10. Joe Root
Total points: 4234
Gap from next position: 54
Number of Cricketer of the Weeks awarded: 1
Highest Scoring Week: Week 29 - Right in the middle of the ODI series vs India and two centuries on the trot gave Root 424.
Summary: He will be disappointed in his overall performances for England this year despite the fact that the Test side is in a better condition than we have seen in many a moon.
9. Kane Williamson
Total points: 4251
Gap from next position: 17
Number of Cricketer of the Weeks awarded: 0
Highest Scoring Week: Week 31 - Two man of the match performances for Yorkshire in the T20 Blast yielded 298 points.
Summary: 2018's forgotten man - barely any international cricket and no stand out performances in high profile competitions - Williamson has been quietly grinding away to get his 9th place finish.
8. Sunil Narine
Total points: 4377
Gap from next position: 126
Number of Cricketer of the Weeks awarded: 3
Highest Scoring Week: Week 5 - Narine peaked early by claiming 487 points thanks to 10 wickets in three games over the course of one week in the Regional Super 50 competition.
Summary: You can criticise Narine all you like but to perform as well as he has all across the world needs a special amount of skill.
7. Nathan Lyon
Total points: 4507
Gap from next position: 130
Number of Cricketer of the Weeks awarded: 6
Highest Scoring Week: Week 50 - Just a few weeks ago, Lyon bagged 8 wickets against the best players of spin in the world and gained 377 points
Summary: The fact that Lyon has the second most Cricketer of the Week awards tells you all you need to know - when Lyon plays he plays phenomenally.
6. Jofra Archer
Total points: 4553
Gap from next position: 46
Number of Cricketer of the Weeks awarded: 2
Highest Scoring Week: Week 29 - As Root (his future captain?) was schooling India, Archer was racking up 381 points for Sussex thanks to 8 wickets vs Gloucestershire.
Summary: Every County Championship game was a corker for one of England's brightest young talents.
5. Jos Buttler
Total points: 4846
Gap from next position: 293
Number of Cricketer of the Weeks awarded: 2
Highest Scoring Week: Week 19 - Buttler attempted to save his Rajasthan team with three consecutive scores over 50 plus in a week which helped him to 378 points.
Summary: He will be very pleased with his 2018 - a year where his stock has risen in all forms of the game.
4. Virat Kohli
Total points: 4977
Gap from next position: 131
Number of Cricketer of the Weeks awarded: 4
Highest Scoring Week: Week 43 - Two hundreds in a week against West Indies saw the Indian captain register a huge 417 points.
Summary: He has had another impressive year...but one would have to wonder whether he would be pleased with finishing fourth.
3. Jeetan Patel
Total points: 5856
Gap from next position: 879
Number of Cricketer of the Weeks awarded: 5
Highest Scoring Week: Week 26 - 496 points from back to back games against Kent and Durham saw the New Zealander shoot up the table.
Summary: Jeets has had another great year at the top of his game on both sides of the world.
2. Rashid Khan
Total points: 6291
Gap from next position: 435
Number of Cricketer of the Weeks awarded: 5
Highest Scoring Week: Week 38 - Rashid thrived in the Asia Cup and seven wickets in three games plus some handy batting garnered him 405 points.
Summary: These are heady days for the Afghanistani spinner - having played all,over the world and continuing to impress internationally, the world is Rashid's oyster.
1. Simon Harmer
Total points: 8426
Gap from next position: 2135
Number of Cricketer of the Weeks awarded: 8
Highest Scoring Week: Week 26 - Back to back games against Nottinghamshire and Somerset saw 10 wickets and 581 points.
Summary: He is an unlikely winner but he has indefatigably earned every single point; whether he is playing for Essex, Warriors or Jozi he performs at the very best of his ability. A truly astonishing year.
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