Friday, 29 May 2026

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 


The final full week of the IPL sees the most points scored since February.

Weekly Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 337 - Running out of things to say now. Has 5 Cricketer of the Week awards in 5 months. For perspective Kane Williamson spent 5 years in our Lists, Steve Smith and Phil Salt have had 3, Pat Cummins have had 2 ....all have won less times.

2. Sam Curran - 213 - Back with a bang in the Blast. Second place just through batting as he eases himself back into full fitness. Frightening scores for someone performing below his full ability.

3. Paul Walter - 199 - Tall Paul started the week in bottom position but has hauled himself into 21st place courtesy of a week where he scored 109 runs across two Blast games. He even took the ball....admittedly earning nothing from it.

4. Shubman Gill - 186 - Was a massive let down on a poor night for Gujarat in the Qualifier. More than made up for it with a century against Rajasthan. Moves up to 6th spot.

5. Simon Harmer- 176 - Basically got this from 2 games having contributed with neither bat nor ball in Friday's game. T20 isn;t his natural format so a Top 5 finish will do very nicely.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 2689 - A huge 712 point lead on second now but......the imminent future looks unclear now he is out of the IPL. He has played 14 weeks of cricket this year - the 5th most of anyone. Where and when will he next play as regularly?

2. Jos Buttler - 1977 - 2 games this week and a 100+ score but not the impactful one he needed to force his agenda. Has put a nice little gap on third place though.

3. Simon Harmer - 1700 - Continues his meteoric rise. He only broke into the Top 5 last week and manages to overleap fourth and move into Bronze medal position.

4. Aiden Markram - 1690 - Sat out the end of the IPL and moves down to fourth.

5. Saim Ayub - 1552 - Approaching a month since his last cricket. If Gill scores 39 points in the IPL final he overtakes his rival.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 192.07 (Up from 180.92)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 163.6
3. Simon Harmer- 141.67 - (Up from 138.55)

Having spent two weeks as the biggest loser, Paul Walter moves back to basically the same spot by improving his average by 19.38 this week. Liam Dawson moves down by 4,54 to 82.54.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Mehidy Hasan Miiraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1534
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Jos Buttler = 1875

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1519
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 300
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 740

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 620
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 100
Economy - Simon Harmer= 430

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 410
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock & Jos Buttler = 20

Weekly List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 337
Sam Curran 213
Paul Walter 199
Shubman Gill 186
Simon Harmer 176
Rachin Ravindra 151
Ravindra Jadeja 136
Jos Buttler 107
Travis Head 93
Sophie Ecclestone 73
Marco Jansen 50
Liam Dawson 28
Nicholas Pooran 2

Phil Salt dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Mehidy Hasan Miraz dnp
Harry Brook dnp
Aiden Markram dnp

Overall List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 2689
Jos Buttler 1977
Simon Harmer 1700
Aiden Markram 1690
Saim Ayub 1591
Shubman Gill 1552
Quinton de Kock 1470
Sam Curran 1369
Pathum Nissanka 1325
Travis Head 1323
Harry Brook 1294
Marco Jansen 1244
Ravindra Jadeja 1190
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1156
Liam Dawson 1073
Rachin Ravindra 957
Phil Salt 822
Nat Sciver-Brunt 818
Michael Bracewell 690
Nicholas Pooran 616
Paul Walter 579
Sophie Ecclestone 513

Friday, 22 May 2026

Shubman Gill - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 


Weekly Top 5

1. Shubman Gill - 269 - Bit of a blockbuster week for the Gujarat captain as he scores 149 runs in two games to grab his first Cricketer of the Week in almost two years. He is now joint 6th on the All Time List alongside Moeen Ali and Joe Root with 11.

2. Jos Buttler - 244 - Identical scores of 57 across his two IPL fixtures this week sees Buttler with his biggest score of the year. Really has used the IPL to dispel his World Cup Critics. Nobody has scored more than his 1141 points since the IPL began.

3. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 239 - The Vaib Train rumbles on after two weeks of lower scores he is back on the 200+ trail with some fierce batting over his two IPL games.

4.Mehidy Hasan Miraz - 163 - Down on last week's score but was still an instrumental cog in Bangladesh's fifth consecutive Test win. He also is now the highest averaging Red Ball Cricketer on our List with 208 and a half points per Test.

5. Harry Brook - 157 - A rather astonishing turn of events where Brook has scored 4% of his weekly score with the bat and 86% of his total with the ball in hand. All points count....despite how unlikely.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 2352 - Still keeps his lead close to half a thousand points despite significant movement below him. Shows no sign of allowing anybody else so much as a look in,

2. Jos Buttler - 1870 - Moves up to his highest position so far. Could the 2024 Cricketer of the Year be mounting a return to the top of the tree?

3. Aiden Markram - 1690 - Those poor scores really have caught up with him. Since the start of the IPL he averages just 56.38 points - about the same as Nicholas Pooran (52.75.) Down to 3rd.

