Harry Brook - The Best Cricketer of the Week...again

 

[u]Weekly Top 5[/u]

1. Harry Brook - 387 - No air of mystery around top spot this week. If you score a triple ton in a Test you're going to be top of the pops. He has scored 800 points in the last three weeks and moved from 16th in the Overall list to 10th. 

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 212 - Back playing red ball cricket and now the captain of Queensland. Scored 112 runs and got two wickets this week to give him second place. Also moves up to 6th place on the Overall List.

3. Moeen Ali - 148 - His late call up into the CPL has given Moeen a late season boost up the List. The 595 points he has scored in the last three weeks is more than he got in the last seven active weeks of cricket he had over the English Summer. Up to 9th overall. 

4. Mitchell Marsh - 127 - Could the start of the Australian Summer see Marsh move up our List. His first Sheffield Shield game sees him in fourth for the week, up one overall and all that without bowling. Who knows how high he can go? 

5. Usman Khawaja - 115 - The bottom placed Cricketer on our Overall List rounds off our weekly Top 5. With just 613 points across the year, Khawaja is going to have to put in a Herculean effort to be anywhere other than bottom spot for 2024. 

[u]Overall Top 5[/u]

Despite expectations there is a fourth static week in the top 5. Margins are very narrow between Vince and Athapaththu in first and second and between Azam and a chasing pack below him. 

1 James Vince 3970

2 Chamari Athapaththu 3945

3 Travis Head 3546

4 Sam Curran 3156

5 Babar Azam 3106

[u]Top Three Averages[/u]

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 179.32 (Down from 186.24) 

2. Babar Azam - 135.04 (Down from 139.14)

3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Chamari Athapaththu's average drops by 6.92 but her weekly average is untouchable still. Brook moves up by a huge 12.53 points. With a weekly average of 123,82, he has the second best of anyone. 

 

[u]Highest scorer by Format[/u]

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235

One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946

Short Form = Chamari Athapaththu- 2999

[u]Highest scorer by Discipline[/u]

Runs - James Vince - 2390

Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380

Strike Rate - Travis Head 790

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1180

Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 240

Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – James Vince = 490

Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

[u]Weekly List In Full[/u]

Harry Brook 387

Marnus Labuschagne 212

Moeen Ali 148

Mitchell Marsh 127

Usman Khawaja 115

Travis Head 70

Babar Azam 45

Chamari Athapaththu 34

Jos Buttler dnp

Sam Curran dnp

Yashasvi Jaiswal dnp

Ravindra Jadeja dnp

Simon Harmer dnp

Phil Salt dnp

Glenn Maxwell dnp

James Vince dnp

Virat Kohli dnp

Shubman Gill dnp

Rachin Ravindra dnp

Steve Smith dnp

Aaron Hardie dnp

Daryl Mitchell dnp

[u]Overall List In Full[/u]

James Vince 3970

Chamari Athapaththu 3945

Travis Head 3546

Sam Curran 3156

Babar Azam 3106

Marnus Labuschagne 2886

Simon Harmer 2808

Yashasvi Jaiswal 2731

Moeen Ali 2727

Harry Brook 2724

Phil Salt 2635

Rachin Ravindra 2411

Ravindra Jadeja 2310

Glenn Maxwell 2204

Shubman Gill 2187

Jos Buttler 2104

Virat Kohli 1976

Mitchell Marsh 1629

Daryl Mitchell 1511

Aaron Hardie 1485

Steve Smith 1295

Usman Khawaja 613

[u]Headlines[/u]

MIB picks a bad week to get 0. Sussex and RDJ both overtake him knocking him from 5th to 7th. 

[u]Weekly Scores[/u]

Sussex 387

DFM 212

The Prof Sr. 149

RDJ 148

The Professor 127

DD 70

Red Devil 45

MIB 0

Arthur 0

RT 0

GingerPele 0

[u]Overall Scores[/u]

DD 6702

DFM 5696

The Professor 5472

Red Devil 5275

Sussex 5145

RDJ 5033

MIB 4915

The Prof Sr. 4560

RT 4080

Arthur 3930

GingerPele 3088

Harry Brook - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Harry Brook - 249 - Has been a fine year for Brook, punctuated by long spells away from the game. It is perhaps surprising that this is his first Cricketer of the Week award of 2024. Fair to say he passed his test as captaincy material though.

2. Travis Head - 225 - Finished his fine tour of Scotland and England with....rather obscurely...a huge performance with the ball. 120 of his 225 points came from bowling this week as he continues to show his white ball cajónes.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 223 - Hasn't really turned it on when it matters most this year but gave us a reminder of his true form with two half centuries in the second Test against Bangladesh. Moves up 2 places overall to 7th.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 188 - Rather less destructive than in the first Test, but a threefer for Jadeja sees him in the Top 5.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 158 - Two warm up games that yielded 2 points was followed by an opening game loss to Pakistan that got her 156. A very very big few weeks for the Sri Lankan.

