Jos Buttler - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

The Weekly Top 5

1. Jos Buttler- 263 - Perhaps shockingly, this is Buttler's first Cricketer of the Week award this year. His 153runs across two games now takes him to within one of Babar Azam's tally of 19 Cricketers of the Week; only Harmer has more.

2. Rachin Ravindra - 224 - Exploding with points at the point. Nobody has scored more than his 1077 points in the month of July. In that time he has moved up from 16th to 7th.

3.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 201 - Everyone's favourite adolescent is back in cricket's good graces with 101 runs from two T20s against Zimbabwe. Is scheduled to make his red ball debut at the end of next month which should prove interesting if nothing else.

4. Michael Bracewell - 96 - A huge descent down in points from third to fourth; also a bit of a point difference from his 309 last week - but three wickets in the Global Super League is enough for fourth.

5. Harry Brook - 95 - A 17 ball 42 against Manchester sees Brook round off our Top 5 this week.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 3458 - Takes lead back up to over 500 points and with 59% of the year gone we ask ourselves once again; could he lead the way for the duration of 2026?

2. Jos Buttler - 2873 - His highest point score of the week also comes with a complimentary promotion to second position.

3. Simon Harmer - 2822 - Back in action in the One Day Cup, however is forced down a place as thanks.

4. Sam Curran - 2434 - His score this week was hampered by missing one of the three MI London games. He did enough in the two games to move up to fourth.

5. Shubman Gill - 2384 - After all he did in the series against England, one inactive week has seen him down to fifth. Another one may see him out of the Top 5 all together with Brook 110 behind him.

Ones to Watch

England compatriots Sciver-Brunt and Ecclestone have 3 points between them in 16th and 17th.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 172.9 (Up from 171.42)
2. Simon Harmer = 141.1 (Down from 144.74)
3. Harry Brook = 133.76 (Down from 136.76.

Ravindra's improving form sees his average up to a year high of 113.44 - up 6.5 from last week. Sciver-Brunt's return to short form cricket sees her lose 6.45 points and lose her top three berth.

Highest Average Points per Game

Red Ball- Mehidy Hasan Miraz = 208.5
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 105.81
Short Form - Nat Sciver-Brunt = 91.79

Highest Points by Format

Red Ball- Simon Harmer = 1988
One Day - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1693
Short Form - Jos Buttler = 2615

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1918
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 360
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 980

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 1000
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 170
Economy - Simon Harmer= 600

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 590
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 60

Weekly List In Full

Jos Buttler 263
Rachin Ravindra 224
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 201
Michael Bracewell 96
Harry Brook 95
Sam Curran 90
Liam Dawson 86
Simon Harmer 72
Nat Sciver-Brunt 67
Aiden Markram 58
Nicholas Pooran 50
Sophie Ecclestone 46
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 15
Phil Salt 11
Marco Jansen 6

Saim Ayub dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Paul Walter dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Shubman Gill dnp

Overall List In Full

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 3458
Jos Buttler 2873
Simon Harmer 2822
Sam Curran 2434
Shubman Gill 2384
Harry Brook 2274
Rachin Ravindra 2042
Liam Dawson 1971
Quinton de Kock 1940
Aiden Markram 1749
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1745
Saim Ayub 1591
Marco Jansen 1567
Nicholas Pooran 1528
Pathum Nissanka 1520
Nat Sciver-Brunt 1447
Sophie Ecclestone 1335
Michael Bracewell 1332
Travis Head 1323
Phil Salt 1241
Paul Walter 1223
Ravindra Jadeja 1190

Michael Bracewell - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Overall Top 5

1. Michael Bracewell - 309 - Bit of a cheat this week as I cannot remember somebody playing quite as much cricket in seven days as Bracewell. His pair of ODIs for New Zealand and then two games for Lahore in the Global Super League gives him his second Cricketer of the Week.

2. Sam Curran - 260 - Continuing his fine Summer, as he always does with 120 wicket points and 60 runs across two games in two formats. Lots more to come for him over the next month or two.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 158 - Finding his form again and finishes in the Top 5 for the second week on the bounce. Moves up to 15th overall- his highest position in 6 months. He was in bottom place just 4 weeks ago.

4. Liam Dawson - 124 - Perhaps a surprise to see him in the Top 5 this week but the fact he played three games sees him scrape together enough points for a fourth place berth.

5.Rachin Ravindra - 121 - Two games in two different continents this week as he finished his MLC season with a loss to Los Angeles before starting his Hundred season with a win against the South.

Overall Top 5

1.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 3257 - After a sobering debut series against England, Vaibhav made hay in the Zimbabwean sunshine as he got a half century in the first T20.

2. Simon Harmer - 2750 - Inactive this week - and will be until the County Championship kicks off again in about a month. How far will he descent in that time?

3. Jos Buttler - 2610 - A fantastically speedy 41 in the final ODI against India was followed by a pretty pedestrian opening match for Manchester in The Hundred. Holds third for a third week.

4. Shubman Giill - 2384 - Finished the ODI series with yet another half century. Not quite enough to see him improve on his fourth place position which he has now held for three weeks.

5.Sam Curran - 2344 - Takes advantage of his England teammate Harry Brook's poor week to nip into the Top 5. Curran has not been in the top 5 for 13 weeks but he loves The Hundred and could score some big points in coming weeks.

