Marnus Labuschagne - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 403 - Scored more points this week than he did in his last 5 active weeks combined. His opening salvo of 183 points in the T20 Blast could be a sign of big things to come. This is the 11th highest score we have ever seen.

2. Simon Harmer - 374 - Seperated his play between County Championship and T20 Blast this week. T20 is his weakest format so this could be his last Daddy score until the long form cricket comes up.

3. Moeen Ali - 332 - Has brought his IPL form to the T20 Blast. Opened the tournament with points hauls of 86 and 162. Moved up three places to 8th.

4. Dawid Malan - 312 - An unlucky year for Malan saw the IPL wrapped up after his debut but he cashed in with a huge score for Yorkshire against Sussex. His 249 points from that game was the highest County Championship total not scored by Simon Harmer. Up a huge 5 places to 12th.

5. Joe Root - 172 - Always a bit galling when England lose but Joe Root manages to get in the Top 5...but it happens so very often.

Overall Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 2518 - Just when it looked like Root was catching up with him, Marnus registers his highest score of the year so far. His lead is back up to 307 after being just 76 last week.

2. Joe Root - 2211 - Started the week with a chance of nipping in to top spot but instead spends his 11th consecutive week in second.

3. Simon Harmer - Finished second highest for the week but remains in third overall - however has put a gap between him and third. 353 points separate the Big Three from the chasing pack.

4. Babar Azam - 1729 - Babar is back in action in his favourite format in his favourite competition. Got 135 from his opening salvo but will need to put some big scores together to move up the List.

5. Peter Siddle - 1577 - Gallingly the Essex man moves into the the Top 5 the week where he returned to Australia for personal reasons. One suspects that this will be his highest position for the rest of the year.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 2211
50 Over - Nicholas Pooran - 431
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 1294

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 231.33 (Up from 213.5)
2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 185.63
3. Moeen Ali - 182.25 (Up from 160.86)

Ali retains his top 3 place at the expense of Root. 4 players registered improvements of 20 points or more on their average this week but Dawid Malan sees the biggest spike; up 22.41 points to 110.3. Williamson experiences a dip of 8.43 down to 89.9 - the worst of anyone on the List.

Highest Points by Discipline
* = New Name

Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 1388
Batting Bonus - *Babar Azam = 220
Strike Rate - *Moeen Ali - 310

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 900
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 190
Economy - * Peter Siddle - 500

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

Longest Inactive

Ben Stokes (8 Weeks)