Overall Top 5

A third static week in the Top 5 which still stands at:

1 James Vince 3970
2 Chamari Athapaththu 3911
3 Travis Head 3476
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3061

With both Athapaththu and Azam featuring next week it could be all change across the board for our next update.

Other Movers

Two others of our competitors scored modestly but still moved up overall. Marsh scored 58 in his one foray this week and moved up to 19th whilst maxwell's 102 was enough to see him up to 14th.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 186.24 (Down from 187.65)
2. Babar Azam - 139.14 (Down from 145.52)
3. Jos Buttler - 131.5

Marnus Labuschagne's limp end to the ODI series against Scotland and England ees him leak 5.17 points and lose his place in the Top 3 highest averages. Harry Brook improves his average by 6.89 - up to 111.29.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2235
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = *Chamari Athapaththu- 2965

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - James Vince - 2390
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380
Strike Rate - Travis Head 790

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1180
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 240
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – James Vince = 490
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly List in Full

Harry Brook 249
Travis Head 225
Yashasvi Jaiswal 223
Ravindra Jadeja 188
Chamari Athapaththu 158
Simon Harmer 129
Moeen Ali 107
Phil Salt 107
Glenn Maxwell 102
James Vince 97
Virat Kohli 96
Shubman Gill 75
Mitchell Marsh 58
Rachin Ravindra 42
Steve Smith 41
Aaron Hardie 40
Marnus Labuschagne 24
Daryl Mitchell 14

Jos Buttler dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall List In Full

1 James Vince 3970
2 Chamari Athapaththu 3911
3 Travis Head 3476
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3061
6 Simon Harmer 2808
7 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2731
8 Marnus Labuschagne 2674
9 Phil Salt 2635
10 Moeen Ali 2578
11 Rachin Ravindra 2411
12 Harry Brook 2337
13 Ravindra Jadeja 2310
14 Glenn Maxwell 2204
15 Shubman Gill 2187
16 Jos Buttler 2104
17 Virat Kohli 1976
18 Daryl Mitchell 1511
19 Mitchell Marsh 2390
20 Aaron Hardie 1485
21 Steve Smith 1295
22 Usman Khawaja 498

Moeen Ali - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

After some very very lean weeks we have had the third highest score of the year this time out with 2041 points shared between all but 5 players.

Weekly Top 5

1. Moeen Ali - 340 - Retires from international cricket, takes a little break in Guyana and becomes one of the most miserly bowlers in world cricket. Prior to this week he had not scored an economy point in all of 2024. This week he scored 90.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - Another one straight out of the Jadeja playbook. Doesn't play for months on end and then gets just shy of 300 points in one Test. Jumps from 17th to 12th.

3. Aaron Hardie - 207 - Has not been setting even the most flammable parts of the world alight this year but has impressed in the ongoing ODI series against England. Has been in the Top 5 in two of the last three weeks.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 191 - Back in action after a long spell away and a fairly decent showing with 131 points in the loss to Sri Lanka. Could be a late player as cricket shifts into the other hemisphere.

5. Harry Brook - 164 - One very good performance in the ODIs against Australia preceded by a core of just 4. Turning into a decent late Summer for him. Despite this finds himself DOWN a spot overall.

Overall Top 5

1. James Vince - 3873 - Holds top spot for a second week as he plays out his final Hampshire game of the season. Will hope for a bigger gap to see him through to the BBL.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 3752 - Biding her time before the Women's T20 starts. Is now the second longest inactive player on the List with 4 weeks without a score.

3. Travis Head - 3251 - A 279 point swing this week - with 325 points on the board last week, he got a mere 49 before but paltry scoring from those below him means that there was zero pressure on his bronze medal position.

4. Sam Curran - 3156 - Inactive this week for the first time in 10 weeks. Holds fourth.

5. Babar Azam - 3061 - Only 5 points week ; the lowest of anyone. Yet he still holds fifth spot.

Ones to Watch

Two Aussies have a single point between them in 19th and 20th; who will prevail out of Hardie and Marsh?

Other Movers

Shubman Gill got an impressive 159 this week but that saw him finish sixth. He does move up a spot to 13th though.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 187.65
2. Babar Azam - 139.14 (Down from 145.52)
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 132.5 (Down from 138.47)

Babar Azam's single figure week sees him tumble the most whilst Ravindra Jadeja improves by 10.24 points up to 111.68.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2106
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Sam Curran - 2920

Highest scorer by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - James Vince - 2323
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380
Strike Rate - *Travis Head 430

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1120
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 220
Economy - Simon Harmer - 650

Fielding – James Vince = 480
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly Scores In Full

Moeen Ali 340
Ravindra Jadeja 296
Aaron Hardie 207
Rachin Ravindra 191
Harry Brook 164
Shubman Gill 159
Glenn Maxwell 147
Mitchell Marsh 124
Daryl Mitchell 115
Yashasvi Jaiswal 106
Steve Smith 94
Usman Khawaja 77
Travis Head 49
Virat Kohli 43
Phil Salt 22
Marnus Labuschagne 19
Babar Azam 5

