Babar Azam - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Babar Azam - 164 - The cancellation of the Test series against England had one upside for Babar. A chance to pick up huge points in the National T20 Cup as he did last year. He has started brightly here. 

2. Jasprit Bumrah - 121 - Bumrah didn't light up the first leg of IPL 2021 but has brought his electric Test performances in to the shortest form. However 121 is the third lowest weekly top score we've ever had.

3. Virat Kohli - 118 - A poor performance and a good performance sees Kohli finish second in a low-scoring week.

4. Quinton De Kock - 112 - QDK is having something of a resurgence in third quarter of the year and keeps on getting these top 5 finishes.

5. Simon Harmer - 65 - Harmer's scoring dropped off towards the ned of the County Championship but this week has been so low scoring that a score of 65 is enough for fourth.



Overall Top 5

1. Simon Harmer - 4392 - Lower scores against Surrey and Northamptonshire means that Harmer's lead at the top is 559. With the Australian domestic season starting that does not feel enough.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 3833 - This is Marnus eighth and last inactive week - now begins the graft to get back first place.

3. Joe Root - 3614 - The cancellation of the Pakistan tour means that Root's point scoring opportunities have been removed for a while. Is the 679 point between him and fourth spot bridgeable?

4. Babar Azam - 3083- Holds off a charge by QDK. With the two of them in T20 competitions for the next few weeks could be an intriguing dogfight.  

5. Quinton De Kock - 2935 - Three months ago QDK was in the bottom 3. He now moves up to fourth place after spending 10 of the past 12 weeks in 5th. It is his highest position since the first week of January.


Ones to Watch

The resumption of the Australian Domestic Season will see two key players back on the scene. Peter Handscomb is just 25 points off of 10th place Ben Stokes - but has Virat Kohli 17 behind him. Who will claim that top ten spot?

There is a similar battle slightly further down as 13th placed Peter Siddle has a 15 point lead on resurgent Jasprit Bumrah. That litttle cluster just outside the Top Ten could be worth monitoring.

Highest Players by Format


Long Form - Joe Root - 3140
50 Over - Simon Harmer - 954
T20 - Babar Azam - 2061

Top 3 Averages

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 191.65
2. Simon Harmer - 190.96 (Down from 196.68)
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - 176.36 (Down from 189.4)

Ashwin's switch from long to short form cricket sees him fall a huge 13.04 points per week - but still holds onto his third place spot overall. Virat Kohli improves his meagre average by 1.31 to 95.72.

Highest Points by Discipline


Runs - Joe Root - 2074
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 420
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran - 580

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 1880
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 330
Economy - Simon Harmer - 1050

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 620
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 100

Longest Inactive

David Warner has finally played....not that you would have notice....so the longest inactive player is Steve Smith who has had 20 weeks out the game.

Weekly List

Simon Harmer 4392
Marnus Labuschagne 3833
Joe Root 3614

Babar Azam 3083
Quinton De Kock 2935
Moeen Ali 2731
Nicholas Pooran 2381
Dawid Malan 2010
Ravichandran Ashwin 1940
Ben Stokes 1765
Peter Handscomb 1740
Virat Kohli 1723
Peter Siddle 1577
Jasprit Bumrah 1562
Glenn Maxwell 1329
Kane Williamson 1059
Steve Smith 1010
David Warner 844

Overall List

Babar Azam 164
Jasprit Bumrah 121
Virat Kohli 118
Quinton De Kock 112
Simon Harmer 65
Nicholas Pooran 60
Moeen Ali 53
Ravichandran Ashwin 46
Glenn Maxwell 41
Kane Williamson 39
David Warner 2

Marnus Labuschagne dnp
Ben Stokes dnp
Peter Handscomb dnp
Peter Siddle dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Joe Root dnp
Dawid Malan dnp