Marnus Labuschagne - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

An incredibly busy week in which 9 players shared a humungous 1771 points between them. Let's tuck in and see who got what.

Weekly Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 641 - Marnus has come back from Covid quarantine and beaten a record that has stood for over 2 years. Til this point Wayne Parnell's 485 was the highest weekly total. He has blown that out the water largely thanks to a second XI outing where he got 226*

2. Babar Azam - 392 - Scored 19 points from his first two ODIS....then followed it up with 228 in the final ODI and 145. 392 would have seen you finish in the top spot for the week in all but 15 weeks since the start of 2019.

3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 230 - Seven wickets in a cheeky cameo for Surrey this week sees Ashwin finish in the Top 5 yet again. Plays rarely but when he does he scores big.

4. Quinton De Kock - 190 - Rested for the first two ODIs against Ireland (including the one they lost) but returned in Friday's mauling. In top top form at the moment.

5. Simon Harmer - 113 - Isn't blowing anyone away with his performances but is quietly grafting away with decent three figure point hauls week after week.

Other Movers

Two players moved up a place despite not finishing in the Top 5. Ben Stokes scored 85 but sees him overleap his team mate Moeen Ali into 7th, whilst Nicholas Pooran got 108 and overtakes Dawid Malan into 12th.

Overall Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 3655 - A record breaking week from the Aussie sees him put 962 points between himself and second place. Is it too early to call it for the year?

2. Simon Harmer - 2692 - Has been knocking at the door of second spot for a while now and finally edges it this week. It is his highest position of the year thus far.

3. Joe Root - 2619 - For 15 weeks Root was challenging top spot but a period of Covid isolation sees him drop down to third instead.

4. Babar Azam - 2482 - Such was the gap between Azam and third place that even his huge haul of points this week does not see him move up a place.

5. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1894 - Ashwin loves 5th place. Over the last 2 months he has held it for four weeks - but never for longer than a fortnight at a time. He is just three points ahead of De Kock who will feel very hard done by to be knocked down a peg after a good week.

Highest Players by Format
*=New Name

Long Form - Joe Root - 2266
50 Over - *Babar Azam = 585
T20 - Babar Azam - 1723

Top 3 Averages

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 192.37 (Up from 167.44)
2. Simon Harmer - 192.29 (Down from 198.38)
2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 189.4 (Up from 184.89)


The top three entirely reshuffles itself as third placed Labuschagne improved his average by 24.93 to move up to top spot whilst Harmer's moved down a place courtesy of the largest drop of the week - 6.09. Ashwin rounds off proceedings in third - one place lower than last week despite improving his average.

Highest Points by Discipline


Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 1945
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 350
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 420

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1220
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 230
Economy - Simon Harmer - 560

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 420
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 70

Longest Inactive

David Warner (11 weeks)