Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 352 - Last week I criticised his T20 form....he shot back at that with a frankly flawless spell of low economical bowling and a frankly startling heavy hitting couple of innings this week. He is now one Cricketer of the Week away from his half century.

2. Harry Brook - 234 - Back to the short form and everyone loves Harry again. Some spectacularly big hitting this week to put India to the sword in emphatic fashion.

3. Phil Salt - 189 - Has been beset by poor form and injury this year....but didn't seem like it this week with 129 runs against India in three T20s (one of which he got a duck in....unsure whether that makes it more or less impressive.)

4. Sam Curran - 188 - A fantastic return to bowling for Sam as he bags 80 wicket points this week plus his 48 runs. Always piles on the points in the English Summer and does son again in 2026.

5. Mehidy Hasan Miraz - 187 - Has blagged his way into the Top 5 this week despite his team suffering two ODI losses against Zimbabwe. Only 3 wickets but 60 Economy points and a cameo with the bat boosts him up.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 3137 - The 15 year old has had the first big setback of his career with his debut for the full India side. And, at the same time, his lead in first drops to below 500 for the first time in months.

2. Simon Harmer - 2663 - His big win this week sees him move dramatically away from 3rd place and dramatically towards first. 474 points separate him from first and 464 from third.

3. Jos Buttler- 2200 - Couple of emphatic wins against India in a T20 series and you assume that Buttler has tucked in...that was not the case this week. Instead he has moved up to third purely on fielding points, of which he got 100 this week.

4. Shubman Gill -2106 - Inactive this week and back down to fourth.

5. Harry Brook - 1955 - Back into the Top 5 having scored 100_ points in three weeks on the bounce. De Kock, last week's holder of fifth, has been knocked down to 7th with Curran in 6th.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 174 (Down from 180,88)
2. Simon Harmer = 147.94 (Up from 135.95)
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 147.22 (Down from 153.38)

Biggest winner and loser in terms of average are our current first and second; with Vaibhav losing 6.6 off his average and Harmer gaining exactly 12.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Mehidy Hasan Miraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 105.81
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 93.69

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1988
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1693
Short Form - Jos Buttler = 2098

Highest Points by Discipline



Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1767
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 320
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 870

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 920
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 170
Economy - Simon Harmer= 570

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 510
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 30

Weekly List In Full

Simon Harmer 352
Harry Brook 234
Phil Salt 189
Sam Curran 188
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 187
Jos Buttler 174
Nat Sciver-Brunt 98
Nicholas Pooran 85
Quinton de Kock 66
Paul Walter 64
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 62
Liam Dawson 30
Sophie Ecclestone 20
Rachin Ravindra 4

Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Marco Jansen dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall List In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 3137
2 Simon Harmer 2663
3 Jos Buttler 2200
4 Shubman Gill 2106
5 Harry Brook 1955
6 Sam Curran 1868
7 Quinton de Kock 1827
8 Aiden Markram 1690
9 Liam Dawson 1637
10 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1631
11 Saim Ayub 1591
12 Pathum Nissanka 1520
13 Marco Jansen 1474
14 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1325
15 Travis Head 1323
16 Rachin Ravindra 1229
17 Ravindra Jadeja 1190
18 Phil Salt 1075
19 Paul Walter 1073
20 Nicholas Pooran 982
21 Sophie Ecclestone 878
22 Michael Bracewell 690

Quinton De Kock - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

WeeklyTop 5

1. Quinton De Kock - 214 - Back to decent T20 performances over in America. 114 runs with 70 Strike Rate points across three games for MI New York sees him with his highest score since the end of January.

2. Harry Brook-159 - A deceptively good performance in terms of metrics for Brook. In fact, despite the historically poor series against New Zealand, only Harmer and Gill have scored more points than Brook since the start of the first Test.

3. Paul Walter- 151 - Tall Paul's yo-yo-ing form continues to do just that with a big score this week. Strap yourself in for a meagre one next week. This week he scored Essex's fastest ever half century in 18 balls.

4.Nat Sciver-Brunt- 145 - Captain Fantastic is back with a match-winning performance over South Africa to take England to the World Cup final. Captivating stuff.

5.Nicholas Pooran - 145 - Making hay in the New York sun with a second Top 5 finish in a week. Pulls himself up to 19th - a position he has been no higher than since the end of January.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 3075 - Inactive for only the second time in the last thirteen weeks. His lead now a 'mere'764 points.

2. Simon Harmer - 2311 - Harmer never sets the world alight in Blast weeks and this was no different with 87 points in two games.

3.Shubman Gill - 2106 - Inactive this week and holds off fourth place by 80 points.

4. Jos Buttler - 2026 - A rare T20 Blast outing before a washed out England game sees Buttler back in action for the first time since the IPL. Holds fourth for the third week in a row.

