Saturday, 27 March 2021

Ben Stokes - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 



Weekly Top 3 (Not enough for a Top 5)


1. Ben Stokes - 260 - By some distance, Stokes best week of the year. It is, however, the third lowest total for a Cricketer of the Week in 2021.

2. Virat Kohli - 202 - Gave top spot a run for his money but fell just short. Perhaps that slow Strike Rate cost him the points to claim back to back Cricketer of the Weeks. Has moved from 16th to 7th in the last fortnight.

3. Peter Siddle - 173 - Siddle back to his more favoured form of the game sees him back in the wickets and back near the top of the points table for the week. He also moves up two spots on the overall list to 12th.

Overall Top 5

1. Joe Root - 1498 - Such was the strength of Root's early year performance that 3 inactive weeks still sees him comfortably in top spot.

2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438 - There is a clamour for Ashwin to be playing White Ball cricket ....as it stands he is doing rather well without it. Still 2nd despite three inactive weeks.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 1389 - Was inactive this week but faced no pressure behind him so still has his 320 point lead on fourth spot.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 1069 - Up until this week Pooran was the most active Cricketer on our List with 9 weeks out of 12. His first week off has not cost him a place.

5. Ben Stokes - 982 - Stokes makes his 2021 Top 5 debut. After finishing second last year despite leading the way for the majority of the year, can he go one better this time out?

Other Mover

Moeen Ali (From 16th to 15th) An effective, if not eye-catching performance form Moeen Ali sees him overtake Quinton De Kock into 15th.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 1498
50 Over - Nicholas Pooran - 431
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 822

Top 3 Average Points Per Active Week


1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 287.6
2. Steve Smith - 216.67
3. Joe Root – 214

No change in the top 3 but Moeen Ali places in fourth spot with an average of 209.5. The biggest improvement was Stokes who moved up 19.96 points to 140.29 a week. The biggest decrease was Dawid Malan who dropped 12.64 to 92.14 a week - the second lowest of anyone on The List. 

Points by Discipline


Runs - Joe Root - 878
Batting Bonus - Joe Root - 160
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran - 260

Wickets - Ravichandran Ashwin - 680
Wicket Bonus - Ravichandran Ashwin - 170
Economy - Ravichandran Ashwin - 300

Fielding – * Quinton De Kock – 210
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 60

Longest time inactive

Steve Smith, Jasprit Bumrah and Simon Harmer (4 weeks)

Week

Ben Stokes- 260
Virat Kohli- 202
Peter Siddle - 173
Moeen Ali - 70
Peter Handscomb- 62
Dawid Malan - 16

Ravichandran Ashwin- dnp
Babar Azam - dnp
Quinton De Kock- dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Marnus Labuschagne- dnp
Glenn Maxwell - dnp
Nicholas Pooran- dnp
Joe Root - dnp
Steve Smith- dnp
Kane Williamson - dnp


Total

Joe Root - 1498
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438
Marnus Labuschagne- 1389
Nicholas Pooran - 1069
Ben Stokes - 982
Peter Handscomb- 925
Virat Kohli- 835
Glenn Maxwell - 822
Babar Azam - 699
Kane Williamson - 653
Steve Smith - 650
Peter Siddle - 687
Dawid Malan - 645
David Warner - 485
Moeen Ali - 419
Quinton de Kock - 364
Jasprit Bumrah - 325
Simon Harmer - 96

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