Glenn Maxwell - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top Five

1. Glenn Maxwell - 262 - Like busses, Maxwell has waited all year for a Cricketer of the Week accolade and gets 2 in succession. It is the seventh time he has won ever - only Stokes, Harmer and Rashid Khan have won more.

2. Virat Kohli - 205 - Believe it or not this is the first time that Kohli has re-entered the Top Ten since March. His big knocks for India against Australia gave seen him pick up 504 points in the last 3 weeks.

3. Steve Smith - 140 - A slightly above average score for Steve Smith. He holds 8th for the second week in a row on the Overall List in what has been quite an inconsistent year. Flashes of brilliance amongst some fairly anonymous performances.

4. Martin Guptill - 136 - Guptill continues a trend of under-performing for New Zealand before returning to the green green grasses of Auckland and playing out of his skin. Two decent scores in the Ford Trophy sees him move up a place for the second week in a row.

5. Travis Head - 120 - An unusual week for Head as he finishes in the Top 5 for the week but scored 83.34% of his points for the week with the ball. Under performed with the bat at just the wrong time for international duties.

All Time Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 3082 - A final gameless week for Azam and he is still in top spot. The non-completion of Sa vs Eng aided the Pakistan captain bigtime. With two more weeks in the year his lead is 127. We might just be looking at our Cricketer of the Year.

2. Ben Stokes - 2955 - An unexpected week of no appearances sees Stokes hold second place. It is now five weeks since the Durham man lost his top spot.

3. Joe Root - 2512 - 204 and 205 points now separate Joe Root from Aaron Finch and Jason Holder. After seeming so confident about him finishing on the podium, could the West Indian push him to the end?

4. Aaron Finch - 2305 - A score of just 10 for the week sees Finch hold on to fourth spot by the narrowest of narrow margins. A successful early BBL campaign may see him progress further.

5. Jason Holder - 2304 - Despite only scoring 83 this week and suffering a humiliating defeat to New Zealand, Holder has moved up two places this week and finds himself just 1 point off of 4th spot.

Week

Glenn Maxwell - 262
Virat Kohli- 205
Steve Smith- 140
Martin Guptill- 136
Travis Head - 120
Jason Holder- 83
Shubman Gill - 59
Peter Handscomb- 44
Aaron Finch- 10

Colin Ackermann - dnp
Babar Azam - dnp
Tom Banton - dnp
Lewis Gregory - dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Marnus Labuschagne- dnp
Keshav Maharaj- dnp
Mohammad Nabi - dnp
Joe Root- dnp
Ben Stokes- dnp
David Warner - dnp

Overall

Babar Azam - 3082
Ben Stokes - 2955
Joe Root - 2512
Aaron Finch - 2305
Jason Holder- 2304
David Warner - 2290
Lewis Gregory - 2248
Steve Smith - 2209
Glenn Maxwell - 2206
Virat Kohli - 2023
Marnus Labuschagne - 1984
Simon Harmer - 1922
Martin Guptill - 1705
Travis Head - 1646
Shubman Gill - 1624
Keshav Maharaj - 1577
Mohammad Nabi - 1458
Colin Ackermann - 1435
Tom Banton - 1093
Rohit Sharma - 1035
Peter Handscomb - 663
Kyle Abbott - 14