Quinton De Kock - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Quinton De Kock – 318 – What a start to the year QDK is having. Finishes the SA20 as the highest run scorer before whacking a century in his first home T20 since his return to the fold.

2. Harry Brook – 298 – Despite the awful end to his 2025, Brook looks to be starting 2026 more positively courtesy of a scorching century in the second ODI against Sri Lanka. Moves up to 7th overall.

3. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – 182 – Scores of 40 versus New Zealand and 52 against Zimbabwe gives Vaibhav his fourth consecutive week in the Top 5.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt – 170 – Is the only person in the Weekly Top 5 to have played just one game…but what a game it was; bagging the first century in the WIPL.

5. Aiden Markram – 151- Went from ending the SA20 well to starting the T20I series against West Indies well. 101 runs from the two games sees him nick fifth place away from Marco Jansen who was 11 points behind him.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 869 - Has now held the top spot for 4 weeks....but that gap is getting narrower and narrower. Just the 100 points between him and a chasing pack this week.

2. Quinton de Kock - 769 - Moved down a place last week but has now jumped up to silver medal position like a scalded cat. How far can the SA20 MVP go?

3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 689 - While all around her moved NSB stoically maintained her third placed position for a second week. With the WIPL winding down, however, she needs points while she still can.

4. Aiden Markram - 613 - After debuting in the Top 5 in Week 2, he has been an ever present since. This week he has also claimed the spot as the third highest run scorer behind QDK and Vaibhav.

5. Ravindra Jadeja - 544 - Inactive again this week and down from second to his favourite spot of fifth. Last week 5th spot De Kock was just holding off Curran; it is the same situation this week as Curran is 24 points behind the Indian spinner.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 229.67 (Down from 259. 5)
2. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 217.25 (Down from 229)
3. Quinton de Kock = 192.25 (Up from 150.33)

Good Week for Harry Brook ; up 67.33 points to 163.33. Bad week for Nat Sciver-Brunt down 29.83 to 229.83.


Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- n/a
One Day - Harry Brook = 104.67
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 114.85

Highest Points by Format

* = New Name

Red Ball- Travis Head - 262
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 869
Short Form - * Quinton De Kock = 769

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 469
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 110
Strike rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 180

Wickets - *Marco Jansen = 180
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja + Sam Curran - 20
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja & *Liam Dawson = 80

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 140
Fielding Bonus - *Harry Brook, Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List In Full

Quinton de Kock 318
Harry Brook 298
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 182
Nat Sciver-Brunt 170
Aiden Markram 151
Marco Jansen 140
Pathum Nissanka 136
Saim Ayub 120
Liam Dawson 120
Rachin Ravindra 100
Jos Buttler 93
Sam Curran 70
Travis Head 53
Sophie Ecclestone 0

Paul Walter dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Mehidy Hasan Miraz dnp
Michael Bracewell dnp
Shubman Gill dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp

Overall Points

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 869
2 Quinton de Kock 769
3 Nat Sciver-Brunt 689
4 Aiden Markram 613
5 Ravindra Jadeja 544
6 Sam Curran 520
7 Harry Brook 490
8 Marco Jansen 369
9 Jos Buttler 321
10 Travis Head 315
11 Saim Ayub 280
12 Shubman Gill 240
13 Rachin Ravindra 227
14 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 217
15 Nicholas Pooran 192
16 Pathum Nissanka 189
17 Michael Bracewell 184
18 Liam Dawson 182
19 Sophie Ecclestone 166
20 Simon Harmer 96
21 Phil Salt 63

Ravindra Jadeja - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1.Ravindra Jadeja - 215 - Last year's highest Red Ball point scorer has that format to thank for his first Cricketer of the Week of 2026. He added 193 in his Ranji Trophy game against Punjab to his measly 22 points from the final ODI against New Zealand to finish in top spot in a low scoring week.

= 2. Aiden Markram - 198 - Manages to finish second despite playing a solitary T20 game this week. 108 at a good lick was not enough to see his Durban team progress but is enough for silver medal spot this week.

=2. Sam Curran - 198 - A very poor England display - in what is becoming an increasingly crowded field- was counterbalanced by a corker of a final game in the BBL with a half century and two wickets for Sydney. Bet he wished he'd stayed.

4. Nat Sciver-Brunt- 180 - Absolutely loves the WPL. Made a killing in that tournament last year and is doing so again in 2026. Another 80 runs in two games and a couple of wickets to boot for her to finish in the Top 5 for her two opening games.

5. Marco Jansen - 153 - Has failed to impress so far in 2026. 0 in Week 1, 76 in Week 2....and now 153 this week.....that kind pf progression will see him odds on for a score of 300+ next week!

Overall Top 5

1.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 687 - Has scored less and less every week but still has a three figure lead on first spot....he also managed to get his first decent tournament runs of the year under his belt with 72 against Bangladesh Under 19s.

2. Ravindra Jadeja - 544 - Moves up a spot to second place courtesy of his first Cricketer of the Week award of 2026. Was in the Top 5 almost all of last year and is setting himself up well for this year.

3. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 519 - Down a place this week despite finishing in the Top 5. Needs her team to start matching her performances for her to access the knockout stages of the WIPL and score more points.

4. Aiden Markram - 462 - Moves up a place courtesy of that final big century for Durban - it is all very very tight in that Top 6 so will be hard pushed to stick around too long.