4. Saim Ayub - 1591 - Inactive again this week but holds on to 4th.

5. Simon Harmer - 1524 - Rounds off the first block of County Championship game with his most unimpressive score - 75 - but still manages to move into the Top 5 at the expense of the injured De Kock.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 180.92 (Up from 176.08)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 163.6
3. Simon Harmer- 138.55 (Down from 144.9)

Gll's big score sees hm up 14.48 points to 124.18. For the second week in a row Paul Walter's average drops the most - this week down 11.07 to 63.33.

Highest Average Points per Game

* = New Name

Red Ball- *Mehidy Hasan Miiraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1534
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - *Jos Buttler = 1768

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1322
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 260
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 660

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 580
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 100
Economy - Simon Harmer= 400

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 380
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock & Jos Buttler = 20

Weekly Scores in Full

Shubman Gill 269
Jos Buttler 244
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 239
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 163
Harry Brook 157
Nicholas Pooran 88
Simon Harmer 75
Liam Dawson 39
Sophie Ecclestone 27
Aiden Markram 10
Paul Walter 8
Travis Head 6

Sam Curran dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Marco Jansen dnp

Overall List

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 2352
Jos Buttler 1870
Aiden Markram 1690
Saim Ayub 1591
Simon Harmer 1524
Quinton de Kock 1470
Shubman Gill 1366
Pathum Nissanka 1325
Harry Brook 1294
Travis Head 1230
Marco Jansen 1194
Sam Curran 1156
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1156
Ravindra Jadeja 1054
Liam Dawson 1045
Phil Salt 822
Nat Sciver-Brunt 818
Rachin Ravindra 806
Michael Bracewell 690
Nicholas Pooran 614
Sophie Ecclestone 440
Paul Walter 380

Friday, 15 May 2026

Simon Harmer - The Best Cricketer of the Week




 Weekly Top 5


1.Simon Harmer - 320 - Now he's back. 100 wicket points plus 100 points with the bat plus the usual 60 Economy points. Prime Harmer-ism.

2.Mehidy Hasan Miraz - 254 - Back on the red ball grind and back scoring big. 6 wickets at a decent economy in Bangladesh's victory over Pakistan. Moves up to 15th Overall.

3. Shubman Gill - 159 - Continues his patter of one decent innings with one underhwleming one. His 84 against Rajasthan is enough for Top 3 this week. Up to 12th Overall.

4. Harry Brook -126 - Back in action after nine weeks away from the game. 66 runs and a random 30 for Economy sees him gatecrash the Top 5.

5. Liam Dawson - 119 - Dawson finishes fifth with, what appears to be, his last ever Red Ball game after his shock long form retirement this week.

Overall Top 5

1.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 2113 - 77 points this week and the wee man increases his lead on second by 74. With 37% of the year, is it possible he could lead wire to wire?

2. Aiden Markram - 1680 - Really pushing his luck now. Got just 6 runs against Chennai but still second. Just 35 points split him and 3rd though.

3.Jos Buttler - 1626 - His 90 points were enough to see him take back the third place position he lost last week. A huge 70 points came from the field this week.

4.Saim Ayub - 1591 - His first inactive week after the PSL and he slips back down to 4th.

5.Quinton De Kock - 1470 - Still out of the Mumabi side. Still just about fifth. 21 points between himself and Simon Harmer in 6th.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 176.08 (Down from 185.09)
2. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 163.6
3. Simon Harmer- 144.9 (Up from 125.44)

Harmer is up the most this week with his Essex team mate Paul Walter dropping the most in the other direction; down 10.35 to 74.4.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 208.43
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 108.5
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 101.57

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1459
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1302
Short Form - Aiden Markram = 1680

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1183
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 240
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 580

Wickets - Marco Jansen = 580
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 100
Economy - Simon Harmer= 370

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 320
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock & *Jos Buttler = 20

Weekly List In Full

Simon Harmer 320
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 254
Shubman Gill 159
Harry Brook 126
Liam Dawson 119
Pathum Nissanka 100
Jos Buttler 90
Ravindra Jadeja 88
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 77
Paul Walter 33
Marco Jansen 32
Aiden Markram 6
Nicholas Pooran 1
Travis Head 0

Sam Curran dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Sam Curran dnp
Rachin Ravindra dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Sophie Ecclestone dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 2113
2 Aiden Markram 1680
3 Jos Buttler 1626
4 Saim Ayub 1591
5 Quinton de Kock 1470
6 Simon Harmer 1449
7 Pathum Nissanka 1325
8 Travis Head 1224
9 Marco Jansen 1194
10 Sam Curran 1156
11 Harry Brook 1137
12 Shubman Gill 1097
13 Ravindra Jadeja 1054
14 Liam Dawson 1006
15 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 993
16 Phil Salt 822
17 Nat Sciver-Brunt 818
18 Rachin Ravindra 806
19 Michael Bracewell 690
20 Nicholas Pooran 526
21 Sophie Ecclestone 413
22 Paul Walter 372

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - The Best Cricketer of the Week

  The final full week of the IPL sees the most points scored since February. Weekly Top 5 1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 337 - Running out of thi...