Chamari Athapaththu - the Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Back to a high scoring week this week before what is going to be a Geo-Politically very quiet week next week

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 245 - Following the playbook from last year - long periods absent from the game and then some huge haymaking while the sun shines. Only Nat Sciver Brunt has had more Cricketers of the Week this year - this is her third.

2. Liam Dawson - His first big scoring week in the County Championship courtesy of a five-fer and his full compliment of economy points against Durham. Breaks into the Top Ten for the first time since the end of the SA20.

3. Jos Buttler - 194 - 94 runs across two innings gives Buttler third place in a week where he also overtakes Nat Sciver Brunt as the highest run scorer on the List.

4. Ravindra Jadeja - 176 - After a slow start to the tournament, Jadeja has burst into life of late with three back to back 3 figure scoring weeks. Only Buttler and SKY have scored more than him in that time.

5. Babar Azam - 141 - Back to looking like he might have seen a cricket bat at some point in his life in at least one innings this week. 53 versus Islamabad this week sees him ease into the Top 5 for the week despite letting himself down (again) in the game against Multan.

Overall Top 5

1. Ravindra Jadeja - 1686 - Despite being in our Lists for 4 years, Jadeja has never graced top spot until this week. His slow burning IPL campaign has seen him ease into top spot with a 36 point lead.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Parenthood is an amazing thing...but it doesn't score you many points. After 7 inactive weeks, NSB loses her 10 week reign at the top of the List.

3. Jos Buttler - 1510 - The fifth highest run scorer in the IPL and the highest run scorer in our List moves up a place to third after yet another half century this week.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 1433 - After scoring 528 points in the first three weeks of the IPL he has now scored 103 in the last three weeks to see him down a place this week to 4th.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 1365 - Lost her Top 5 place a month ago and slipped as low as 11th last week but a bumper week for the Sri Lanka captain moves her back into 5th spot.

Ones to Watch

With the IPL being suspended for at least a week, it is a chance for Liam Dawson to do some damage on the Top 10. Currently he is tenth but a mere 158 points separate him and Chamari Athapaththu in 5th.

Other Movers

Meagre scores from Mumabi's SKY and Bumrah this week but they both move up a spot. SKY is in 8th with Bumrah up to 20th.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 151.67 (Up from 140)
3. Sam Curran = 134.56 (Down from 147)

In a rare occurence the two most noteable movers on the average table are in the Top 3. Athapaththu moves back into the Top 3 courtesy of a 11.67 point boost to her average whilst Curran drops 12.44

Top Players By Format

* = New Name

Red Ball - * Liam Dawson - 670
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1433

Top Players by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - * Jos Buttler = 870
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, *Jos Buttler & *Babar Azam = 140
Strike Rate - Heinrich Klaasen & Suryakumar Yadav - 370

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 720
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - *Liam Dawson = 280

Fielding - Phil Salt - 230
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 245
Liam Dawson 225
Jos Buttler 194
Ravindra Jadeja 176
Babar Azam 141
Saim Ayub 110
Harry Brook 73
Yashasvi Jaiwal 64
Heinrich Klaasen 63
Jasprit Bumrah 60
Suryakumar Yadav 55
Travis Head 40
Sam Curran 35
Rishabh Pant 18
Nicholas Pooran 16
Wanindu Hasaranga 0

Overall list In Full

1 Ravindra Jadeja 1686
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
3 Jos Buttler 1510
4 Nicholas Pooran 1433
5 Chamari Athapaththu 1365
6 Heinrich Klaasen 1324
7 Wanindu Hasaranga 1239
8 Suryakumar Yadav 1220
9 Sam Curran 1211
10 Liam Dawson 1207
11 Annabel Sutherland 1197
12 Phil Salt 1163
13 Babar Azam 1062
14 Kane Williamson 1038
15 Yashasvi Jaiwal 990
16 Travis Head 930
17 Pathum Nissanka 614
18 Liam Livingstone 603
19 Adam Zampa 578
20 Jasprit Bumrah 482
21 Rishabh Pant 467
22 Jamie Smith 372
23 Harry Brook 361
24 Saim Ayub 339

Suryakumar Yadav - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

One of those weird weeks where fewer points were scored than normal but there has been a fair bit of movement.

