Peter Siddle - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Again, we only had 4 players that featured this week so a Top 3 would be disingenuous instead we will do a round up of everyone that played.

The worst of the 4 was, yet again, the player who has scored the most points overall. Marnus Labuschagne had a better outing against Kent but could only boast 51 points by the end of Day 4. His average of 33.5 points a game is the lowest of any County Championship player.

In third spot was another Aussie who hasn't been setting the world alight but also got his highest score this week. 95 points against Surrey courtesy of a score of 70 sees Peter Handscomb finish third place this week.

Due to Essex beating Durham within 3 days, both Essex players have had their totals swollen rather. However Harmer's 198 points from 2 games looks rather miniscule. Would still have finished above Handscomb even without that second game.

Siddle's score of 428 looks huge but he had 2x 200+ points games and very much deserves his inaugural Cricketer of the Week accolade. This is the eight highest score over the last 3 years and beats Marnus' 404 in Jan of last year to be the highest score by an Aussie. Moves up from 13th to 6th on the overall List.

Overall Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 2115 - Despite poor performances in the County Championship, he has increased his lead in top spot. This will change if his form doesn't. Will score nil points next week so there is hope for the chasing pack.

2. Joe Root - 2039 - Inactive this week but is about to embark on a busy Summer of international cricket that will define his position on The List.

3. Simon Harmer - 1708 - A modest total from the games against Warwickshire and Durham but Harmer still claims third spot.

4. Babar Azam - 1594 - All being well Azam should be back in action on Wednesday to try and reclaim his Top 3 spot after a fortnight inactive

5. Ravichandran Ashwin - Holding on to fifth spot due to the incompetence of those behind him. Handscomb has failed to mount a challenge but Siddle is now breathing down his neck - just 52 points behind.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 2039
50 Over - Nicholas Pooran - 431
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 1294

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 213.5 (Down from 215.71)
2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 185.63
3. Moeen Ali - 174

Marnus continues to lose average points week on week. He is 6.43 points poorer this week. Siddle has swollen his week on week average by a huge 31.93 points to 140.6

Highest Points by Discipline
*= New Name


Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 1185
Batting Bonus - *Joe Root = 210
Strike Rate - Glenn Maxwell - 280

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 720
Wicket Bonus - Ravichandran Ashwin and Simon Harmer - 170
Economy - * Simon Harmer - 390

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 290
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 60

Longest Inactive Player

Ben Stokes (6 weeks)

Week

Peter Siddle - 428
Simon Harmer - 198
Peter Handscomb- 95
Marnus Labuschagne - 51

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

Total

Marnus Labuschagne- 2115
Joe Root - 2039
Simon Harmer - 1708
Babar Azam - 1594
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1485
Peter Siddle - 1433
Peter Handscomb- 1338
Glenn Maxwell - 1288
Virat Kohli- 1210
Nicholas Pooran - 1127
Ben Stokes - 1057
Steve Smith - 1010
Moeen Ali - 1044
Kane Williamson - 885
David Warner - 842
Quinton de Kock - 829
Dawid Malan - 791
Jasprit Bumrah - 539