Weekly Update
1. Moeen Ali - 336 - Earlier on in the year Nicholas Pooran got a huge injection of points from the Abu Dhabi T10 League and now Moeen is doing the same thing. This is his highest weekly score of 2021.
2. Simon Harmer - 330 - A phenomenal game for the Titans against Western Province saw Harmer get a ten wicket haul. He was 6 points off top spot for the week. He has also taken over from Joe Root as the player with the most points in First Class cricket.
3. Marnus Labuschagne -193 - Back in the runs for Queensland and back in the Top 5 for the week however 198 isn't a huge score from a First Class and a List A game. He has, however, taken back his title of most runs scored in 2021 from Babar Azam.
4. Peter Siddle - 171 - Fresh from his table topping performance last week, Siddle got 5 wickets across two games this week for another 2 figure score and another Top 5 finish for the week.
5. Peter Handscomb - 102 - Back in action for the week and scored just enough to get into the top 5; however scored more points for catches in the field than he did for runs this week. Moves back up to 11th spot overall.
Overall List
1. Simon Harmer - 5073 - Just when it looks like Harmer will lose his top spot he pulls it out the fire. Another 330 points this week sees him 192 points clear.
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 4881 - Can't seem to do quite enough to move back into first and with The Ashes round the corner he will not play as regularly as he has been for Queensland.
3. Babar Azam - 4090 - The Bangladesh tour was a disappointing one for Babar personally but third spot is still comfortably his.
4. Moeen Ali - 3835 - Moeen has been on an upward trajectory for the last 10 weeks and moves up to his highest spot of the year so far thanks to his performances for the Northern Warriors.
5. Joe Root - 3614 - Was technically in action this week although he did not bat nor bowl in the heavily curtailed England Warm-Up Game. He has not been this low on the list since the second week of the year.
Ones to Watch
Ravichandran Ashwin and Peter Siddle are in 8th and 9th and have 71 points between them. They will both be looking upwards to see who can overtake the inactive Nicholas Pooran who has a lead of just 158 over them.
Highest Players by Format
*New Name
Long Form - *Simon Harmer - 3198
50 Over - Simon Harmer - 954
T20 - Babar Azam - 3068
Top 3 Averages
1. Simon Harmer - 187.89 (Up from 182.41)
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 187.73 (Up from 187.32)
3. Joe Root - 157.13 (Down from 164.27)
It seems VERY harsh to call the England Warm-Up game an active week but thems the rules. Subsequently Ben Stokes' return to cricket has seen his average dip by 8.4 as he did nothing. Moeen's average bumps up 7.37 to 136.96.
Highest Points by Discipline
*=New Name
Runs - *Marnus Labuschagne - 2631
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 570
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali - 830
Wickets = Simon Harmer= 2260
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 420
Economy - Simon Harmer - 1190
Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 660
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 100
Least Active
Strictly speaking....a load of people. For the first time in a while, all of our players have been active at some point over the last three weeks.
Weekly List
Moeen Ali 336
Simon Harmer 330
Marnus Labuschagne 198
Peter Siddle 171
Peter Handscomb 102
Babar Azam 29
Joe Root 0
Ben Stokes 0
Dawid Malan dnp
Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
David Warner dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin dnp
Glenn Maxwell dnp
Steve Smith dnp
Overall
Simon Harmer 5073
Marnus Labuschagne 4881
Babar Azam 4090
Moeen Ali 3835
Joe Root 3614
Quinton De Kock 3177
Nicholas Pooran 2639
Ravichandran Ashwin 2481
Peter Siddle 2410
Dawid Malan 2235
Peter Handscomb 2169
Virat Kohli 2121
Glenn Maxwell 2118
Jasprit Bumrah 2093
Ben Stokes 1765
Kane Williamson 1721
Steve Smith 1449
David Warner 1354
