Joe Root - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 3

1. Joe Root - 201 - The second week in a row that Honest Joe has found himself in the top spot. He is also zoning in on some personal records too. He is just 6 points behind Labuschagne for most runs scored and 30 points off Azam for Batting Bonus points.

2. Babar Azam - 158 - Babar's test performance is what is holding him back from being a true all format great. Before this week he had scored just 10% of his runs in Test matches. This is (by some distance) his highest Test score of the year.

3. Virat Kohli - 92 - With his average of 92.56 and his 13th place on the overall List, this is not looking like Virat's year. He has done enough to finish in the Top 3 this week.

Other Movers

I marked Nicholas Pooran out as one to watch last week and after just one CPL game he has jumped 2 places to 9th. He has left Handscomb and Stokes behind him.

Dawid Malan is another player to have not finished in the Top 3 but still made movement up the Overall List. His 7th place finish for the week is the highest he has been since February.

Overall Top 5

It is now the sixth week in a row where the top 5 has stayed the same.

Marnus Labuschagne 3833
Simon Harmer 3667
Joe Root 3487
Babar Azam 2919
Quinton De Kock 2540

Root, who has been in third place now for 7 weeks is zoning in on some upward movement with his performances in Eng v Ind. There is now 180 points between him and Harmer. He is just 346 off Marnus Labuschagne's top spot. We could see that Top 3 looking much more fluid soon.

What we will not see any time soon is anyone outside that Top 3 break in. There is 568 points between third placed Root and 4th placed Azam. This is the second biggest gap on the List after the 570 between Moeen Ali and Dawid Malan.

Highest Players by Format


Long Form - Joe Root - 3013
50 Over - Simon Harmer - 954
T20 - Babar Azam - 1897

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 193
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 191.65
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 189.4

Joe Root''s average has improved again - this time by 1.95 points. This has seen his average raise by 13.79 points since the start of the Eng v Ind series. Moeen Ali's transition from The Hundred to Tests has seen his average drop 5.62 points to 147.82.

Highest Points by Discipline
* = New Name

Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 2023
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 400
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali - 510

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1600
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 250
Economy - Simon Harmer - 810

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 590
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 100

Longest Inactive

David Warner (17 weeks)

Weekly

Joe Root 201
Babar Azam 158
Virat Kohli 92
Dawid Malan 90
Jasprit Bumrah 71
Moeen Ali 58
Nicholas Pooran 52

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Peter Handscomb dnp
Peter Siddle dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Steve Smith dnp
David Warner dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp

Overall

Marnus Labuschagne 3833
Simon Harmer 3667
Joe Root 3487
Babar Azam 2919
Quinton De Kock 2540
Moeen Ali 2513
Dawid Malan 1943
Ravichandran Ashwin 1894
Nicholas Pooran 1770
Ben Stokes 1765
Peter Handscomb 1740
Peter Siddle 1577
Virat Kohli 1481
Glenn Maxwell 1288
Jasprit Bumrah 1267
Kane Williamson 1020
Steve Smith 1010
David Warner 842

Joe Root - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Joe Root - 303 - Winning Cricketer of the Week after such an abject team performance is like winning the handsomest man in the Burns Ward but here we are. This is Root's fourth time topping the weekly charts; he has never got more than three in any other year.

2. Moeen Ali - 226 - Fans of Moeen often cite his lack of consistency on the fact he is pulled from format to format and up and down the order. This is highlighted with a Test he wasn't expected to play in before a brief return to The Hundred. Finishes second though.

3. Simon Harmer - 202 - Harmer's involvement in the RLODC finished a match too early - but it is perhaps no coincidence that Essex fell on the match where he scored his third fewest points of the campaign.

4. Jasprit Bumrah - 174 - Scored considerably fewer points in the Second Test than he did in the first but still manages a decent spot on the Weekly List.

5. Dawid Malan - 106 - Probably one of the players that benefited the most from The Hundred on our List. Ends the tournament with a fifth placed finish for the week and a call up to the Test squad. Has moved up to 8th overall.

