Nicholas Pooran - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

In a week where cricket has been absolutely everywhere, it seems very odd that only two players feature in this week's round up.

In second place for the week...or last place...depending on how you look at is Marnus Labuschagne with 97 points. He also finished second best in the BBL but impressed with his short cameo with Adelaide. He averaged 94.33 across his 6 BBL games. An achievement worth raising a toast(ie) to.

Nicholas Pooran made an absolute killing in the Abu Dhabi T10 League. It's funny how playing every day - and twice on Friday - can do to your score. He was one of the standout performers of the tournament. His weekly score of 442 is the 7th highest total since the start of 2019.

Another interesting quirk after 5 weeks is our Fielding Points.

Out in the front is Quinton De Kock however a number of other players are shining over our other wicket-keeper Nicholas Pooran.

Root, Labuschagne and Maxwell all have more points that Pooran despite his busy week

Weekly Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 1013 - Marnus has now stretched his lead on second place to 263. His total is the second highest for the fifth week of the year after Shakib al Hasan's 1035 in 2019.

2. Joe Root - 750 - Root holds his second place despite an 'inactive' week. Movement is expected next weekend.

3. Glenn Maxwell - 570 - Cancellation of the Australian tour was bad news for The Big Show. Can he do the business in the Sheffield Shield? Holds third.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 547 - An epic week in Abu Dhabi sees the West Indian move up 8 places unto fourth.

5. Kane Williamson - 547 - The Super Smash has come to an end and Kane's Northern Districts team are out of the running. May struggle to keep his top 5 berth next week.

Highest Average Points Per Active Week

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 253.23 (Down from 305.33
2. Joe Root - 250
3. Steve Smith - 206.5

Top Player by Format

Long Form - Joe Root = 750
ODI - n/a
T20/10 - Glenn Maxwell = 570

Top points by discipline

* = New name

Runs - Joe Root = 510
Run Bonus - Joe Root = 110
Strike Rate - *Nicholas Pooran = 170
Wickets - Peter Siddle and Marnus Labuschagne = 180
Wicket Bonus - Peter Siddle and Marnus Labuschagne = 40
Economy - Marnus Labuschagne = 80
Fielding - Quinton De Kock = 100
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock = 20


Week

Nicholas Pooran- 442
Marnus Labuschagne- 97

Moeen Ali - dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin - dnp
Babar Azam- dnp
Jasprit Bumrah- dnp
Quinton De Kock- dnp
Peter Handscomb- dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Virat Kohli- dnp
Dawid Malan - dnp
Glenn Maxwell - dnp
Joe Root - dnp
Peter Siddle - dnp
Steve Smith- dnp
Ben Stokes - dnp
David Warner - dnp
Kane Williamson- dnp

Total

Marnus Labuschagne- 1013
Joe Root - 750
Glenn Maxwell - 570
Nicholas Pooran - 547
Kane Williamson - 491
Steve Smith - 413
Dawid Malan - 351
Peter Siddle - 280
Peter Handscomb- 267
Ravichandran Ashwin - 149
Quinton de Kock - 147
Jasprit Bumrah - 130

David Warner - 77
Babar Azam - 57