too courtesy of 5 wickets across her three games this week.

2. Virat Kohli - 244 - Continuing his personal dominance of the IPL, despite his team's dire form. This week's score is his highest of 2024 thus far. He moves into the Top 10 overall for the first time since Week 1.

3. Travis Head - 227 - Isn't fooling around in this year's IPL. Say's something when his score of 48 off 30 vs Mumbai is one of his more pedestrian outings of the last fortnight.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 173 - A stonking performance from just one game this week as he contributed with both bat and ball against Punjab.

5. Sam Curran - 129 - Did just enough to edge into the Top 5 this week despite not really looking impressive in any of his disciplines - however did just enough to beat a rather underwhelming chasing pack.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 2117 - Inactive this week and his lead is a fairly obtainable 128. He is in action as I type though and will be expected to do big things against Ireland.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 1989 - Bursts up the table once more and moves into second spot; her highest performance for 14 weeks. Frustratingly now will take a break from cricket. How low will she slump from here?

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1735 - Seems to be in a bit of a pickle again with just 4 points to his name this week that sees him drop off the pace a little this week. Down a place to third.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 1594 - Back up a place this week courtesy of his one man show against Punjab. Seems to like jumping up and down between 4th and 5th - but has 141 points between him and third this week.

5. Travis Head - 1567 - Makes his Top 5 bow for the first time in his two years in our Lists. In this kind of form he will be looking up rather than at the 124 points between himself and James Vince in 6th.

Ones to Watch

Virat Kohli, all sparks and pyrotechnics, goes up against the grinding persistency of Sam Curran this week. 2 points separate them in a battle for 10th place.

Other Movers

Three players move up despite meagre scores this week. Harry Brook's 95 sees him up a spot to 10th whilst Phil Salt got 107 to move to 9th. Moeen is the luckiest boy - he scores just 17 and moves up a spot to 15th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 176.42
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 165.75 (Up from 148.36)
3. Virat Kohli - 141.21 (Up from 128.35)

Chamari Athapaththu moves up the most - an improvement of 17.39 points to 165 and 3/4. Jos Buttler continues his descent down the averages and decreases by 10.34 to 122.36.


Phil Salt's good week sees his average swell by 19.35 to 109.45 whilst Jadeja's off week sees him drop by 9.72 to 129.18.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2048

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 1207
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 250
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 480

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 540
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 110
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 260

Fielding – Phil Salt = 210
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith & *Phil Salt- 20

Weekly List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 357
Virat Kohli 244
Travis Head 227
Ravindra Jadeja 173
Sam Curran 129
Phil Salt 107
Harry Brook 95
Daryl Mitchell 60
Simon Harmer 35
Jos Buttler 19
Moeen Ali 17
Glenn Maxwell 14
Yashasvi Jaiswal 4
Shubman Gill 2

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Babar Azam dnp
James Vince dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Babar Azam 2117
2 Chamari Athapaththu 1989
3 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1735
4 Ravindra Jadeja 1594
5 Travis Head 1567
6 James Vince 1443
7 Rachin Ravindra 1363
8 Jos Buttler 1346
9 Phil Salt 1311
10 Virat Kohli 1271
11 Sam Curran 1268
12 Shubman Gill 1223
13 Daryl Mitchell 1107
14 Glenn Maxwell 984
15 Moeen Ali 938
16 Mitchell Marsh 931
17 Simon Harmer 754
18 Marnus Labuschagne 708
19 Aaron Hardie 690
20 Harry Brook 588
21 Steve Smith 538
22 Usman Khawaja 338

Phil Salt - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

The fifth highest week for point scoring with 9 triple figure scores. Last week's highest score would see you finishing 5th this week.

Weekly Top 5

1. Phil Salt - 303 - Very very strong form from the English Kolkata player courtesy of two half centuries at Strike Rates over 200. A month ago he was 18th in the Overall List; this week he moves into 10th spot.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 253 - Seems rather unfair that one of the best all rounders to play the Women's game is turning out against part timers from Uganda and Scotland to qualify for the T20 World Cup...but the Sri Lankan is certainly making the most of playing the minnows.

3. Harry Brook - 176 - 126 against Derbyshire sees him fine early season form for Yorkshire continue. Leicestershire are next up for the young man. He moves off bottom spot after just 4 active week, pushing Khawaja to bottom spot.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 171 - Took him a while but the Rajasthan player is now in good form once more with 91 runs scored across 2 innings.

5. Daryl Mitchell - 163 - Snapped out of a series of poor run scoring with 52 against Hyderabad. Also notable for the fact that he scored 70 Fielding points in that game courtesy of 5(!!!) catches.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 2117 - Ended the series against New Zealand with his best performance, netting 69 runs and 129 points. His lead is down to 386 and has a week off now before a T20 series against Ireland.