5. Quinton De Kock - 1761 - A phenomenal bump up the table as QDK goes from 10th to reclaim a Top 5 spot he lost 6 weeks ago.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 180,88
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 153.38 (Down from 154.57)
3. Simon Harmer = 135.95 (Down from 139)

QDK's renaissance week sees him up 6.34 points to 135.46 whilst Curran's solitary T20 matches sees him leak 6.64 to 112 a week.


Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Mehidy Hasan Miraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 105.81
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 93.33

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1988
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1693
Short Form - Jos Buttler = 1924

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1725
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 320
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 870

Wickets - *Simon Harmer = 840
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 170
Economy - Simon Harmer= 520

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 430
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock & Jos Buttler = 20

Overall Weekly List/u]

Quinton de Kock 214
Harry Brook 159
Paul Walter 151
Nat Sciver-Brunt 145
Nicholas Pooran 142
Rachin Ravindra 121
Simon Harmer 87
Sophie Ecclestone 60
Phil Salt 54
Marco Jansen 49
Liam Dawson 25
Jos Buttler 20
Sam Curran 19
Pathum Nissanka 5

Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Mehidy Hasan Miraz dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp
Shubman Gill dnp

[u]Overall Scores in Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 3075
2 Simon Harmer 2311
3 Shubman Gill 2106
4 Jos Buttler 2026
5 Quinton de Kock 1761
6 Harry Brook 1721
7 Aiden Markram 1690
8 Sam Curran 1680
9 Liam Dawson 1607
10 Saim Ayub 1591
11 Pathum Nissanka 1520
12 Marco Jansen 1474
13 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1444
14 Travis Head 1323
15 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1227
16 Rachin Ravindra 1225
17 Ravindra Jadeja 1190
18 Paul Walter 1009
19 Nicholas Pooran 897
20 Phil Salt 886
21 Sophie Ecclestone 858
22 Michael Bracewell 690

Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5.....but kinda 6

1. Simon Harmer - 198 - A five-fer for Harmer against Glamorgan puts him top of the tree for the third time this year. He now clears the board for wicket scoring points this year.

2. Marco Jansen - 181 - Had more cold patches than hot ones in the IPL this year but is now plying his trade in the MLC where he got 4 wickets across 3 games for Washington.

3. Harry Brook - 172 - The perennial vice-captain put an OK showing in during the Second Test against New Zealand. 72 runs plus some extra points sees him in third place.

4. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 164 - Warmed up for his call-up to the full India squad with the fastest ever 50 in List A history. Seems like that should be worth more than 40 Strike Rate points but oh well.

=5. Nicholas Pooran - 139 - His travails in the IPL have been well publicised but he seems to have perked up now he is batting against 40 year old Americans. Moved up from bottom spot at the expense of Michael Bracewell.

=5. Rachin Ravindra - 139 - Put his poor first Test behind him with 33 and 76 in the second. He has scored more red call points this week than in his last two red ball games combined.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 3075 - Sees his monumental lead on second eaten into by a mere 34 points this week.

2. Simon Harmer- 2224 - Moves up into second place thanks to his weekly winning score. One more game in the County Championship before it's back to the Blast.

3. Shubman Gill - 2106 - A victim of his team's dominance against Afghanistan this week. He was needed to bat and just got 20 fielding points. Down a spot.

4. Jos Buttler - 2006 - Retains fifth place despite his inactivity.

5. Aiden Markram - 1690 - Still clinging on to his Top 5 berth. Sam Curran is now only 29 behind him though.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 180,88 (Down from 181.94)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 154.57
3. Simon Harmer = 139 ( Up from 139.17)

Gill loses his Top 3 place after leaking 7.44 from hisi average down to 131.63. Pooran is up 6.75 but still has the worst average of 58.08.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Mehidy Hasan Miraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 105.81
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 88.64

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1988
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1693
Short Form - Jos Buttler = 1904

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1725
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 320
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 870

Wickets - *Simon Harmer = 800
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 170
Economy - Simon Harmer= 520

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 420
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock & Jos Buttler = 20

Weekly List In Full

Simon Harmer 198
Marco Jansen 181
Harry Brook 172
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 164
Nicholas Pooran 139
Rachin Ravindra 139
Sophie Ecclestone 84
Quinton de Kock 77
Sam Curran 71
Shubman Gill 20
Paul Walter 12

Phil Salt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Jos Buttler dnp
Mehidy Hasan Miraz dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Liam Dawson dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp

Overall List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 3075
Simon Harmer 2224
Shubman Gill 2106
Jos Buttler 2006
Aiden Markram 1690
Sam Curran 1661
Saim Ayub 1591
Liam Dawson 1582
Harry Brook 1562
Quinton de Kock 1547
Pathum Nissanka 1515
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1444
Marco Jansen 1425
Travis Head 1323
Ravindra Jadeja 1190
Rachin Ravindra 1104
Nat Sciver-Brunt 1082
Paul Walter 858
Phil Salt 822
Sophie Ecclestone 798
Nicholas Pooran 755
Michael Bracewell 690