Ones to Watch

There's a real resurgence in the bottom third of the table - thiis can be seen most when we see Ecclestone, Bracewell and Salt all split by 59 points in 18th, 19th and 20th.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 171.42 (Down from 174.28)
2. Simon Harmer = 144.74
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt = 138

Bracewell's average improves by 19.66 (having also swelled by 13.37 the week before. Harry Brook drops out of the Top 3 having lost 6.94 from his average.

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 = 2355

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 1817
Batting Bonus - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 340
Strike Rate - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi- 910

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 980
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 170
Economy - Simon Harmer= 580

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 580
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 60

Weekly List in Full

Michael Bracewell 309
Sam Curran 260
Nicholas Pooran 158
Liam Dawson 124
Rachin Ravindra 121
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 120
Shubman Gill 107
Jos Buttler 97
Phil Salt 77
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 69
Sophie Ecclestone 60
Marco Jansen 60
Harry Brook 32
Aiden Markram 1

Saim Ayub dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Paul Walter dnp
Quinton de Kock dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Nat Sciver-Brunt dnp

Overall List in Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 3257
2 Simon Harmer 2750
3 Jos Buttler 2610
4 Shubman Gill 2384
5 Sam Curran 2344
6 Harry Brook 2179
7 Quinton de Kock 1940
8 Liam Dawson 1885
9 Rachin Ravindra 1818
10 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1730
11 Aiden Markram 1691
12 Saim Ayub 1591
13 Marco Jansen 1561
14 Pathum Nissanka 1520
15 Nicholas Pooran 1478
16 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1380
17 Travis Head 1323
18 Sophie Ecclestone 1289
19 Michael Bracewell 1236
20 Phil Salt 1230
21 Paul Walter 1223
22 Ravindra Jadeja 1190

Rachin Ravindra - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Extraordinary week of scoring ; just short of 3000 points on t he board with three cricketers getting their highest score of the year.

Weekly Top 5

1.Rachin Ravindra- 468 - The headline figure is that Rachin has scored the 7th highest score in the 8 year history of this List. He matched just under half his total of T20 points scored in the last 18 games this year in just 4 this week and moves up from 16th to 9th.

2. Sophie Ecclestone - 351 - Imagine what her numbers would be like if she got to play more than a single red ball game every year and a half. Comfortably broken her record point score of 2026 and up to 18th overall.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 338 - Increased his total T20 points scored to date by 34% this week with 208 runs in 3 games in Major League Cricket. Is one of only 4 players to score more than 700 points in the last month. Working his way into form or taking advantage of poor bowling?

4. Jos Buttler - 313 - Put his critics to one side briefly with a huge 131in the final T20 against England....then bolstered it with another 50 fielding points in the two ODIs.

5. Sam Curran - 216 - Really hitting the straps with his bowling again and getting those allrounder points. When he doesn't hit with the bat he makes up for it with ball - he bagged 160 points with that discipline this week.

Overall Top 5

1. Vaibhav Sooryavabshi - 3137 - Seems to have been folded into the white ball squad a bit now and hard to see where his next cricket is coming from, Lead of 387 on second.

2. Simon Harmer- 2750 - Only 87 points from 3 T20 Blast games for Harmer as his side failed to do what needed to be done to progress to Finals Day. Holds second.

3. Jos Buttler - 2513 - Is very well insulated in third still; 237 up to second, 326v down to third. Very aesthetically pleasing if nothing else.

4. Shubman Gill - 2277 - A sign of how high scoring this week has been is that Gill's score of 171 sees him finish 8th for the week. Holds fourth overall.

5. Harry Brook - 2147 - Real civil war going on between Brook and Curran for 5th. Brook scored 192 this week but Curran scored 216 meaning that the gap is now just 63.

Highest Weekly Average

1. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi = 174
2. Simon Harmer = 144.74 (Down from 147.94)
3. Harry Brook = 143.13 (Up from 139.64)

Ravindra'sscary weeks sees a huge bump to his average - up 24.13 to 106.06. NSB leaks 9.2 and drops out of the Top 3.

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 = 2339

Highest Points by Discipline

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

Wickets - Simon Harmer = 980
Wicket Bonus = Simon Harmer = 170
Economy - Simon Harmer= 580

Fielding - Jos Buttler = 580
Fielding Bonus - Jos Buttler = 60

Weekly Scores In Full

Rachin Ravindra 468
Sophie Ecclestone 351
Nicholas Pooran 338
Jos Buttler 313
Sam Curran 216
Michael Bracewell 213
Harry Brook 192
Shubman Gill 171
Paul Walter 153
Liam Dawson 124
Quinton de Kock 113
Simon Harmer 87
Phil Salt 78
Nat Sciver-Brunt 55
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 30
Marco Jansen 27

Saim Ayub dnp
Aiden Markram dnp
Ravindra Jadeja dnp
Travis Head dnp
Pathum Nissanka dnp
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dnp

Overall Scores In Full

1 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 3137
2 Simon Harmer 2750
3 Jos Buttler 2513
4 Shubman Gill 2277
5 Harry Brook 2147
6 Sam Curran 2084
7 Quinton de Kock 1940
8 Liam Dawson 1761
9 Rachin Ravindra 1697
10 Aiden Markram 1690
11 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1661
12 Saim Ayub 1591
13 Pathum Nissanka 1520
14 Marco Jansen 1501
15 Nat Sciver-Brunt 1380
16 Travis Head 1323
17 Nicholas Pooran 1320
18 Sophie Ecclestone 1229
19 Paul Walter 1223
20 Ravindra Jadeja 1190
21 Phil Salt 1153
22 Michael Bracewell 927