Other Mover

Virat scored points this week....which is an improvement on the First Test. Despite not registering in the Top 5 scores of the week he manages to overtake Glenn Maxwell and move into 13th.

Overall Top 5

For the 5th week in a row the Top 5 remain the same.

1. Marnus Labuschagne 3833
2. Simon Harmer 3667
3. Joe Root 3286
4. Babar Azam 2761
5. Quinton De Kock 2540

There is some sign of that breaking up though. Marnus' lead on Simon Harmer is now just 166. Short of something unexpected we are likely to see a new leader in due time.

Quinton De Kock also needs to be looking over his shoulder. He had a poor last three games of The Hundred and only has a 85 point cushion on Moeen Ali in 6th place.

One to Watch

A name to keep an eye on next week is Nicholas Pooran. It seems a life time ago but the West Indian spent most of the first third of the year in the Top 5. With the CPL starting next week he sits in 11th spot, 22 points off Handscomb in 10th and only 176 points off Ashwin in 7th.

Highest Players by Format


Long Form - Joe Root - 2812
50 Over - Simon Harmer - 954
T20 - Babar Azam - 1897

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 193 (Up from 192.5)
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 191.65
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 189.4

Joe Root's average was the biggest improvement this week as he grew by 7.83 points; up to 164.3 a week. Quinton De Kock's bad end to The Hundred saw his average drop by 2.89 to 141.11

Highest Points by Discipline
* = New Name

Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 2023
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 380
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali - 510

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1600
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 250
Economy - Simon Harmer - 810

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 590
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 100

Longest Inactive

David Warner (16 weeks)

Weekly

Joe Root 303
Moeen Ali 226
Simon Harmer 202
Jasprit Bumrah 174
Dawid Malan 106
Babar Azam 105
Virat Kohli 102
Quinton De Kock 92

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Peter Handscomb dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Peter Siddle dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Steve Smith dnp
David Warner dnp

Overall

Marnus Labuschagne 3833
Simon Harmer 3667
Joe Root 3286
Babar Azam 2761
Quinton De Kock 2540
Moeen Ali 2455
Ravichandran Ashwin 1894
Dawid Malan 1853
Ben Stokes 1765
Peter Handscomb 1740
Nicholas Pooran 1718
Peter Siddle 1577
Virat Kohli 1389
Glenn Maxwell 1288
Jasprit Bumrah 1196
Kane Williamson 1020
Steve Smith 1010
David Warner 842

Jasprit Bumrah - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Jasprit Bumrah - 328 - Bumrah started the week as our lowest scoring, least active player who also had the lowest average of any one on our List. He has subsequently top scored for the week, moved up 3 places overall and improved his average by 25 points. Not a bad week.

2. Simon Harmer - 301 - Here he is again. Harmer has scored 300+ points ten times in a week and finished as the highest point scorer in each of them. This time he will have to settle for second.

N.B. This score does not include his ongoing match vs Yorkshire.

3. Quinton De Kock - 239 - On-song QDK is one of the most valuable players in white ball cricket and the Southern Brave are reaping the benefits of this at the moment with 2 half century scores over the last week

4. Joe Root - 233 - Root is used to carrying the weight of his England team on his shoulders and was forced to do so again in the First Test. He is rewarded with a place in the Top 5.

5. Moeen Ali - 149 - A strange week for Moeen. After scoring the highest points total of The Hundred so far he is yoinked away to the Test side. Can he keep up his good run and challenge for a Top 5 position next week?

Other Mover

For the second week in a row, Dawid Malan's score is not high enough to feature in the Top 5 for the week but sees him move up the overall table. His 76 points sees him up to 9th.

Overall Top 5

For the first time in 2021 the Top 5 remains the same for the fourth week in a row.

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 3833
2. Simon Harmer - 3465
3. Joe Root - 2973
4. Babar Azam - 2656
5. Quinton De Kock - 2448

Labuschgane's lead on second place is now down to a mere 368. This is the lowest it has been for 9 weeks. With second placed Harmer averaging 192.5 points a week, we could see a new man at the summit by the end of the month.

