The Cricket List 2021 Final Standings.

 1.  Marnus Labuschagne

Score: 5311

Cricketer of the Weeks – 8
Average score per active week –177.33 (2^nd)
Highest Score – 641 – Not only the highest score this year but the highest ever score in our Lists thanks to 226* in a Glamorgan 2^nd XI match.
Stat Whack – Marnus Labuschagne has spent exactly 50% of the year in first place and has NEVER been outside the top 3. A well justified winner for the year.

2. Simon Harmer

 

Score: 5201

Cricketer of the Weeks – 8  
Average score per active week – 185.75 (1^st)
Highest Score – 374 – Scored in the last round of County Championship fixtures prior to the start of the T20 Blast. Surprisingly was not the highest score of that week.
Stat Whack – Was the King of the Wicket takers. He got a quarter of the wickets taken by anyone on our List. Also scored slightly under a quarter of the economy points.

3. Babar Azam

 

Score: 4385

Cricketer of the Weeks – 2
Average score per active week – 137.03 (5^th)
Highest Score – 392 – His score of 158 in the final ODI against England was his highest score of the week but was not enough to see him win cricketer of the week.
Stat Whack – Was the highest T20 point scorer with 73.3% of his points coming from the shortest form.  

4. Joe Root

 

Score: 4117

Cricketer of the Weeks –5

Average score per active week – 158.35 (3^rd)
Highest Score – 369 – A great year for the England player if not a great year for the England captain. Things never got better than his first Cricketer of the Week award in January with 238 vs Sri Lanka.
Stat Whack – At 88.49% he has the highest percentage of runs bagged from Long Form cricket.

 

 

5. Moeen Ali

Score: 3953

Cricketer of the Weeks – 4
Average score per active week – 136.31 (6^th)
Highest Score –336 – Moeen absolutely raked the points in during the Abu Dhabi T10 league. It was this that pushed him into the Top 5.
Stat Whack – With 890, Moeen had the highest number of points of anyone for his Strike Rate. It made up just under a quarter of his total points.

 

6. Quinton De Kock

 

Score: 3312

Cricketer of the Weeks – 2

Average score per active week – 122.67 (8^th)
Highest Score – 475 – The third highest score we have ever recorded came from 5 (five) games in one week against Ireland.
Stat Whack – Has been the most effective wicket-keeper in our list this year with 25.36% of his points coming from the gloves.

 

7. Ravichandran Ashwin

Score: 3149

Cricketer of the Weeks – 5

Average score per active week – 149.95 (4^th)
Highest Score – 429 – The 10^th highest List score on record was the first of three back-to-back Cricketer of the Week awards during the India v England series.
Stat Whack – Always the bridesmaid. Was the player with the second highest percentage of Test points and the player with the second most bowling points.

 

 

8. Nicholas Pooran

 

 

Score: 2867

Cricketer of the Weeks – 1
Average score per active week –95.57 (13^th)
Highest Score – 442 – Pooran registered the 9^th highest score of all time in February. He was a beneficiary of the Abu Dhabi T10 League’s very quick turnover of games.
Stat Whack – Pooran scored 81% of his points in the shortest form. This is bettered only by Glenn Maxwell who only played T20 in 2021.  

9. Peter Siddle

 

Score: 2455

Cricketer of the Weeks – 3

Average score per active week – 131 (7^th)
Highest Score – 428 – At the time this score, courtesy of two 200+ games for Essex, was the eight highest score of all time. Such has been the profligate scoring of 2021 that it is now a mere 11^th.
Stat Whack – His average is the highest for any player to have featured in 20 or fewer weeks.

 

10. Dawid Malan

Score: 2537

Cricketer of the Weeks –0

Average score per active week – 84.57 (17^th)
Highest Score – An unbeaten century in a rare outing for Yorkshire saw him get his highest score for the year…finished fourth that week. Tells you all you need to know about Malan’s year.
Stat Whack – Malan has the second lowest average points per active week at 84.57 despite (or perhaps because) also having the joint highest active weeks at 30.

 

The Rest

Glenn Maxwell	2455
Jasprit Bumrah	2394
Peter Handscomb	2325
Virat Kohli	2238
Ben Stokes	2046
Kane Williamson	1763
Steve Smith	1706
David Warner	1684

 

 

Jasprit Bumrah - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Final Weekly Update

1. Jasprit Bumrah - 201 - Bumrah marks his final week on our List with his second Cricketer of the Week award. Has not played as much as he likes but finishes 12th overall.

2. Joe Root - 130 - Cold comfort for Joe Root but here he is in second place again. HE has scored the most players of anyone on our list during the Ashes....but for what?

3. Quinton De Kock - 135 - Before last night's shock Test retirement, QDK had already set up his third place finish for the week. Next year might look very different for him.

4. Ravichandran Ashwin - 118 - When he was on form, Ashwin was a whirlwind this year. Finishes the year, and his second spell on our lists, with a fourth place finish for the week.

5. Ben Stokes - 76 - Bit of a gulf between fourth and fifth, but Stokes just squeaks into the Top 5 for the second week in the row. Has not been as impressive as anyone would have liked.

