Virat Kohli - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Virat Kohli - 371 - Kohli put the disappointment of scoring a pure 0 last week behind him with 3 70+ hauls of runs and a first Cricketer of the Week since December 2019.

2. Dawid Malan - 214 - Was facing a lot of doubters before the last T20. Has dragged his average up from 83 points per active week to 104.83 with this second place finish.

3. Ben Stokes - 194 - The lowest scoring of the three players from Ind Vs Eng. Didn't really take off with bat or ball to further force his agenda.

4. David Warner - 148 - Another big score for the Aussie sees him continue to improve week on week. It is his second successive week in fourth.

5. Quinton De Kock - 138 - A welcome return for Quinny who showed us a wicket-keeping masterclass in his 4-Day Franchise Series match against the Lions.

Overall Top 5

1. Joe Root - 1498 - Yet another inactive week from Joe Root however with no pressure from below, he retains top spot.

2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438 - Manages to stave off the charge from below despite being inactive....more from meteorological reasons than cricketing ones.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 1389 - Was all set to move up into second this week....until his Sheffield Shield game was rained off after Day One. Probably one of the more unfair scores of 0 you will see this year.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 1069 - Another disappointing score from the West Indian but he has done enough in this low scoring week to retain fourth spot for 4 weeks.

5. Peter Handscomb - 863 - Becomes the first Cricketer to hold 5th place in the last 5 weeks.....despite scoring 0 in his Sheffield Shield game this week.

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

Whilst there was no change at the top of the table, the players with the bottom 6 averages have all moved up this week. The most significant mover was Virat Kohli who went up a huge 55.1 points – up to 50.4 to 105.5 points per active week.

Points by Discipline
*=New Name

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

Week

Virat Kohli- 371
Dawid Malan - 214
Ben Stokes - 194
David Warner - 148
Quinton De Kock - 138
Peter Siddle - 60
Nicholas Pooran- 25
Peter Handscomb- 0
Marnus Labuschagne- 0

Moeen Ali - dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin - dnp
Babar Azam- dnp
Jasprit Bumrah- dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Glenn Maxwell - dnp
Joe Root- dnp
Steve Smith- dnp
Kane Williamson - dnp

Total

Joe Root - 1498
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438
Marnus Labuschagne- 1389
Nicholas Pooran - 1069
Peter Handscomb- 863
Glenn Maxwell - 822
Ben Stokes - 722
Babar Azam - 699
Kane Williamson - 653
Steve Smith - 650
Virat Kohli- 633
Dawid Malan - 629
Peter Siddle - 514
David Warner - 485
Quinton de Kock - 364
Moeen Ali - 349
Jasprit Bumrah - 325
Simon Harmer - 96