Weekly Top 5

1. Suryakumar Yadav - 222 - Another great week for the Mumbai man. He finished second last week and top this week. Despite Pooran's strong start in the IPL, SKY has now overtaken him as the highest point scorer in this period with 915.

2. Jasprit Bumrah - 190 - 6 wickets this week sees him make his first Top 5 appearance in the List this year. Has to be bridesmaid this time out but will be his time soon.

3. Sam Curran - 157 - An absence of almost a month since his last IPL game did not start auspiciously with a bit of a damp squib against Hyderabad but 88 with the bat against Punjab sees him in third this week and back into the Top 10 overall.

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 143 - Another half and half performance for Jaiswal - 70 against Gujarat was followed up by just 13 against Mumbai.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 118 - Two Ok-ish performances with both bat and ball sees Jadeja in fifth place this week. Has never really combined with all-round prowess like we know he is capable of .

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver- Brunt - 1650 - This is her tenth week in first and her sixth wicket without picking up a bat or ball. She is in imminent danger of being usurped though with a lead of just 140.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 1510 - Holds on to second place for a second week. His 118 was the highest score of anyone within the Top 5 an puts first within spitting distance...but saying that third can spit on him also.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 1417 - After such a strong start to the IPL, Pooran has rather melted away with just 87 points over his last two weeks. Still holds onto 3rd.

4. Jos Buttler - 1316 - Scored 100 points in his solitary game for Gujarat this week but was enough to see him move up from 6th to make his debut in the Top 5 for 2025.

5. Heinrich Klaasen - 1261 - Only 17 runs from the South African this week sees him drop from 4th to 5th usurping Wanindu Hasaranga and ending his three week stay in fifth place.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
2. Sam Curran = 147 (Up from 145.57)
3. Nicholas Pooran = 141.7 (Down from 150)

Jasprit Bumrah, still with only 4 active weeks to his name, improves the most - up 26.4 to 84.4. Chamari Athapaththu's return to cricket sees her leak 10.29 runs and lose her Top 3 status - she now has 140 per active week.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1417

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kane Williamson + Nicholas Pooran = 140
Strike Rate - Heinrich Klaasen & *Suryakumar Yadav - 370

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 720
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 270

Fielding - Phil Salt - 230
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly List In Full

Suryakumar Yadav 222
Jasprit Bumrah 190
Sam Curran 157
Yashasvi Jaiwal 143
Ravindra Jadeja 118
Jos Buttler 100
Jamie Smith 90
Nicholas Pooran 67
Saim Ayub 65
Chamari Athapaththu 63
Travis Head 19
Heinrich Klaasen 17
Babar Azam 12
Rishabh Pant 4
Wanindu Hasaranga 0

Harry Brook dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Phil Salt dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Ravindra Jadeja 1510
3 Nicholas Pooran 1417
4 Jos Buttler 1316
5 Heinrich Klaasen 1261
6 Wanindu Hasaranga 1239
7 Annabel Sutherland 1197
8 Sam Curran 1176
9 Suryakumar Yadav 1165
10 Phil Salt 1163
11 Chamari Athapaththu 1120
12 Kane Williamson 1038
13 Liam Dawson 982
14 Yashasvi Jaiwal 926
15 Babar Azam 921
16 Travis Head 890
17 Pathum Nissanka 614
18 Liam Livingstone 603
19 Adam Zampa 578
20 Rishabh Pant 449
21 Jasprit Bumrah 422
22 Jamie Smith 372
23 Harry Brook 288
24 Saim Ayub 229

Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler - 258 - Scored 202 3 weeks ago and then had a couple of quiet ones before bettering that with 258. This is his 14th Cricketer of the Week award - putting him joint 4th on the All Time List alongside Glenn Maxwell. Moves to 6th overall

2. Suryakumar Yadav - 208 - Some phenomenally big hitting for SKY this week. He got the maximum amount of Strike Rate points from his two innings this week courtesy of 38 ball 68 against Chennai and a 19 ball 40 against Hyderabad. Moves to 13th overall.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 203 - His third 200+ point week this week. Last week it saw him finish first but this week he has to settle for third. He moves up to 16th overall.

