Saim Ayub - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Only 4 active players this week so not a Top 5, but instead...

Weekly Round-Up

We start with the player that played in the highest profile fixture but did the least well. Rachin Ravindra's tournament never really took off and he registered just 31 points in the final to be our lowest scoring player this week.

Travis Head started his return to Red Ball cricket looking as out of nick as he was in the World Cup but then came back with a decent half century in the second dig against New South Wales this week to see him finish with 103 points and move up 2 places overall to 12th.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz has looked awful for large parts of this year but seems a changed man leading out the Tigers. A three-fer takes him to 110 points this week.

Our number one player this week has returned to domestic cricket after a disappointing World Cup and played a bit of a blinder. Two games for Karachi Region Whites saw him score 86and get 4 wickets as a reminder to his national selectors that he still can play. 246 points this week moves him into fifth - 36 points behind Harry Brook.

Overall Top 5

For the third week in a row the Top 5 looks like this:

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
Quinton de Kock 1248
Aiden Markram 1239
Sam Curran 1156
Harry Brook 1011

All five players were inactive this week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 260.4
2.Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75

Good Week for Saim Ayub; up 17.74 to 121.88. Bad week for Rachin Ravindra; down 5.51 to 80.6.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Quinton De Kock = 1238

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - Aiden Markram - 300

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 440
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran = 60
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 250
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20

Weekly List In Full

Saim Ayub 246
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 110
Travis Head 103
Rachin Ravindra 31

Paul Walter dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
2 Quinton de Kock 1248
3 Aiden Markram 1239
4 Sam Curran 1156
5 Harry Brook 1011
6 Saim Ayub 975
7 Marco Jansen 893
8 Rachin Ravindra 806
9 Pathum Nissanka 730
10 Jos Buttler 729
11 Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
12 Travis Head 613
13 Liam Dawson 574
14 Ravindra Jadeja 544
15 Simon Harmer 497
16 Phil Salt 430
17 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 402
18 Shubman Gill 240
19 Sophie Ecclestone 226
20 Nicholas Pooran 192
21 Michael Bracewell 184

Rachin Ravindra - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Update

1. Rachin Ravindra - 164 - Perhaps fitting that our last man standing in the T20 World Cup finishes the last full week of the competition in top spot. By some distance impressing more with the ball than the bat put the points all count.

2. Marco Jansen - 105 - Has been doing the business with the ball during the T20 World Cup but sees himself in second place this week courtesy of a half century with the bat. Wasn't enough to see the Proteas into the final though.

3. Jos Buttler - 85 - Bronze place seems generous to a Jos Buttler who has spent this tournament looking like a shadow of a shadow of himself in this tournament.

4. Mehidy Hasan Miraz - 74 - Has had a torrid start to 2026. A victim of geopolitical tension and performing abysmally domestically. He seemed to remember how to play cricket this week though and got a couple of wckets at a decent economy.

5. Harry Brook - 64 - Very generous to get into the Top 5 with a smidge over 50 points but beat off his international compatriot Sam Curran into the fifth place berth.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshii - 1302 - Manages to survive another week in top spot thanks to the entire of the Top 5 scoring a mere 167 points in 8 games of T20 cricket this week. Could now keep hold of it for a few weeks longer.

2. Quinton De Kock - 1248 - Ended the tournament with a whiimperful score of 10 in the closing week. Lucky to have not been knocked off second place.

3. Aiden Markram - 546 - No player has even got close to the 546 points that Markram has scored in the World Cup - but ends it with just 32 and finishes the week 9 points off second.

4. Sam Curran - 1156 - Was the top boy for England in the first half of the tournament (308 in the opening two weeks) and then slumped away at the back end (99 in the last 2 weeks). Holds 4th.