Jos Buttler dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
James Vince dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Simon Harmer dnp

Overall Scores In Full

James Vince 3873
Chamari Athapaththu 3753
Travis Head 3251
Sam Curran 3156
Babar Azam 3061
Simon Harmer 2679
Marnus Labuschagne 2631
Phil Salt 2528
Yashasvi Jaiswal 2508
Moeen Ali 2468
Rachin Ravindra 2369
Ravindra Jadeja 2122
Shubman Gill 2112
Jos Buttler 2104
Glenn Maxwell 2102
Harry Brook 2088
Virat Kohli 1880
Daryl Mitchell 1497
Aaron Hardie 1445
Mitchell Marsh 1444
Steve Smith 1254
Usman Khawaja 498

Travis Head - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

After a few lean weeks, normal service has been resumed in a massive way with some gigantic hauls from our players.

Weekly Top 5

1. Travis Head - 325 - Two very impactful innings this week. His 154 in the first ODI grabbed the headlines but did big things in the second T20I with a 14 ball 31.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 247 - Was not definitely going to be included in the first ODI against England before illness struck down a number of the squad......certainly made mark with 77 runs and three wickets.

3. Babar Azam - 229 - Two more massive innings from Babar in the Champions One Day Cup. Won't be worth much to the critics but is his highest score for 18 weeks.

4. James Vince - 171 - Is ending his County Championship season in very decent form; this week scoring 101 runs against Worcestershire. One more game and a little break away from the game before some BBL cricket as his 2024 swansong.

5. Sam Curran - 169 - Decides that he likes a bit of red ball cricket these days. Turns out for Surrey as they lift the County Championship for the third year on the bounce. Will be disappointed with his performance with the bat but got 5 wickets in the match to see him in fifth.

Overall Top 5

1. James Vince - 3873 - Back into first place after three weeks away. Has one more County Championship game to open up a big lead on those below him but is certainly the odds on favourite to be a surprise Cricketer of the Year for 2024.

2. Chamari Athapaththu - 3753 - Three weeks inactive was too much for the Sri Lankan to hope to hold onto the crown for. Two more weeks until the Women's T20 World Cup though.

3. Travis Head - 3203 - The Autralian's week topping score sees him up a place into third. Third is his highest position of the year.

4. Sam Curran - 3156 - Despite finishing in the Top 5 this week, Curran still moves down a spot to fourth.

5. Babar Azam - 3056 - Handy points in the Champions One Day Cup sees him open up 377 points on 6th place Simon Harmer. Only three gaps are bigger on our List.

Ones to Watch

With India in the midst of Test match against Bangladesh there is a little gap window between Gill in 14th and Jadeja in 17th with just 127 points in it. The players in between them are brook and Kohli who will also be in action.

Other Movers

Moeen Ali has a funny little habit of performing averagely and still moving up a place. This week he scored just 94 yet still moves up to 11th.

Top Three Averages

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 187.65
2. Babar Azam - 145.52 (Up from 141.35)
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 138.47 (Up from 132.44)

Mitch Marsh already had the third lowest score of anyone on the list and leaked a further 3.73 points this week to move down to 73.33. Travis Head moves up 7.94 points to 118.59.

Highest scorer by Format

Long Form = Simon Harmer = 2106
One Day = Chamari Athapaththu = 946
Short Form = Sam Curran - 2920

Highest scorer by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - James Vince - 2323
Batting Bonus - Travis Head = 380
Strike Rate - *Travis Head 430

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1120
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer = 220
Economy - Simon Harmer - 650

Fielding – James Vince = 480
Fielding Bonus - James Vince - 50

Weekly Points In Full

Travis Head 325
Marnus Labuschagne 247
Babar Azam 229
James Vince 171
Sam Curran 169
Yashasvi Jaiswal 96
Moeen Ali 94
Aaron Hardie 80
Steve Smith 62
Harry Brook 59
Simon Harmer 41
Mitchell Marsh 10

Daryl Mitchell dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Phil Salt dnp

Overall List In Full

1 James Vince 3873
2 Chamari Athapaththu 3753
3 Travis Head 3202
4 Sam Curran 3156
5 Babar Azam 3056
6 Simon Harmer 2679
7 Marnus Labuschagne 2631
8 Phil Salt 2506
9 Yashasvi Jaiswal 2402
10 Rachin Ravindra 2178
11 Moeen Ali 2128
12 Jos Buttler 2104
13 Glenn Maxwell 1955
14 Shubman Gill 1953
15 Harry Brook 1924
16 Virat Kohli 1837
17 Ravindra Jadeja 1826
18 Daryl Mitchell 1382
19 Mitchell Marsh 1320
20 Aaron Hardie 1238
21 Steve Smith 1160
22 Usman Khawaja 421