Highest Players by Format
*= New Name

Long Form - Joe Root - 2499
50 Over - *Simon Harmer - 752
T20 - Babar Azam - 1897

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 192.5 (Up from 186.13)
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 191.65
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 189.4

As I have already mentioned, Bumrah's improvement of 25.09 is a huge boost. It has taken him off bottom spot and above Handscomb, Kohli, Malan, Williamson, Warner and Pooran in terms of average points per active week. Kohli's score of 0 from the First Test sees him fall by 7.07 points to 91.93 - the second lowest.

Highest Points by Discipline
* = New Name

Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 2023
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 370
Strike Rate - *Moeen Ali - 490

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1540
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 250
Economy - Simon Harmer - 770

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 530
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 90

Longest Inactive

David Warner (15 weeks)

Moeen Ali - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

Only a Top 3 this week as only 6 players featured; two of whom scored the same number of points. This does not include Malan's game on Friday night.

1. Moeen Ali - 165 - Moeen uses The Hundred to lift himself to top spot for the second time in three weeks. 4 of the bottom 12 Weekly Totals have been registered in the last 3 months.

2. Simon Harmer - 159 - During the English Summer Harms is always in the points. Finishes second, but is a mere 6 points off of first.

3. Nicholas Pooran - 122 - One big score in a WI v Aus series in which rain would have scored a lot of points sees Pooran in the Top 3.

Other Mover

The only mover on the table this week was Dawid Malan whose half century against the Birmingham Phoenix sees him up to 11th

Overall Top 5

For the third week in a row the overall Top 5 stays the same; so that's

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 3833
2. Simon Harmer - 3174
3. Joe Root - 2740
4. Babar Azam - 2656
5. Quinton De Kock - 2209

Marnus' dominance has been rather outrageous this year. He has been in top spot for the Last 16 weeks. At one point his lead was as large as 968 points - that is now down to 669. How unbridgeable will that gap be?

At the same time that Marnus first graced the top of The List, Simon Harmer was in bottom place. His improvement has been steep.

Whilst the top 2 have stayed pretty stagnant, 3, 4 and 5 have been very fluid. Over the last 31 weeks there have been 22 different combinations of those three positions. This week is the first time three players have retained their respective places for three weeks on the trot.

The most fluid of these fluid places has been fifth place. De Kock holds 5th for the third week in a row, a feat that has only been achieved once before by Peter Handscomb in April. Moeen (in sixth) would need to score 129 points more than him this week to stop that

That being said, Azam is keeping fourth place warm for the last 12 weeks.

Highest Players by Format


Long Form - Joe Root - 2266
50 Over - Peter Handscomb - 613
T20 - Babar Azam - 1897

Top 3 Averages

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 191.65
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 189.4
3. Simon Harmer - 186.13 (Down from 187.81)

All very fine margins now; Pooran is the 'biggest' improvement on his average as he goes up by 1.56. Azam goes down by 3.33 since last week.

Highest Points by Discipline


Runs - Marnus Labuschagne = 2023
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 370
Strike Rate - Babar Azam - 460

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1440
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 250
Economy - Simon Harmer - 680

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 520
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 90

Longest Inactive

David Warner (14 weeks)

Week

Moeen Ali - 165
Simon Harmer - 159
Nicholas Pooran- 122
Quinton De Kock- 107
Babar Azam- 91
Dawid Malan - 91
Peter Handscomb - 55

Ravichandran Ashwin- dnp
Virat Kohli- dnp
Marnus Labuschagne- dnp
Glenn Maxwell - dnp
Joe Root- dnp
Peter Siddle- dnp
Steve Smith - dnp
Ben Stokes - dnp
Kane Williamson - dnp


Total

Marnus Labuschagne- 3833
Simon Harmer - 3174
Joe Root - 2740
Babar Azam - 2656
Quinton de Kock - 2209
Moeen Ali - 2080
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1894
Ben Stokes - 1765
Peter Handscomb- 1724
Nicholas Pooran - 1718
Dawid Malan - 1671
Peter Siddle - 1577
Glenn Maxwell - 1288
Virat Kohli- 1287
Kane Williamson - 1020
Steve Smith - 1010
David Warner - 842
Jasprit Bumrah - 694