Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

Movers

Lewis Gregory - 122 - The Somerset man was long overdue an impressive England performance. He was the second highest points scorer on The List that played in yesterday's intra-squad game. He moves back up to fourth and overtakes Jason Holder.

Martin Guptill - 54 - The Auckland player has had a modest start to the Plunket Shield but he is moving back up The List again. He has overtaken Mohammad Nabi into 16th.

Weekly Top Five

1. Babar Azam - 238 - The Pakistan captain's T20 form sees him top the Weekly List once more. He has finished in top spot 5 times - the joint most with Ben Stokes.

2. Joe Root - 147 - The England Test captain has been out in the cold for a while - inexplicably becoming the Cricketer to have not played for the longest time this week - but returned with 77 and a wicket in the England Intra Squad game.

3. Lewis Gregory - 122 - Needed a good game to impress England selectors before the South Africa series. Three wickets represents his best reward in the shortest form for some while.

4. Ben Stokes - 70 - Seems an age since we last saw Stokes in England colours and 70 points overall is a modest total for his return. It is enough for fourth spot.

5. Martin Guptill - 54 - Another modest score for the Auckland man but enough to see him finish fifth for the week in what has been a low scoring week.

Yearly Top Five

1. Babar Azam - 3082 - Extends his lead at the top of the table to 283 points. This is his second consecutive week in first place after managing just one week five weeks ago.

2. Ben Stokes - 2799 - Back in action after a week's rest that saw him drop into second. He has not managed to regain top spot but has the South Africa series to try and push for the top of The List.

3. Joe Root - 2427 - back in action this week after seven weeks away. When he last played he was in top spot and has subsequently slipped to third. How high can he get before the end of the year?

4. Lewis Gregory - 2248 - Moves up a spot this week thanks to three wickets in the England intra squad game. His average active week score of 132.24 - a testament to the fact that he has played lots of slightly above average cricket this year.

5. Jason Holder - 2147 - Just the one week in fourth spot for Holder as he drops back down to fifth spot. He only has a 79 point lead on David Warner but will be back in action for the West Indies this week.

Week

Babar Azam - 238
Joe Root - 147
Lewis Gregory - 122
Ben Stokes - 70
Martin Guptill - 54
Tom Banton - 10

Kyle Abbott - dnp
Colin Ackermann- dnp
Aaron Finch- dnp
Shubman Gill - dnp
Peter Handscomb- dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Travis Head- dnp
Jason Holder - dnp
Virat Kohli- dnp
Marnus Labuschagne- dnp
Keshav Maharaj- dnp
Glenn Maxwell - dnp
Mohammad Nabi - dnp
Rohit Sharma - dnp
Steve Smith - dnp
David Warner - dnp

Overall

Babar Azam - 3082
Ben Stokes - 2799
Joe Root - 2427
Lewis Gregory - 2248
Jason Holder- 2147
David Warner - 2068
Simon Harmer - 1922
Aaron Finch - 1881
Marnus Labuschagne - 1855
Steve Smith - 1681
Keshav Maharaj - 1577
Glenn Maxwell - 1565
Travis Head - 1526
Shubman Gill - 1522
Virat Kohli - 1519
Martin Guptill - 1510
Mohammad Nabi - 1458
Colin Ackermann - 1435
Tom Banton - 1076
Rohit Sharma - 1035
Peter Handscomb - 617