Final Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 3643
50 Over - Simon Harmer - 954
T20 - Babar Azam - 3214

Final Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 185.75
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 177.03 (Down from 182.76)
3. Joe Root - 158.35 (Down from 159.16)

Marnus's average takes a bit of a hit to give Simon Harmer the overall lead. Bumrah's winning performance was the biggest improvement.

Complete list of averages

Harmer 185.75
Labuschagne 177.03
Root 158.35
Ashwin 149.95
Azam 137.03
Ali 136.31
Siddle 131
De Kock 122.67
Stokes 113.67
Bumrah 109.24
Maxwell 102.3
Smith 100.35
Pooran 95.57
Warner 93.56
Williamson 88.15
Handscomb 86.11
Malan 84.57
Kohli 82.89


Final Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - Marnus Labushcgane - 2771
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 610
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali - 890

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 2320
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 440
Economy - Simon Harmer - 1220

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 730
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 110

Final Standings

Marnus Labuschagne 5311
Simon Harmer 5201
Babar Azam 4385
Joe Root 4117
Moeen Ali 3953
Quinton De Kock 3312
Ravichandran Ashwin 3149
Nicholas Pooran 2867
Peter Siddle 2620
Dawid Malan 2537
Glenn Maxwell 2455
Jasprit Bumrah 2394
Peter Handscomb 2325
Virat Kohli 2238
Ben Stokes 2046
Kane Williamson 1763
Steve Smith 1706
David Warner 1684

Marnus Labuschagne - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Rather excitingly there have been a number of chops and changes in a number of categories in this penultimate update. Let's start with the Top 5 for the week.

Weekly Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 244 - The Queenslander got the highest Ashes score so far in the second Test so is well worth his eight Cricketer of the Week award. Nobody has got more than 8 in one calendar year and there is one Test remaining in 2021.

2. Joe Root - 216 - This Ashes series is undoubtedly one of Root's darkest hours as captain.....but he is doing rather well in regards to points. With 365 points across two Tests only the imperious Labuschagne has done better.

3. Steve Smith - 199 - Another disappointing year for Smith who would have torn up these rankings had they existed prior to 2018. He is scheduled to finish second bottom just as he did in 2018 however he has finished with a top 3 score thanks to his 93 in the 2nd Test.

4. Dawid Malan - 170 - One of the bright spots of England's Ashes debacle. Finishes in the Top 5 for the first time since August. Moves into the Top 10.

5. Ben Stokes - 166 - It says something about Stokes that we expected his return to be glorious....but instead it has been average. Enough to just scrape into the Top 5 for the week.

Overall Top 5

1. Marnus Labuschagne - 5300 - He's finally done it! Having spent Weeks 13 to 34 in top spot, Marnus then went away for a little rest. He slipped into second the following week but has nipped it back at the next to last.

2. Simon Harmer - 5201 - A victim of the Covid cancellation of South African domestic cricket, the 2018 winner will have to be content with second this year.

3. Babar Azam - 4385 - Inactive this week but last year's Number One Cricketer in the World will now be this year's Number Three Cricketer in the World.

4. Joe Root - Was it ever in doubt? Root moves back into fourth spot. Will have to absolutely tear up trees in the third Test to get any higher. This will be his second successive fourth place finish.

5. Moeen Ali - 3953 - Down a place but there is nearly 1000 points between him and the nearest active player Ravichandran Ashwin. A Top 5 finish is assured.

Ones to Watch

The bottom spots look a bit tasty. Warner has been last place for a third of the year but is just 64 points off Steve Smith who is himself 83 off Kane Williamson in 16th.

Highest Players by Format

* = New Name

Long Form - *Joe Root - 3505
50 Over - Simon Harmer - 954
T20 - Babar Azam - 3214

Top 3 Averages

1. Simon Harmer - 185.75
2. Marnus Labuschagne - 182.76 (Up from 180.57)
3. Joe Root - 159.16 (Up from 156.79)

Lot of averages were improved this week, none more so than Steve Smith who added 6.27 to his weekly average taking it to 105. Peter Siddle leaked 5.32 points dropping him down to 135.79.

Highest Points by Discipline

Runs - *Marnus Labushcgane - 2770
Batting Bonus - Babar Azam - 610
Strike Rate - Moeen Ali - 890

Wickets = Simon Harmer= 2320
Wicket Bonus - Simon Harmer - 440
Economy - Simon Harmer - 1220

Fielding – Quinton De Kock – 660
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 100

Weekly List

Marnus Labuschagne 244
Joe Root 216
Steve Smith 199
Dawid Malan 170
Ben Stokes 166
David Warner 138
Peter Siddle 40
Glenn Maxwell 12
Peter Handscomb 12

Jasprit Bumrah dnp
Quinton De Kock dnp
Simon Harmer dnp
Moeen Ali dnp
Kane Williamson dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin dnp
Virat Kohli dnp
Nicholas Pooran dnp
Babar Azam dnp

Overall List

Marnus Labuschagne 5300
Simon Harmer 5201
Babar Azam 4385
Joe Root 3979
Moeen Ali 3953
Quinton De Kock 3177
Ravichandran Ashwin 3031
Nicholas Pooran 2867
Peter Siddle 2580
Dawid Malan 2523
Glenn Maxwell 2433
Peter Handscomb 2271
Virat Kohli 2185
Jasprit Bumrah 2093
Ben Stokes 1970
Kane Williamson 1763
Steve Smith 1680
David Warner 1616