4. Babar Azam - 174 - Has broken out of his malaise this week with 104 runs across three PSL innings. To put that into perspective, he was averaging 48.5 runs per week before this week. Will count himself unlucky to remain 14th on the Overall List.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 123- Made his first stand out display for Chennai against Mumbai this week with a wicket and a half century. Seems a little too late though.

Overall Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 1650 - Surprisingly did not start for Hampshire Women in their inaugural Metro Bank One Day Women's Cup match. May feature in the next round on Sunday.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 1392 - Jadeja's first decent foray with the bat in IPL 2025 sees him regain second place. Still 258 points before he takes first place for the first time in his 4 years on our List.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 1350 - A rare back to back misfire from the Barbadian sees him lose his second place berth he only held for a solitary week.

4. Heinrich Klaasen - 1244 - A score of 71 in his solitary game versus Mumbai sees the South African make his debut in the Overall Top 5.

5. Wanindu Hasaranga - 1239 - Never does anything much but always does just enough to hold onto 5th place. This is his third successive week in 5th despite only scoring 40, 30 and now 61. This week it is Buttler who threatens him; 23 points below.

Other Movers

He fell outside the Top 5 for the week, but Liam Dawson moves back up to 12th after slipping a place last week.

Ones to Watch

The most eye-catching battle falls within our Top 5 wit Hyderabad's Heinrich Klaasen and Rajasthan's Wanindu Hasaranga separated by 5 points.

Top 3 Averages

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 165
2. Chamari Athapaththu - 150.29
3. Nicholas Pooran = 150 (Down from 166.25)

For the first time that i can remember the largest and smallest improvement has gone to the same two. Nicholas Pooran drops another 16.25 points meaning he has leaked 20.14 over the fortnight. Meanwhile Jaiswal has improved by 40.61 - up to 97.5 from 56.83.

Top Players By Format

Red Ball - Ravindra Jadeja - 488
One Day - Kane Williamson - 655
Short Form - Nicholas Pooran - 1350

Top Players by Discipline

Runs - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 750
Batting Bonus - Nat Sciver-Brunt, Kane Williamson + Nicholas Pooran = 140
Strike Rate - *Heinrich Klaasen - 370

Wickets - Wanindu Hasaranga = 720
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja & Wanindu Hasaranga - 100
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 260

Fielding - Phil Salt - 230
Fielding Bonus -Phil Salt - 30

Weekly List In Full

Jos Buttler 258
Suryakumar Yadav 208
Yashasvi Jaiwal 203
Babar Azam 174
Ravindra Jadeja 123
Liam Dawson 122
Heinrich Klaasen 121
Wanindu Hasaranga 61
Jasprit Bumrah 60
Phil Salt 57
Saim Ayub 38
Nicholas Pooran 20
Rishabh Pant 13
Travis Head 0

Harry Brook dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Chamari Athapaththu dnp
Annabel Sutherland dnp
Adam Zampa dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Jamie Smith dnp
Liam Livingstone dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1650
2 Ravindra Jadeja 1392
3 Nicholas Pooran 1350
4 Heinrich Klaasen 1244
5 Wanindu Hasaranga 1239
6 Jos Buttler 1216
7 Annabel Sutherland 1197
8 Phil Salt 1163
9 Chamari Athapaththu 1052
10 Kane Williamson 1038
11 Sam Curran 1019
12 Liam Dawson 982
13 Suryakumar Yadav 943
14 Babar Azam 909
15 Travis Head 871
16 Yashasvi Jaiwal 780
17 Pathum Nissanka 614
18 Liam Livingstone 603
19 Adam Zampa 578
20 Rishabh Pant 445
21 Harry Brook 288
22 Jamie Smith 282
23 Jasprit Bumrah 232
24 Saim Ayub 164