Glenn Maxwell - The Best Cricketer of the Week

Only the five players in action this week so will only do a Weekly Top 3 before I do a full run down of the top ten on New Year's Eve.

[u]Weekly Top 3[/u]

1. Glenn Maxwell - 161 - Maxwell's late year surge has been a sight to behold. He has won Cricketer of the Week in three of the last four weeks. It is worth noting that this week's score is the fourth lowest winning score since we started these posts. 

2. Martin Guptill - 80 - Guptill has yet to return to his pre-Lockdown form but two average scores in the final two T20s against Pakistan is enough to see him finish second for the week and move into 13th overall. 

3. Jason Holder - 69 -  By no means is he at IPL standard - but a solid introduction to the BBL sees him finish third for the week.  

[u]Overall Top 5[/u] 

1. Babar Azam - 3082 - Injury has precluded Babar from stretching his lead at the top any further but short of some sort of momentous score below him Azam will be the champion of 2020.  

2. Ben Stokes - 2955 - Three weeks without playing and still 442 points ahead of third place. Ben Stokes will finish the year second in the tightest run in we have seen on these lists. 

3. Jason Holder - 2513 - Modest BBL returns and a disappointing series against New Zealand has not stopped the inexorable march of Holder. He graces the top 3 for the first time in 15 weeks.

4. Joe Root - 2512 - How Root will rue that cancelled ODI leg against South Africa. After spending 20 weeks in the top 3, Root drops to fourth with just 4 days of 2020 left.

5. Glenn Maxwell - 2426 - One of cricket's most likeable figures gets his just reward for some great cricket over the last month. Six weeks ago, Maxwell was 12th but he has leapt up the list when it matters most. 

Week

Glenn Maxwell - 161

Martin Guptill- 80

Jason Holder- 69

Aaron Finch - 40

Mohammad Nabi - 21

Kyle Abbott - dnp 

Colin Ackermann- dnp 

Babar Azam - dnp 

Tom Banton - dnp 

Shubman Gill - dnp 

Lewis Gregory - dnp 

Peter Handscomb- dnp 

Simon Harmer - dnp 

Travis Head - dnp 

Virat Kohli- dnp 

Marnus Labuschagne- dnp 

Keshav Maharaj- dnp 

Joe Root- dnp 

Rohit Sharma - dnp 

Steve Smith- dnp 

Ben Stokes - dnp 

David Warner - dnp 

Overall 

Babar Azam - 3082

Ben Stokes - 2955

Jason Holder- 2513

Joe Root - 2512

Glenn Maxwell - 2426

Aaron Finch - 2422

David Warner - 2290

Lewis Gregory - 2248

Steve Smith - 2211

Virat Kohli - 2141

Marnus Labuschagne - 2057

Simon Harmer - 1922

Martin Guptill - 1811

Shubman Gill - 1782

Keshav Maharaj - 1687

Travis Head - 1663

Mohammad Nabi - 1493

Colin Ackermann  - 1435

Tom Banton - 1093

Rohit Sharma - 1035

Peter Handscomb - 715

Kyle Abbott - 14