Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 370 - Last year's number one player on The Cricket List gets his first Cricketer of the Week accolade thanks to a spell of fine form against South Africa.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 242 - Marnus rounds off a great domestic summer for himself and for Queensland with a match winning performance in the Sheffield Shield final.

3. Moeen Ali - 172 - After a difficult winter, Moeen has kicked off IPL 2021 in sparkling form. He currently has the most points of anyone in our list in this tournament. Moves up three places to 12th

4. Glenn Maxwell - 168 - The 2019 highest scoring player has been quiet for a little while but is out to prove his IPL credentials. Looks a new man at RCB. Moves up one place to 8th.

5. David Warner - 163 - Has not been in the greatest form this year and came into IPL 2021 with an average of just 83.17 - the lowest of any player. He has boosted that to 94.57 this week. Moves up one place to 15th.

Overall Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 1981 - He finished second in the weekly points and stretches his leas on second place to 404. He has a short spell away from the game before making his debut for Glamorgan early next month.

2. Joe Root - 1577 - 79 points for his native Yorkshire would have been a disappointment but he manages to hold off the IPL challengers and hold second.

3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1485 - An underwhelming start to the IPL but he holds third spot for the third consecutive week.

4. Babar Azam - 1407 - His Cricketer of the Week performance moves him up three places and into the Top 5 for the first time this year. Lest we forget he was last year's highest scoring Cricketer. How long can he hold his own?

5. Peter Handscomb - 1223 - Drops a place as he waits to join up with Middlesex. Will hope to be back in the runs the week after next.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 1577
50 Over - Nicholas Pooran - 431
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 1049

Top 3 Average Points Per Active Week

1. Ravichandran Ashwin = 247.5 (Down from 287.6)
2. Joe Root = 197.13 (Down from 213)
3. Steve Smith = 194

Ashwin's drop of 40.1 points is the highest as he transitions from Tests to IPL. Babar's average moves up by 27.74 points per week. He now averages 175.88.

Points by Discipline

*=New Name

Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 1141
Batting Bonus - Marnus Labuschagne - 200
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran - 260

Wickets - Ravichandran Ashwin - 700
Wicket Bonus - Ravichandran Ashwin - 170
Economy - Ravichandran Ashwin - 300

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 270
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 60

Longest time inactive

Kane Williamson (5 weeks)

Week

Babar Azam- 370
Marnus Labuschagne- 242
Moeen Ali - 172
Glenn Maxwell - 168
David Warner - 163
Simon Harmer - 121
Quinton De Kock- 82
Joe Root - 79
Virat Kohli- 63
Jasprit Bumrah - 50
Ravichandran Ashwin- 47
Nicholas Pooran- 10
Ben Stokes- 10

Peter Handscomb - dnp
David Malan - dnp
Peter Siddle - dnp
Steve Smith- dnp
Kane Williamson - dnp

Total

Marnus Labuschagne- 1981
Joe Root - 1577
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1485
Babar Azam - 1407
Peter Handscomb- 1223
Nicholas Pooran - 1079
Ben Stokes - 1057
Glenn Maxwell - 1049
Virat Kohli- 988
Steve Smith - 776
Dawid Malan - 735
Moeen Ali - 680
Kane Williamson - 653
Peter Siddle - 687
David Warner - 662
Quinton de Kock - 636
Jasprit Bumrah - 426
Simon Harmer - 217