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1731 - Holds second spot for a month (shared for one week). Moves closer to first place this week - but does not shake off the chasing pack.

3. Chamari Athapaththu - 1632 - Takes advantage of a fairly weak field of opponents to move up to her highest position in three months.

4. James Vince - 1443 - Is not living up to expectation in the County Championship this season. After last week's score of 16, he bagged just 31 this week. Down a place to 4th as a result.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 1421 - Back in his safe space of 5th place after a fairly disappointing couple of games for Chennai. Only 58 points from Ravindra in 6th and another 23 to the encroaching Travis Head.

Other Movers

Two players fell outside our weekly Top 5 but still made overall progress. Travis Head's 111 saw him finish in 8th for the week but he moves up to 7th whilst Harmer's 103 was enough to see him up a place to 17th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 176.42 (Down from 180.73)
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 148.36 (Up from 137.9)
3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 133.15 (Up from 130)

Phil Salt's good week sees his average swell by 19.35 to 109.45 whilst Jadeja's off week sees him drop by 9.72 to 129.18.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 2048

Highest scorer by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Babar Azam = 1207
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 250
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 480

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 480
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 90
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 250

Fielding – Jos Buttler & *Phil Salt = 180
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith & *Phil Salt- 20

Weekly List In Full

Phil Salt 303
Chamari Athapaththu 253
Harry Brook 176
Yashasvi Jaiswal 171
Daryl Mitchell 163
Babar Azam 129
Virat Kohli 120
Travis Head 111
Simon Harmer 103
Sam Curran 66
Jos Buttler 64
Moeen Ali 35
Ravindra Jadeja 32
James Vince 31
Glenn Maxwell 20
Shubman Gill 16

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Babar Azam 2117
2 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1731
3 Chamari Athapaththu 1632
4 James Vince 1443
5 Ravindra Jadeja 1421
6 Rachin Ravindra 1363
7 Travis Head 1340
8 Jos Buttler 1327
9 Shubman Gill 1221
10 Phil Salt 1204
11 Sam Curran 1139
12 Daryl Mitchell 1047
13 Virat Kohli 1027
14 Glenn Maxwell 970
15 Mitchell Marsh 931
16 Moeen Ali 921
17 Simon Harmer 719
18 Marnus Labuschagne 708
19 Aaron Hardie 690
20 Steve Smith 538
21 Harry Brook 493
22 Usman Khawaja 338

Yashasvi Jaiswal - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 Weekly Top 5

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 164 - By his high standards of 2024, Jaiswal has had an underwhelming IPL season but reminded us all of his good form with his solitary outing against Mumbai this week. Surprisingly his first Cricketer of the Week award of the year.

2. Travis Head - 150 - Is making it all look very easy. Carried on his good form from last week into a score of 89 against Delhi and his third successive Top 5 finish. Up a place to 8th overall.

3. Simon Harmer - 129 - Almost silently grinding away like an illustrious beaver in the County Championship. Not drawing huge amounts of accolades but piling on triple figure weekly scores. Up another place to 19th this week.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 123 - Jadeja must have been drooling at the prospect of the second match against Lucknow after he scored 97 in the first match....ultimately flopped in the second outing to finish in fourth place.

5. Virat Kohli - 119 - Continually piling on scoreboard pressure at the bottom half of the overall table with successive triple figure weekly scores. Up 3 places to 13th; this week's biggest mover.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1988 - Three T20s this week and only 86 points to show for it. His lead is down to a mere 428.

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1560 - His weekly high score pushes him away from the chasing pack. Shared second place last week and now has a 148 point lead on third.

3. James Vince - 1412 - Only 6 runs against Warwickshire this week but still manages to just about hold onto third place.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 1389 - Fell out of the Top 5 last week but has burst straight back up to fourth spot this week thanks to his three figure weekly score.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 1379 - After her record breaking week last week, 36 points for a game against Thailand seems rather flat. Plenty more cricket in the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifiers though.

Other Movers

Phil Salt's blistering knock of 48 off 14 sees him finish 6th for the week but move up a place to 14th.

Ones to Watch

The closest gap this week is between two Chennai flops. There is two points difference between Moeen Ali in 15th and Daryl Mitchell in 16th.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 180.73 (Down from 190.2)
2. Jos Buttler - 140.33 (Down from 151)
3. Ravindra Jadeja - 138.9 (Down from 140.67)

Simon Harmer moves up the most with a 7.53 point improvement to 77. Harry Brook's embryonic average was always going to drop but his score of just 3 this week sess it deflate by 51.33 points.

Highest scorer by Format

*= New Name

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = *Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1919

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 1138
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 230
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 450

Wickets - Ravindra Jadeja - 460
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja - 90
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja - 240

Fielding – Jos Buttler = 180
Fielding Bonus - Steve Smith - 20