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

Chamari Athapaththu - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Chamari Athapaththu - 366 - A record breaking week for Chamari. She scored the second highest score in Women's ODI history and gets her second Cricketer of the Week accolade after what has been a rather underwhelming run of games against South Africa.

2. Travis Head - 172 - Making a habit of coming out of nowhere with a humungous score and then fading into the background for a few fixtures again. A century vs Bengaluru seals him second place. Moves up to 9th.

3. Phil Salt - 169 - Been a hit and miss IPL for Salt so far. This week, his hit was bigger than his miss; his 89 against Lucknow outbalancing his 10 vs Rajasthan.

4. Jos Buttler - 167 - A second century of the IPL season for Jos sees him in the Top 5 for the second week in a row. Looking much more like his old self again.

=5. Harry Brook - 154 - A hundred on 2024 debut followed by 94 across two innings against Gloucestershire. Certainly looks like he will be picking up points for fun in his County Championship spell.

=5. Simon Harmer = 154 = Such is our level of expectation for Harmer that a 5th place finish for the second week in a row seems underwhelming. Has scored nearly 40% of his points from Economy points in lieu of any significant wickets. Moves up to 20th.

Overall Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 1901 - Was due to be back in action but that has been delayed by the weather. His lead on second is a smidge over half a thousand.

=2. Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1396 - His weeks are improving but his IPL points are way down on last year. Should count himself lucky he manages to keep 2nd.

=2. James Vince - 1396 - Lost second place due to the wash out in the first round of County Championship figures but claims it back again courtesy of 89 runs against Lancashire.

4. Rachin Ravindra - 1363 - Another lean week for the New Zealand wunderkind and he is starting to drop down the table.

5. Chamari Athapaththu - 1343 - A staggering week sees the Sri Lankan captain back into the Top 5 once more after 9 weeks away.

Other Movers

Sam Curran is up a place once more and finds himself rounding off the overall Top 10.

Ones To Watch

If you discount Azam's massive lead, the gaps are small - averaging 54 points between any players. The eye is drawn to the tied scores in joint second.

Top 3 Average Points per Active Week

1. Babar Azam - 190.2
2. Harry Brook = 157
3. Jos Buttler - 151 (Up from 148.7)

Jadeja's poor week sees him drop 16 points and out of the Top 3 highest overall averages. Athapaththu's Mummy Hundred improves her average by 27.09 - up to 122.13.

Highest scorer by Format

*= New Name

Long Form = Yashasvi Jaiswal = 943
One Day = *Chamari Athapaththu = 366
Short Form = Babar Azam - 1563

Highest scorer by Discipline

Runs - Babar Azam = 932
Batting Bonus -Babar Azam - 190
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 350

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

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

Weekly List In Full

Chamari Athapaththu 366
Travis Head 172
Phil Salt 169
Jos Buttler 167
Harry Brook 154
Simon Harmer 154
James Vince 119
Sam Curran 102
Virat Kohli 82
Yashasvi Jaiswal 78
Rachin Ravindra 51
Daryl Mitchell 17
Ravindra Jadeja 10
Shubman Gill 8

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Usman Khawaja dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Babar Azam dnp
Aaron Hardie dnp
Mitchell Marsh dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp


Overall List In Full

Babar Azam 1901
Yashasvi Jaiswal 1396
James Vince 1396
Rachin Ravindra 1363
Chamari Athapaththu 1343
Ravindra Jadeja 1266
Jos Buttler 1208
Shubman Gill 1144
Travis Head 1079
Sam Curran 1013
Glenn Maxwell 950
Mitchell Marsh 931
Daryl Mitchell 873
Moeen Ali 826
Phil Salt 793
Virat Kohli 788
Marnus Labuschagne 708
Aaron Hardie 690
Steve Smith 538
Simon Harmer 487
Usman Khawaja 338
Harry Brook 314