5. Quinton De Kock - 451 - Only just keeps his place in the Top 5 as he is only a single point ahead of Sam Curran this week. Has at least one more SAT20 game in the bank though so could challenge for higher honours next week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 259. 5
2. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 229
3. Ravindra Jadeja = 181.33

Good Week for Marco Jansen; up 38.33 points to 76.33. Bad week for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi down 53.5 to 229.


Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- n/a
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 98.14
Short Form - Aiden Markram = 115.5

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Travis Head - 262
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 687
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 519

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 377
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 90
Strike rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 120

Wickets - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 140
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja + Sam Curran - 20
Economy - Ravindra Jadeja = 80

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 90
Fielding Bonus - Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List In Full

Ravindra Jadeja 215
Aiden Markram 198
Sam Curran 198
Nat Sciver-Brunt 180
Marco Jansen 153
Quinton de Kock 125
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 122
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 108
Sophie Ecclestone 92
Liam Dawson 62
Michael Bracewell 58
Shubman Gill 57
Simon Harmer 50
Nicholas Pooran 29
Pathum Nissanka 21
Harry Brook 16
Rachin Ravindra 11
Jos Buttler 10

Paul Walter dnp
Travis Head dnp
Phil Salt dnp
Saim Ayub dnp

Overall List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 687
Ravindra Jadeja 544
Nat Sciver-Brunt 519
Aiden Markram 462
Quinton de Kock 451
Sam Curran 450
Travis Head 262
Shubman Gill 240
Marco Jansen 229
Jos Buttler 228
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 217
Harry Brook 192
Nicholas Pooran 192
Michael Bracewell 184
Sophie Ecclestone 166
Saim Ayub 160
Rachin Ravindra 127
Simon Harmer 96
Phil Salt 63
Liam Dawson 62
Pathum Nissanka 57

Nat Sciver-Brunt- The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Only 2 of our players, Messrs. Dawson and Walter, have yet to play so far this year....but who is marking their cards early doors?

Weekly Top 5

1. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 339 - Straight into the fray after being inactive last week. Really showing her all round prowess now she is allowing herself to bowl. 139 runs and 5 wickets will do very nicely for a start.

2. Vaibhav Sooryavanashi - 179 - Bit of a week of two halves for Vaibhav. Scored 149 points in the final Warm-Up game against Scotland Under-19s and then scored only 30 points in the first two games in the tournament. Will need a score soon.

3. Quinton De Kock - 177 - Reopened his account with a decent score last week but was disadvantaged by only playing the 1 game. This week he played two and got decent points in both to finish third for the week. Is the second highest T20 point scorer so far.

4. Shubman Gill - 172 - Can't beat him for consistency with 56 in both ODIs against New Zealand - although slightly ruined it by scoring one much much slower than the other. Promising signs after a stuttering domestic start for the Indian captain.

5. Aiden Markram - 171 - Whereas last week he had one poor game and one OK game, this week he had one OK game and a good game to bag his first Top 5 finish. Looking good in that strike rate column.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 565 - Disappointing start to the Under 19 World Cup but a impactful warm up game sees him hold top spot for a second week and also boast a 226 point gap on second. For contex, the next largest gap in points is 62.

2. Nat Sciver-Brunt - 339 - Was in and around the Top 3 all year last year and has set her sights on that again this year. Could she be after top spot.

3. Ravindra Jadeja - 329 - Only 41 points for Jadeja in the two first ODIs of the year. Such was his decent performance in those two domestic games, that he sees him only drop one place from second to third.

4. Quinton De Kock - 326 - QDK in the Top 5 is a familiar sight for those who followed this in 2022 and here he is once more. How long can he keep this form up?

5. Aiden Markram - 264 - Makes his bow in the Top 5 managed to pip over Travis Head's score from that final Ashes Test match to claim his spot this week.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 282.5
2. Ravindra Jadeja = 164.5
3. Quinton de Kock = 163

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- n/a
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 94.17
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 113

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Travis Head - 262
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 565
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt - 339

Highest Points by Discipline

* = New Name

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 305
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 70
Strike rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 100

Wickets - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 100
Wicket Bonus - Ravindra Jadeja + Sam Curran - 20
Economy - Saim Ayub, *Ravindra Jadeja, *Michael Bracewell - 30

Fielding - Quinton de Kock = 80
Fielding Bonus - Quinton de Kock + Michael Bracewell = 10

Weekly List in Full

Nat Sciver-Brunt 339
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 179
Quinton de Kock 177
Shubman Gill 172
Aiden Markram 171
Michael Bracewell 126
Sam Curran 91
Marco Jansen 76
Sophie Ecclestone 74
Jos Buttler 55
Nicholas Pooran 51
Ravindra Jadeja 41
Rachin Ravindra 19
Saib Ayub 16
Pathum Nissanka 10
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 0
Simon Harmer 0

Overall List In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 565
2 Nat Sciver-Brunt 339
3 Ravindra Jadeja 329
4 Quinton de Kock 326
5 Aiden Markram 264
6 Travis Head 262
7 Sam Curran 252
8 Jos Buttler 218
9 Shubman Gill 183
10 Harry Brook 176
11 Nicholas Pooran 163
12 Saib Ayub 160
13 Michael Bracewell 126
14 Rachin Ravindra 116
15 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 109
16 Marco Jansen 76
17 Sophie Ecclestone 74
18 Phil Salt 63
19 Simon Harmer 46
20 Pathum Nissanka 32