Weekly Top 5
1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 257 - Another world class performance from one of the best all-rounders in town. After having not won Cricketer of the Week at all in his first year on our List in 2018 - he has now bagged two on the bounce.
2. Babar Azam - 252 - Always knows how to turn it on in his home competition. He scored more points in two PSL games this week than he did in the entirety of the year before this week. He moves up two places on the overall list to 9th.
3. Joe Root - 196 - A deeply odd week for the England captain. Humiliation in the fourth test - but the fourth most economical fivefer in the history of Test Cricket. Finishes in the Top 3 for the fourth time in eight weeks.
4. Nicholas Pooran - 193 - Another big hitting week for the Trinidad and Tobago player. His 15 ball 39 against Guyana gave him the point surge he needed to get into the top 5 for the week.
5. Peter Handscomb - 165 - The Victorian batsman's century against New South Wales salvaged points for his side as well as seeing him pip into the top 5 for the week.
Overall Top 5
1. Joe Root - 1413 - Despite a very disappointing week for his team, the bowling exploits of Joe Root sees him increase his lead on second place to 195. It is his third straight week at the top of the List.
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 1218 - A disappointing week for the Queenslander. He only scored 48 points - his lowest weekly total of the year so far. He has let top spot pull away from him.
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1155 - Despite his List topping performance for the week, he makes no upward movement on the overall List. With one more Test in the series, he is just 63 points off second place.
4. Nicholas Pooran - 908 - Was back to his big-hitting best in the Regional Super 50 and hold his top 5 place for the fourth week in a row.
5. Steve Smith - 650 - Despite being inactive this week he holds off the charge from those behind him. There are three players within 100 points of him so he needs to be scoring soon.
Other Movers
There are two other players who made positive movement up the list.
Kane Williamson went up a place thanks to his 135 runs for New Zealand against Australia
And
Despite his poor performance, Ben Stokes also moves up one place to 13th.
Top Points by Format
* = New Name
Long Form - Joe Root - 1413
50 Over - *Nicholas Pooran - 361
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 583
Highest Average Points Per Active Week
1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 288.75 (Down from 299.33)
2. Joe Root - 235.5 (Down from 243.4)
3. Steve Smith - 216.67.
Highest Points by Discipline
*= New Name
Runs - Joe Root = 843
Batting Bonus - Joe Root = 160
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran = 250
Wickets - Ravichandran Ashwin = 520
Wicket Bonus - Ravichandran Ashwin = 120
Economy - Ravichandran Ashwin = 240
Fielding - Quinton De Kock and *Nichoals Pooran = 130
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20
Week
Ravichandran Ashwin- 257
Babar Azam- 252
Joe Root- 196
Nicholas Pooran - 193
Peter Handscomb- 165
Kane Williamson - 135
Simon Harmer - 96
Marnus Labuschagne- 48
Jasprit Bumrah- 41
Ben Stokes- 36
Virat Kohli - 27
Glenn Maxwell - 13
Moeen Ali - dnp
Quinton De Kock - dnp
Dawid Malan- dnp
Peter Siddle - dnp
Steve Smith - dnp
David Warner - dnp
Total
Joe Root - 1413
Marnus Labuschagne- 1218
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1155
Nicholas Pooran - 908
Steve Smith - 650
Kane Williamson - 626
Glenn Maxwell - 583
Peter Handscomb- 551
Babar Azam - 547
Dawid Malan - 351
Moeen Ali - 349
Jasprit Bumrah - 325
Ben Stokes - 291
Peter Siddle - 280
Virat Kohli- 242
Quinton de Kock - 226
Simon Harmer - 96
David Warner - 77