5. Harry Brook - 1011 - Holds fifth place and has a decent cushion on Marco Jansen in 6th spot. Bit of a spell away from cricket now, however.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 260.4
2.Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75

Good Week for Rachin Ravindra; up 19.73 to 86.11. Bad week for Quinton de Kock; down 16.08 to 138.67.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Quinton De Kock = 1238

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - *Aiden Markram - 300

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 440
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran = 60
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 250
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20

Weekly Points In Full

Rachin Ravindra 164
Marco Jansen 105
Jos Buttler 85
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 74
Harry Brook 63
Sam Curran 62
Aiden Markram 32
Phil Salt 27
Liam Dawson 20
Quinton de Kock 10
Pathum Nissanka 3

Overall Points in Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
2 Quinton de Kock 1248
3 Aiden Markram 1239
4 Sam Curran 1156
5 Harry Brook 1011
6 Marco Jansen 893
7 Rachin Ravindra 775
8 Pathum Nissanka 730
9 Saim Ayub 729
10 Jos Buttler 729
11 Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
12 Liam Dawson 574
13 Ravindra Jadeja 544
14 Travis Head 510
15 Simon Harmer 497
16 Phil Salt 430
17 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 292
18 Shubman Gill 240
19 Sophie Ecclestone 226
20 Nicholas Pooran 192
21 Michael Bracewell 184

Harry Brook -The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Harry Brook - 184 - Just as we have seen over the course of the World Cup, one stonking showing will put you in top spot - and Brook had that stonker against Pakistan. Is putting his dismal time towards the end of 2025 behind him.

2. Aiden Markram - 166 - Keeps getting better and better. This is his third successive score of 100+ and no player has scored within a 100 of his 514 points during the World Cup.

3.Rachin Ravindra - 162 - Can't really get his act together with the bat so went huge with the ball this wicket. Impressively he manages to get into the Top 3 this week despite playing only one game. Moves up 3 places on the Overall List

4. Liam Dawson - 157- Finally justifying his place in the England XI with 5 wickets in two games. Takes a huge leap up in the Overall table moving up 3 places to 12th.

5. Quinton De Kock - 153 - Rounds off our Top 5 with 53 runs but also 70 points from field.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302 - Third week inactive and likely to be his final week in top spot. The average weekly scores stands at 112 and both second and third are within that bracket below him.

2. Quinton De Kock - 1238 - Shuttles towards first place but also has the gap to third place narrowed. All to play for as the Proteas rumble on.

3. Aiden Markram - 1207 - Rewarded for his fine T20 World Cup with a gradual slide up the Top 5. One week in 5th, two in 4th, now up to third.

4. Sam Curran - 1094 - After 213 points from last week's two games, 37 from this week seems rather underwhelming. Has been punished for it by a drop to 4th.

5. Harry Brook - 948 - Despite his big score this week he stays in 5th. Even more annoyingly, Jansen is still chasing him quite closely with the gap at 160.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 260.4
2.Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 177.75

Good Week for Liam Dawson; up 12.93 points to 92.33. Bad week for Saim Ayub; down 16.19 to 104.14.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 248.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Quinton De Kock = 1238

Highest Points by Discipline

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Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 742
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 170
Strike Rate - *Aiden Markram - 300

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 440
Wicket Bonus = Sam Curran = 60
Economy - Simon Harmer= 100

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 250
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20

Weekly List In Full

Harry Brook 184
Aiden Markram 166
Rachin Ravindra 162
Liam Dawson 157
Quinton de Kock 153
Marco Jansen 112
Phil Salt 112
Sam Curran 37
Jos Buttler 19
Pathum Nissanka 9
Saim Ayub 7
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 0

Paul Walter dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Travis Head dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 1302
2 Quinton de Kock 1238
3 Aiden Markram 1207
4 Sam Curran 1094
5 Harry Brook 948
6 Marco Jansen 788
7 Saim Ayub 729
8 Pathum Nissanka 727
9 Nat Sciver-Brunt 711
10 Jos Buttler 644
11 Rachin Ravindra 611
12 Liam Dawson 554
13 Ravindra Jadeja 544
14 Travis Head 510
15 Simon Harmer 497
16 Phil Salt 403
17 Shubman Gill 240
18 Sophie Ecclestone 226
19 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 218
20 Nicholas Pooran 192
21 Michael Bracewell 184